Poised
April 19, 2018
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain * * * Great Blue poised for the catch — Photo at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach, Florida, by Mary O’Connor © 2018
Category: Travel
At the end of the day
February 19, 2018
“It’s our own ability to have an idea and go after the idea and make it happen. That’s what at the end of the day defines us.” — Satya Nadella * * * Heading up the New River, Ft Lauderdale, FL — Photo by May O’Connor © 2018
Strength
January 8, 2018
“When adversity strikes, that’s when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.” — LL Cool J * * * Out of the Alaskan woods — Brown Bear watercolor painting (above) by Mary O’Connor, based on bear photos taken by Thomas Chambers by … More Strength
Wings
October 2, 2017
“There are two things parents should give their children: roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly.)” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “We were all born with wings. … More Wings
Low Tide
September 4, 2017
“Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.” — Alice Meynell “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” — Harriet Beecher Stowe * * * Low Tide — Photo at Outer Island off Stony … More Low Tide
Fine Dining
July 3, 2017
“One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.” — Luciano Pavarotti * * * Monarch Butterfly feeding on decomposing banana — Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2017; taken at the Butterfly House, Cape Cod Museum … More Fine Dining
That Is Enough
June 15, 2017
Just to look─ to look at the sea, to follow its comings and goings, is to see beyond memory, beyond life, before and after the beginning of death. Just to think─ to think about the sea, to ponder its waves, is to find there is more, more than souls can account for, than every … More That Is Enough
Heads up!
June 12, 2017
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” — Helen Keller * * * Figureheads, Mystic Seaport (Mystic, CT) Exhibit — Photo by Mary O’Connor
Smothered
April 3, 2017
“Worrisome thoughts and their resulting feelings are a form of self-strangulation. They not only strangle your emotions. They affect your physical life as well, and your ability to focus and get things done.” — Andrew J. Bernstein * * * “Smothered” — Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton, Florida. Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2017
Character
March 30, 2017
“Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.” — Henry Ford * * … More Character
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