
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love ~ Claude Monet
When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure.~
Why Monday blues 😀 😀 😀
I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was. Likewise, I never imagined that home might be something I would miss ~
“Place a beehive on my grave
And let the honey soak through.
When I’m dead and gone,
That’s what I want from you.
The streets of heaven are gold and sunny,
But I’ll stick with my plot and a pot of honey.
Place a beehive on my grave
And let the honey soak through.”
― The Secret Life of Bees
When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower ~
Someone is happy somewhere.
Remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life ~ Aurelius
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself ~Tecumseh
There are so many macro moments everyday that I am grateful for.
And then I am super grateful for a milestone.
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years ~ Simone Signoret
Yesterday we celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in our own special way with a hike and a fantastic picnic. The weather supports us too.