“New day, new hopes, new life!!” ― Lailah Gifty Akita More new life, indicating the change of season. All washed and clean after the rain! New life is so exciting, and never gets old, year after year. In fact, as I get older it gets more and more exciting! Maybe I just notice the small…
May 20: Sparkling pool…at last!
“The dream pool is pushed out in the open and the dappled depths of our imagination become a uniformly blue intruder, often out of scale with its surroundings and nearly always discordant in colour and texture.” ― Elisabeth Beazley, Designed For Recreation: A Practical Handbook For All Concerned With Providing Leisure Facilities In The Countryside…
May 19: Flowering trellis
“She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: “Winter is dead.” ― A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young Winter is finally dead, announced by the climbing clematis and rose buds adorning the trellis! The buds all popped at the same time – making…
May 18: Senior prom
“Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can’t put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if you’re doing it from a position of correction.” ― Kevyn Aucoin, Gigi Flower, Dress Up Games:…
May 17: Home alone…
“I just…I just miss him. And I hate being so alone.” ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games With everyone gone, the house is empty and the animals are home alone. This is pitiful scene met me on my way out the door! Riley sulking on the couch with his favorite ball! He has just been…