Pretty as a Picture

 
The Grown-Up Version of the Dress I *LOVED* from my April 6th Post 

It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.  

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

     
  Chandy-Liscious

In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary.  

~Aaron Rose~

 
  Inspiration Abounds 

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.  

~Anais Nin~

  
 Summer Whites 

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into.  

 ~Henry Beecher, Life Thoughts, 1858~

 A Rainbow in Jars  

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.  ~Henry Ward Beecher~

 Let there be Light  

You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.  

~Arlo Guthrie~

  Here Kitty Kitty

Kittens are born with their eyes shut.  They open them in about six days, take a look around, then close them again for the better part of their lives.  

~Stephen Baker~

 

New Charm!  

There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.  

~Robert Brault~ 

 

Travel in Style  

Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.  

~Seneca~

 

Tush Cush  

A house that does not have one worn, comfy chair in it is soulless.  

~May Sarton~

 

S is for Sanctuary  

In dreams, we enter a world that's entirely our own.  

~Steven Kloves, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban~

 

Blink

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, 

 and that's where I renew my springs that never dry up.  

~Pearl Buck~

 

Stones (without sticks)  

Life is mostly froth and bubble,

Two things stand like stone,

Kindness in another's trouble,

Courage in your own.

~Adam Lindsay Gordon~

 

VROOM  

Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's in walking distance.  

~Author Unknown~

 

Fairy Lights 

via

 Design Crush 

The light of starry dreams can only be seen 

 once we escape the blinding cities of disbelief.  

~Shawn Purvis~

 

Scent of a Woman  

Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume.  

~Jean de Boufflers~

 

Bag Lady  

When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping.  Men invade another country.  It's a whole different way of thinking.  

~Elayne Boosler~

 

 Home Sweet Home

It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home.  

~Author Unknown~

 

From Ashes & Dust 

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.  

~Martin Buber~

 

On Display  

Don't ever wear artistic jewelry; it wrecks a woman's reputation.  

~Colette, Gigi, 1944~

 

 Lay Your Head Down 

I heard the teardrop hit my pillow before I even knew I was crying.  

~Terri Guillemets~

 

A Sheep in Judge's Clothing  

All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was.  I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory.  I was naïve.  I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer.  It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with:  that I am nobody but myself.  

~Ralph Ellison, "Battle Royal"~

Comments

[Alaska/p]

I love that picture of the old house. I would love to fix that up and make it a beautiful home. Just love it. Very NICE blog. Thanks for sharing.

[Karen H]

Lovely and inspiring as usual. I don't remember where or when I discovered you,but I have your book, love your work, and the studio featured in the first issue of WWC--SIGH....

[Danielle]

Great photos! I love that pearly chandy.

[Andrea]

Love the new charm!

[Alicia Walker]

please tell me you are not moving to "home sweet home"

[maureenlynne]

very pretty blog, am glad to have found it....the dress in the first image is something i would have wanted as a young girl...(sigh)....maureen lynne