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Glimpses of my world

‘If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was when it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.’ Lyndon B. Johnson One of […]

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All About Paper

“Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.” From the television show The Wonder Years Mini books are a great way of safekeeping memories of special occasions and those days you would not want to loose. This is part of a […]

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Spontaneous Delight

“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” e.e. cummings Thank you to Sharon of Funky Fairy […]

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Alone with the heavens

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.” […]

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Mystical

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mystical. It is the source of all true art and all science. Those to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead because their eyes are closed.” Albert Einstein One of […]

May-11-2008

Salutation To A New Dawn

Listen to the salutation to the dawn. Look to this day for its life. For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision. Today well spent makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this day. Such is the salutation to the […]

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Observations

“Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it Creative Observation” William S Burroughs This quote sums up the creative spirit so well. We feel things, dream […]

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Happy Days

“Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.” Napoleon Hill April 2 peas card sketch challenge to create a mosaic background Recycled postage stamps (Aust) and Red Rose Tea (Canada) collector card all with the butterfly theme.

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Patriotism

“Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.” James BryceHappy Anzac Day for my Kiwi & Aussie friends.Do credit should be […]

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Earth Day

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread places to play in and pay in where nature may heal and give strength in body and soul John MuirYou can click on the pictures for a close up, yes those are real branches on the page. Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out […]