Seasons Change...

"The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other."  -  Arthur Rubinstein

It happens every year...

The days get shorter,

The sun lower in the sky,

Not Quite Lost

"Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all.  The true joy of life is the trip."  -  Robert J. Hastings

"There are no wrong turnings, only paths we had not known we were 

meant to walk."-  Guy Gavriel Kay

We took a wrong turn.

Cookbooks

"Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it."  -  Julia Child

I like to look at food pictures in cookbooks and magazines.  I love the dark and moody ones as well as the light and airy ones. 

A Grateful Life

"There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle.  The other is as though everything is a miracle."  -  Albert Einstein

Top Ten Comments

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." 

-  L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

"It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon." 

                                              -  Sarah Addison Allen, First Frost

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." 

-  Albert Camus

Top ten repeated comments this past week:

A Little Tart

"The whole world is an art gallery when you're mindful.  There are beautiful things everywhere and they're free."  -  Charles Tart

It all started with the pears...

Collecting

"Collect things you love that are authentic to you, and your house becomes your 

story."  -  Erin Flett, Designer

I like to collect old things to photograph. 

A Flower Crown

"A daughter is one of the most beautiful gifts this world has to give."  

 -  Laurel Atherton

What is the last thing a teenage girl wants to do on a Friday afternoon after jumping off the school bus?