As if to dress the winter marsh, cattails turn their cigar heads into a white and fluffy mass of seeds, ready to drift off in the wind and build new colonies for spring. * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
“The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale…” ― Vera Nazarian Crack open your own gift of holiday joy! Click here to see how. Photo credit, Mary O’Connor © 2013
in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ̶ Thornton Wilder May this be a day to be conscious of our treasures–a time of Thanksgiving! * * * Photo credit, Jan Logozzo © 2013
A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. ― Oscar Wilde Take advantage of this special Life Is Full of Sweet Spots offer and share a spot of holiday sunshine this season. * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset.” ― Rabindranath Tagore Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
True to its name, this winterberry holly heralds the pending change of season with clusters of red berries. Commonly called black alder, its leaves turn black before dropping off. Its berries, however, brighten the landscape well into the winter months—assuming, that is, that the birds don’t get to them first. * * * Photo by Mary … More Black is a misnomer
but in the the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides. – Junichiro Tanizaki Watch the colors shift and change with your own miniature, but emblematically powerful, sweet spot. Each hand cut, fashioned, and fired necklace pendant was created through a process that combines the ancient technology of glass fusion … More Find beauty not only in the thing itself…
Nora2983, an amazon.com book reviewer, must have been reading my mind when she described Life Is Full of Sweet Spots as “Joyful, informative and a great read…I’ve already made a list of people I’m going to send this book and I bet you’ll want do to the same!” Hoping that you agree with Nora, here’s … More A Special Gift Offer for You
Using forces of wind, rain, sun and decay, Mother Nature signed this place as sacred. * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2013
when at the same time it’s so slow and sweet and everlasting. ― Graham Swift. A trip back in both time and seasonal color, an autumn ride on the Essex Steam Train brings the rush of pure nostalgia. * * * Photo credit: Julie Carlson © 2013. Julie’s photos have appeared in Life Is Full of Sweet Spots – … More How quick and rushing life can sometimes seem…
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