Today’s Blooms
A part of myself goes into to each piece of my work , it may appear to look strong but in fact it is delicate. The same is true of me.
Today’s blooms
I was feeling a bit foolish and alone today. I went to the post office to mail a letter and this made me smile! “It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.”– Eleanor Roosevelt About Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was a powerful political figure in her […]
Today’s Blooms
“Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use.”– Ruth Gordon About Ruth Gordon American actress Ruth Gordon is best known for her roles in Harold and Maude and Rosemary’s Baby. She was born in Massachusetts in 1896. At age 19, she moved to New York to pursue acting; she performed in plays for the next […]
Today’s Bloom and a quote
“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‘I’m with you kid. Let’s go.’”– Maya Angelou About Maya Angelou American poet and author Maya Angelou is best known for her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. She was born in St. Louis in 1928 and grew up in rural Arkansas. Due to her […]
Today’s quote by Jane Austen
After giving up my metal workshop I found a new way to be creative! I love painting with light! “If one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better.”– Jane Austen About Jane Austen Jane Austen (1775-1817), the British writer whose sparkling, socially incisive […]
a snap shot from my past
Today’s Blooms
“The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.”– George Eliot
“Trust your hunches. They’re usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.”– Dr. Joyce Brothers About Dr. Joyce Brothers The popular American psychologist and advice columnist Joyce Brothers first found fame by winning The $64,000 Question game show. She was born on October 20, 1927. Her influence, through a daily newspaper column, radio and TV […]
watching bees
“Far away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.”– Louisa May Alcott About Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott, the beloved American author, is best known for her semiautobiographical novel, Little Women, which […]
“Once the ‘what’ is decided, the ‘how’ always follows. We must not make the ‘how’ an excuse for not facing and accepting the ‘what.’”– Pearl S. Buck About Pearl S. Buck Prolific American author Pearl S. Buck is best known for her 1931 novel, The Good Earth, which depicted peasant life in China; the book, published by […]