Friendship Flowers

In friendship's fragrant garden,
There are flowers of every hue.
Each with its own fair beauty
And its gift of joy for you.
~Anonymous~

Paris

As an artist, a man has no home in Europe save in Paris.
~Friedrich Nietzsche~

America

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
~Abraham Lincoln~

Queen

And hail their queen, fair regent of the night.
~Erasmus Darwin~

Children Playing

You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing. What! Is it nothing to be happy? Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long? Never in his life will he be so busy again.
~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762~

Seashore

Today is a smooth white seashell, hold it close and listen to the beauty of the hours.
~Anonymous~

Dance

Dancing is the poetry of the foot
~~John Dryden~

Health, Wealth, Happiness

The greatest wealth is health.
~Virgil~

Sewing

Buttons and patches and the cold wind blowing,
The days pass quickly when I am sewing.
~Author Unknown~

Pink Perfection

"The very Pink of Perfection"
~Oliver Goldsmith~

Travel

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
~St.Augustine~

Ferns

I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley.
~Tennyson~

Childhood

"While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about."
~Anonymous~

Hope

Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.
~English Proverb~

Detectives

To read of a detective's daring finesse or ingenious stratagem is a rare joy.
~Rex Stout~

Happy 4th!

Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master! ~Thomas Jefferson~

Pre-4th of July

“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.”
~Thomas Jefferson~

Patriotic

And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
~Lee Greenwood~

Home Sweet Home

Peace - that was the other name for home. ~Kathleen Norris~