“It brings people together while time stands still.” ̶ Rachel Cohn Wishing a Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays to all! * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
drifting against the windows, politely begging entrance and then falling with disappointment to the ground.” ― Jamie McGuire * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
Christmas means fellowship, feasting, giving and receiving, a time of good cheer, home. ̶ W. J. Tucker Best wishes to all for a most joyful day! * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.’ ― Lewis Carroll Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2013
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
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