Day 81 – Spring Joy
“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” ~ Iris Murdoch
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“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.” ~ Iris Murdoch
“I plant rosemary all over the garden, so pleasant is it to know that at every few steps one may draw the kindly branchlets through one’s hand, and have the enjoyment of their incomparable incense; […]
“She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: “Winter is dead.” ~ A.A. Milne Finally winter is dead. Every now and then you can still find it lurking […]
“Oh, Spring is surely coming, Her couriers fill the air; Each morn are new arrivals, Each night her ways prepare; I scent her fragrant garments, Her foot is on the stair.” ~John Burroughs
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke And they are good poems full of light and colour and hope. Sometimes you have to […]
“If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.” ~ Frank Lane And nothing weather the storm or should that be the last of the winter cold quite like Snowdrops and […]
“Daffodils are an optimistic flower, and foolproof. You know what Shakespeare said: “Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty.” ~ Tasha Tudor There are no daffodils in […]
The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love – the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty, ~ Dorothea Dix I took this shot at my Mother’s house. She had this lovely […]
“To see in color is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul.” – Andri Cauldwell Sometimes the light makes a thing even more beautifully […]
“I think it’s because it was an emotional story, and emotions come through much stronger in black and white. Colour is distracting in a way, it pleases the eye but it doesn’t necessarily reach the […]