Day 228 – Poppy
“Summer set lip to earth’s bosom bare, And left the flushed print in a poppy there: Like a yawn of fire from the grass it came, And the fanning wind puffed it to flapping flame. […]
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“Summer set lip to earth’s bosom bare, And left the flushed print in a poppy there: Like a yawn of fire from the grass it came, And the fanning wind puffed it to flapping flame. […]
“In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.” ~ Rachel Carson I took this image on my phone using the fisheye setting. I […]
But Summer, gentle Summer, Comes shyly through the glade, And draws all hearts to love her, So fair is she arrayed. ~ Arthur Weir
“For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.” ~ D. H. Lawrence
“It is nice finding that place where you can just go and relax.” ~ Moises Arias And find it I did, for two whole weeks on the beautiful island of Kefalonia. Sun, sea, sand, good […]
“Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea.” – Nikos Kazantzakis This boat is heading back into Argostoli. I don’t know if they have been […]
Cooking and eating food outdoors makes it taste infinitely better than the same meal prepared and consumed indoors.” ~ Fennel HudsonAnd this is especially true on a hot evening in Greece with the sun setting […]
“Nature is the true revelation of the Deity to man. The nearest green field is the inspired page from which you may read all that it is needful for you to know.” ~ Arthur Conan […]
“I have had a holiday, and I’d like to take it up professionally.” ~ Kylie Minogue This is exactly my thoughts on the matter. We have just staggered in the door having spent the last […]
“It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher