School Days

"We learn not in the school but in life."

~Seneca~

Poppies

“Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze most softly lulling to my soul.” 

~John Keats~

A Mother's Love

"A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path." 

~Agatha Christie~

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

"Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day".

~Mason Cooley~

Garden Pond

~The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. ~
~Hanna Rion~

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~

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~

Creativity

“There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.”
~Edward de Bono~

Christmas Countdown

I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
~ Charles Dickens ~

Thanksgiving Countdown

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.
~E.P. Powell~

Country Life

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,
Exhilarate the spirit, and restore
The tone of languid nature.
~William Cowper~

Grumpy Girl

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

Children

"Children are great imitators, so give them something great to imitate" ~ Anonymous ~