it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished… It’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.” — Denzel Washington * * * Day’s end, Newport, R.I. – Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2015
but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.” — Buddha * * * Season’s last hydrangea, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
the year’s last loveliest smile.” — William Cullen Bryant * * * Season’s signature. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.” — G.K. Chesterton * * * Ruby-throated Hummingbird dips into the well. Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2015
in fetching some gold from the sun.” — Gustav Kirchoff * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.” — Crowfoot, Canadian Blackfoot Tribe * * * American Buffalo in Yellowstone National Park, watercolor painting by Mary O’Connor … More “What is life?
Put him in the dark and he’ll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing.” — Muhammad Ali * * * Oz, the rooster, crows throughout the day at Lavender Pond Farm in Killingworth, CT. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
will bloom in the hearts of those that you touch, forever.” — Unknown * * * Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly touches down on purple coneflower. Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2015
both the color and the smell. And the sound (be quiet so you can hear it).” “There’s a few things I’ve learned in life: always throw salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for good luck, and fall in love whenever you can.” * * … More “I love lavender—
so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.” — St. Augustine * * * Sailor, rescued by Animal Friends of Connecticut, gives as much love as he receives in his adopted owner’s “forever” home.
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 