Inspection

May 16, 2017 (136/365)

"Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain." - Henry David Thoreau 

Forget Me Not

May 15, 2017 (135/365)

“The happiest people I know are not those who find their golden ticket; they are those who discover and treasure the beauty and sweetness of the everyday moments." -  Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Forget Me Not

Mother's Day

May 14, 2017 (134/365) • Mothers Day

"Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother." - Oprah Winfrey

I am blessed to be a daughter, a granddaughter, a goddaughter, a daughter-in-law, a godmother, and a beagle mom, and biology had nothing to do with any of it! Happy Mother's Day!

Make a Wish!

May 13, 2017 (133/365)

“We can never give up longing and wishing...There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them.” ~ George Eliot. I wonder what Piper wishes...

French Friday: Château de Chenonceau

May 12, 2017 (132/365)

« La maison d'un homme est son château. » - François Mauriac

Mauriac may be right that a man's home is his castle, but a woman's castle is Chenonceau. Know as le Château des Dames -- the Ladies' Castle -- Chenonceau was home to seven powerful women, including Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Medici. There are bigger and perhaps more beautiful châteaux in the Loire Valley, but Chenonceau, spanning the Cher River with its bright gallery, private chapel, extensive kitchen, and elaborate flower arrangements, has always been my favorite.

This French Friday is also Flashback Friday to me at Chenonceau in 1998.