when the world is too much with us...

(With apologies to William Wordsworth)... but sometimes I just wish I could lose myself in a world of color and softness...

Wishing you much love in the new year! xoxo

A Little Pink

I've been feeling the need for a little pink lately. How about you? Happy Weekend, dear bloggers!

Veiled Figures

"The days come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant friendly party, but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Recklessly Lost

"One can get just as much exultation on losing oneself in a little thing as in a big thing. It is nice to think how one can be recklessly lost in a daisy."

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Or in a chrysanthemum, for that matter. :)

Conspicuous Excess

It's almost too much, isn't it? Happy Almost Autumn. :)

Frilly

Have I ever said how much I love my macro lens?  ;)

Dawn Will Come

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up.

Anne Lamott

Petal Power

I warned you, didn't I?  More flowers from Mother's Day.  Wishing you a very nice weekend!

Daisy, Daisy

Nobody can ever say that I don't get my money's worth from a bunch of flowers.   I can't tell you how many flower shots I've taken this week.  You'll be seeing them for some time to come.  :)

Happy Wednesday, dear bloggers. 

They've Got My Number

My daughter got me roses and a hydrangea for Mother's Day.  My husband bought me some peonies, and a mixed bouquet of roses and chrysanthemums.  :)

Have I said how much I love my family?

A Radiance

"Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character."

                                                                                                          Jane Seymour

Beauty Flows

"Beauty is the moment of transition, as if the form were just ready to flow into other forms."

                                                                                                  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Missing You

"Nobody sees a flower -- really -- it is so small it takes time -- we haven't time -- and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time."

                                                                                                    Georgia O'Keefe

I've missed all my bloggy friends for the past few days.  The power company replaced a meter on our house last week, which led to some electrical problems.  We had to keep all our computers, televisions and appliances unplugged because of power surges.  Our cable service also failed.  I spent all of Friday and most of Saturday with dimming lights and no internet.  No fun!  But I'm glad to be back online, and now I just have to catch up with all your posts. 

Happy Monday! :)

The Grateful Heart

"There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart."

                                                                                    Celia Thaxter