"Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God."

— Jean Anouilh

{ illustration by my so very talented " Grannie Annie" }

"Nonsense and beauty have close connections."

— E. M. Forster

From the Pen of Maya Angelou

Autumn waves goodbye
while winter waits in the wings
practicing her lines.

From the Pen of Maya Angelou

"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. "

~Maya Angelou

" Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow."

Lawrence Clark Powell

Dieting...

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest

carrot cake, zucchini bread and pumpkin pie.

- Jim Davis

" There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world

that is not intended to make us rejoice."
-John Calvin

" A woman's heart should be so hidden in God

that a man should have to seek Him to find her."

~Unknown

Childhood is the world of miracle and wonder; as if creation rose, bathed in light, out of darkness, utterly new and fresh and astonishing. The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us.

-Eugene Ionesco

{ Something to Wrap Your Heart Around }

God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in Him.

John Piper

" If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking.
Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk."

~ Raymond Inmon

{ Reminder }

“ Nothing is worth more than this day."

"And a single small cottage, a nest like a dove's.

The one only dwelling on Earth that she loves."
-William Wordsworth

"When you Meet Mr. Right

make sure that his middle name isn't Always."

From the pen of C.S. Lewis

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."

~ C.S.Lewis

Teach us delight,

in simple things.

Ruyard Kipling

{ To do Today }

1. Get up Happy.
2. Stay that Way.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

G.K. Chesterson

Off the Good Earth Tea Bag...

Use soft words and hard arguments.

- English Proverb

For My Mom...

" Gray is the new blonde! "

" I HAD THE MOST SATISFACTORY OF CHILDHOODS BECAUSE MY MOTHER...
TURNED OUT TO BE EXACTLY MY AGE."

-Kay Boyle

{ The forever glowing Audrey Heburn }

" For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone."

- Audrey Hepburn

Check out this lovely little blog for a weekly post entitled: Audrey Words.

Seven to eleven is a huge chunk of life, full of dulling and forgetting...
As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armour themselves against wonder.

Leonard Cohen

" Before all this ... ah safer and smoother and smaller was my heart"

- Mark Halliday

" The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one."
-Jill Churchhill

...to love others

" The more I think about it, the more I realize
there is nothing more artistic than to love others."

-Vincent van Gogh

“It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”

C. H. Spurgeon