June 3, 2017 (154/365)
"Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you." - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi [If only you could smell this gorgeous locust tree!]
Locust
French Friday: Le Palais-Royal
June 2, 2017 (153/365)
« Photographier c’est mettre sur la même ligne de mire la tête, l'oeil et le coeur. » - Henri Cartier-Bresson
One of my favorite places to stroll in Paris is the Palais-Royal in the 1er Arrondissement. I love the juxtaposition of the 17th Century Palace that was once home to Cardinal Richelieu with the black and white Buren Columns installed in 1986. Besides reveling in the architecture and the sublime symmetry, it's fun to browse for vintage Chanel, Dior, and Hermès at Didier Ludot, have a chic lunch or a kir royale at Le Nemours or stop for coffee at
Summer Reading
May 31, 2017 (152/365)
"Si hortum in bibliotheca habes, nihil deerit." - Cicero, To Varro, Ad Familiares IX, 4
In the 1st century BC, Cicero wrote, "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Over two thousand years later, even in our high-tech society, these essentials still ring true for me. I don't have any big plans this summer. I'm simply content spending time outside, losing myself in a good book. This year's Pewaukee High School summer reading list is shorter, yet there's something for everyone. What are you reading this summer?
May in Pictures
“At last came the golden month-- honey-sweet May, when the birds come back, and the flowers come out, and the air is full of the sunrise scents and songs of the dawning year.” - Samuel Scoville Jr., Wild Folk
2017 Project 365
May Flowers
May 31, 2017 (151/365)
"And the wind upon its way whispered the boughs of May, and touched the nodding peony flowers to bid them waken." - Siegfried Sassoon
Heart
May 30, 2017 (150/365)
“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart." ~ Jane Austen, Emma