Smell the Roses

January 22, 2018 (022/365) • On this gloomy Monday morning...

"Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy." - Rita Moreno

Week 4 - Creative: Quiet Moment

January 21, 2018 (021/365) • Peace Like a River

“...something as hopeful and sudden as a January thaw...” - Leif Enger, Peace Like a River

Week 4 - CREATIVE: A Quiet Moment [Peace. Serenity. Tranquility. Convey a quiet moment.] #dogwoodweek4, #dogwood52, #dogwood2018 • f/2.4, 1/400, ISO16

Scenes from our walk on a 50º January day

Character

January 20, 2018 (020/365)

"Character is both formed and revealed by how one deals with everyday situations as well as extraordinary pressures and temptations. Like a well-made tower, character is built stone by stone, decision by decision." - Michael Josephson

French Friday: Le Soufflé

le 19 janvier 2018 (019/365)

« La seule chose qui fait tomber un soufflé c'est s'il sait qu'il te fait peur. » - James Beard

Le plat principal: Soufflé au fromage

Les desserts: Grand Marnier (note the bottle that accompanied it!), Rum Raison (rum bottle in background), and classic chocolate

Today would have been my Mom's 80th birthday. I know she would have loved this chocolate soufflé, almost as much as her beloved hot fudge sundaes.

Au Soufflé (27/02/18) avec Carole et Sandrine (qui a pris la photo)

Infinitely

January 18, 2018 (018/365) Modernity circa 1952, Mirrored and Reflected Infinitely

"Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal, the immovable." - Charles Baudelaire

Josiah McElheny (American, b. 1966) Modernity circa 1952, Mirrored and Reflected Infinitely, 2004

Hand-blown mirrored glass objects, chrome metal display, glass and mirror, 30 1/2 × 56 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (77.47 × 143.51 × 46.99 cm) Gift of the Contemporary Art Society • Milwaukee Art Museum

Planning

January 17, 2018 (017/365)

"January is the quietest month in the garden, but just because it looks quiet doesn't mean that nothing is happening." - Rosalie Muller Wright