January 21, 2017 (021/365)
“Grace and beauty originates from within -- the light that glows out and make everything beautiful” - Angie Karan
Glow
French Friday: La Neige
January 20, 2017 (020/365) J-34
« Le bonheur est comme la neige : il est doux, il est pur et... il fond. » - Claire Malesset
On yet another dreary rainy January day, my Google Photos reminded me that four years ago today, I was in Paris amid eight inches of freshly fallen snow! This is a favorite photo that I've never shared. Although, I hope for warmer weather when I return next month, I will never forget how magical Paris was sous la neige
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Balance
January 19, 2017 (019/365)
"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony." - Thomas Merton
Open Water
January 18, 2017 (018/365)
"But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope." - Vincent Van Gogh
[I'm not fooling myself that winter in Wisconsin is over, but today, like the ducks, I celebrate the open water and the hope of an early spring.]
Flotsam and Jetsam
January 17, 2017 (017/365)
"For some days now, the temperature wavered between freezing and thawing and it was difficult to tell whether the sediment thickening the atmosphere was rain or sleet or smog." - David Lodge... In the wake of the January thaw, flotsam and jetsam blur the lines of the changing seasons.
Steps
January 16, 2017 (016/365)
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.