Mother Goose Picture Book

“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.”

~Elizabeth Lawrence~

Buttercup

"Against her ankles as she trod, the lucky buttercups did nod."

~Jean Ingelow~

Monthly Sheep Day

"Stay a child while you can be a child."
~Stephen Sondheim~

Countdown to the 4th

"A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government."

~Thomas Jefferson~

Spring

“Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"...
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine...” 

~The Secret Garden~

Dolls

“We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.” F.H. Bradley

Spring has Sprung

~Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.~

~Rainer Maria Rilke~

Monthly Sheep Day

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me or get out of my way.
~General George Patton~

Seashore

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

Childhood smells of perfume and brownies.
~David Leavitt~

Grumpy Girl

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
~Author Unknown~

Garden

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." ~ Aristotle ~