Février

le premier février 2017 (032/365)

« En février n'a pas deux jours pareils. » | "In February, no two days are alike."

It's February and I'm excited! This is going to be a fantastic month, culminating in my trip to France in three weeks: fantastic, February, France, and another fabulous word that starts with "f" -- Bonjour, fifty! So this month, I'm giving my self carte blanche -- or in this case, carte rouge (my February tradition for the past three years) to post anything I like, including old photos of France, in anticipation of the hundreds of new ones to be taken bientôt! So, don't be surprised if, this month, French Fridays turn into French February. It's going to be formidable!

January 2017 in Pictures

"The leaves hop, scraping on the ground. It is deep January. The sky is hard. The stalks are firmly rooted in ice. It is in this solitude, a syllable, out of these gawky flitterings, intones its single emptiness, the savagest hollow of winter-sound."

- Wallace Stevens, "No Possum, No Sop, No Taters"

Simple Pleasures

January 31, 2017 (031/365)

"To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring — these are some of the rewards of the simple life." - John Burroughs

Blue Sky

January 30, 2017 (030/365) "I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes." - e. e. cummings

Little Birdie

January 29, 2017 (029/365)

“Happiness is anyone and anything that's loved by you.” - Charles M. Schulz

Every morning, Piper watches the birdies. I think this beagles is looking for her Woodstock!

National Marquette Day

January 28, 2017 (028/365)

"Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver." - Barbara De Angelis 

Happy National Marquette Day! #BeTheDifference