"You were stubborn...and fought against the storm, which proved stronger than you: but we bow and yield to every breeze, and thus the gale passed harmlessly over our heads."
"The Oak and the Reeds," Aesop's Fables
Thoughtful Sunday
February 15, 2015
February 08, 2015
Thoughtful Sunday
"Goodnight stars
Goodnight air
Goodnight noises everywhere"
Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, 1947
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January 18, 2015
Thoughtful Sunday
"One morning the whole world was delicately silvered. Every blade of grass was silvery and the path had a thin sheen. It was hot like fire under Laura’s bare feet, and they left dark footprints in it. The air was cold in her nose and her breath steamed. So did Spot’s. When the sun came up, the whole prairie sparkled. Millions of tiny, tiny, sparks of color blazed on the grasses."
On the Banks of Plum Creek, Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1937.
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July 29, 2012
Thoughtful Sunday
"Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame, 1907
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April 15, 2012
Thoughtful Sunday
(Photo taken at sunrise on Wind Rock - near Blacksburg, Virginia)
“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature -- the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
― Rachel Carson
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December 04, 2011
Thoughtful Sunday
"Front yards are boring.
Backyards tell stories."
"Backyards," Popcorn, James Stevenson, 1998.
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November 27, 2011
Thoughtful Sunday
"You must always take risks when experimenting."
Finn Family Moomintroll, Tove Jansson, 1948.
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October 30, 2011
Thoughtful Sunday
"...from November to March
the winter winds are harsh
on the fields and the marsh
they're covered up with snow
when you trudge to the shed
you have to scratch your head
because the dad-blamed pile's getting low on
wood (hardwood)
firewood (dry wood)
there's not a stove in the world
that's going to do you any good
with out wood (stovewood)
we could (you should)
be out cutting more wood..."
"More Wood", Dillon Bustin, 1983.
(We listen to this on the Voices of Winter cd with Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills, and Cindy Mangsen)
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October 16, 2011
Thoughtful Sunday
"The cat's among the pixies now."
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J K Rowling, 2003.
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October 13, 2011
More Bee Blocks
I have some more bee blocks to share.
These are from Sarah.
She sent me bonus blocks!
I don't know why orange fabric is so hard to photograph, but it is. It really isn't flourescent in person.
I am really getting excited about these blocks!
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