100 Days

(319/365)

“The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting” - Andy Warhol 

(In 100 days, I will be enjoying my coffee in Paris!)

Education is the Key

(318/365) American Education Week

"Education is the key to success in life and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of students." - Solomon Ortiz

“Opening the door to each child’s future.” - The Pewaukee School District

World Kindness Day

(317/365)

"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?" - Jean-Jacques Rousseau #worldkindessday

Week 46 - Composition: Golden Triangles

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"An artist is a person who lives in the triangle which remains after the angle which we may call common sense has been removed from this four-cornered world." - Soseki Natsume #dogwood52 #dogwoodweek46

Golden Triangle: A diagonal line divides the frame from corner to corner, two more lines are added from the other corners, intersecting the diagonal line.

Veterans Day | Armistice (100 years later)

(315/365) “Veterans, thank you for bravely doing what you were called to do so that we can safely do what we’re free to do.” – Unknown

One hundred years ago today, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the treaty was signed to end the First World War. A year later, President Woodrow Wilson declared November 11th Armistice Day to pay homage to the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines who gave their lives in service of their country. In 1954, President Eisenhower changed the name to Veterans Day to honor all service men and women. 

One day is never enough to thank these American heroes for their bravery and their dedication to defending our freedom. Everyday when I proudly stand to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, I thank them with all my heart and I think about my dad. I am humbled by the courage it must have taken to enlist in the Navy when he was only seventeen years old, to leave his family, and to travel around the world to defend our freedom on the USS Salt Lake City during World War II. 

Last year, the Brink family took my dad's dog tags along on Paul's Honor Flight. I always wished my dad could have had that experience and I'm so grateful to them for sharing their day with us!

Snow Dog

(314/365)

November 10, 2018 (314/365)

"Some dogs are show dogs and some dogs are slow dogs 

and some dogs are snow dogs and sometimes there are no dogs 

and when there are no dogs, I wish there were mo' dogs..."

- Nope, not Dr. Seuss, just Piper being silly!