Winter always turns to Spring

Japanese Garden, Phoenix, AZ
photo credit: Erin Enterprises

Signs of Spring ... roses for a Monday

“Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” 
― Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden

Happy Easter

Look to the Future on Friday ... George Burns

Library of Congress 1915
Camp-Fire Girls saluting the flag

Look to the future, because that is where you'll spend the rest of your life.

~George Burns

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Walls for the wind,
And a roof for the rain,
And drinks beside the fire - 
Laughter to cheer you
And those you love near you,
And all that your heart may desire!

Fun for Friday ... Stephen Wright

Library of Congress 1933 Ckise ups
EF Cadwell and Co
detail of terrestial globe

Everywhere is walking distance

if you have enough time.

~Steven Wright

Magic on Monday - Frank Baum (Wizard of Oz series)

Library of Congress Image

“I'm glad I don't know everything, Dorothy, 

and that there still are things in both nature

and in wit for me to marvel at.” 

~L. Frank Baum, Glinda of Oz

Sunday School - so to speak - Oscar Wilde

Library of Congress - 1901 Debating class
Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, PA

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Oscar Wilde

If I were a rich man ... I'd own one of these!

So, we aren't rich ... but we can still dream!

These were at the Franklin Museum in Tucson, Arizona,

Franklin Car Museum
Tucson, Arizona

Food For Thought Friday ... James Patterson

LOC 1939 Popcorn stand, Iowa Falls, Iowa

Popcorn for breakfast! 

Why not? 

It's a grain. 

It's like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.”
~ James Patterson, The Angel Experiment