only a few

“There are many things in life that will catch your eye,
but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those.”

Music amongst the trees

There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden,
but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.
Minnie Aumonier

happy birthday

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.
Abraham Sutzkever

family portrait

meet the family -part 3

Big brother

meet the family -part 2

big sister

meet the family

little sister

signs of love

water of love

Joy is but the sign

"Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.

Charles Du Bos "

ladybird

My crown is called content

“My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.”

citrus3

citrus2

citrus

“Citrus is a palette that looks good in spring.
That will never change.”

The poet's darling.

The poet's darling. William Wordsworth, "To the Daisy"

ik hou van jou

a soul opening out

Each flower is a soul opening out to nature.-
Gerald De Nerval

one freedom

“I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.”

singing bird

peace of mind

If there is to be any peace
it will come through being,
not having.
Henry Miller

to fear love

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell

friendly neighbors

We are surrounded by cows where I live,
and they are very friendly neighbors

Sitting quietly,
doing nothing,
spring comes,
and the grass grows by itself”

"I love and I love!"

Do you ask what the birds say?

The sparrow, the dove,The linner and thrush say,

"I love and I love!"

In the winter they're silent

- the wind is so strong;

What is says, I don't know,

but it sings a loud song.

But green leaves,

and blossoms,

and sunny warm weather,

And singing, and loving

- all come back together.

But the lark is so brimful of gladness and love,

The green fields below him,

the blue sky above,

That he sings,

and he sings;

and for ever sings he

-"I love my Love, and my Love loves me!"

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

pool of thought

"How frail the human heart must be

- a mirrored pool of thought."

Sylvia Plath

Follow your heart

Remember to

“Follow your heart,

but be quiet for a while first.

Ask questions, then feel the answer.

Learn to trust your heart.”

lovely as a tree

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

We need hugs

“We need 4 hugs a day for survival.
We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance.
We need 12 hugs a day for growth.”