July 8, 2016 (190/366)
Raindrops on roses really are one of my favorite things. Eric gave me sea foam roses for our anniversary years ago, and here they are blooming in the garden of our new home!
Raindrops on Roses 2016
Summer Nights
July 7, 2016 (189/366)
"The summer night is like a perfection of thought." - Wallace Stevens
Growth
July 6, 2016 (188/366)
"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning." - Benjamin Franklin. I've spent most of the summer planning and planting to improve our landscape. A garden takes work, patience, and faith, and not everything turns out as planned, but the growth and change are exciting and motivating. So too, every once and a while, I feel the urge to change the layout (and the focus) of this blog to keep things fresh. What do you think?
Light and Space
July 5, 2016 (187/366)
"I am always searching for more light and space." - Santiago Calatrava
Oh, Beautiful...
July 4, 2016 (186/366)
“I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea." - Alaine Gerbault (or, in our case, on the lake!
Fireworks
July 3, 2016 (185/366)
"Whiz go the rockets into the air with many a snap, crack, and whir! Some shower silver stars, others red - as if a cherubim had thrown away a handful of rubies - perhaps green, orange, and blue. How magnificent the spectacle!" - Henry Howard Paul, Fourth of July in the United States 1851
