Friday, June 30, 2017

Meteor Watch Day ... reach high ... Ivan Turgenev

We sit in the mud
 ... 
and 
reach for the stars.
~Ivan Turgenev
Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Japenese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

Thursday, June 29, 2017

picture this, it's camera day ... Norman Vincent Peale

If you paint in your mind 
a picture of 
bright and happy expectations,
 you put yourself in 
the condition conducive
 to your goal.
~Norman Vincent Peale

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Mystery Castle, Phoenix, Arizona



Wednesday, June 28, 2017

the importance of prizes ... Bill Nighy

I used to think that prizes were damaging and divisive until I got one.
And now they seem sort of meaningful and real.
~Bill Nighy

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Mystery Castle, Phoenix, Arizona

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Helen Keller Day

No pessimist ever 
discovered the secret
 of the stars, 
or sailed to an uncharted land, 
or opened a new doorway
 to the human spirit.
~Helen Keller

courtesy of JWM Enterprises
Location: Kennsington, MI

Monday, June 26, 2017

a little horse sense ... WC FieldsC

Horse sense is 
the thing a horse has
which prevents him 
from betting
on people.
~WC Fields

Courtesy of the Adams Family archive

Sunday, June 25, 2017

persistence ... Elbert Hubbard

A little more persistence,
a little more effort,
and what seemed 
hopeless failure 
may turn to 
glorious success.
~Elbert Hubbard

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises

Saturday, June 24, 2017

Swim A Lap Day! ... Sam Walton

Swim upstream.
Go the other way.
Ignore conventional wisdom.
~Sam Walton

Photo Courtesy of Dooley Family Archives

Friday, June 23, 2017

Typewriter Day! creating something with Octavia Butler

Every story I create, creates me.
I write to create myself.
~Octavia Butler

Courtesy of Library of Congress
1915, Lucy Gates

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Onion Ring Day ... thought by Erma Bombeck

 Onion rings in the car cushions
 do not improve with time.
~Erma Bombeck
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Franklin Car Museum, Tucson, Arizona

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

go skating/skateboarding day! rolling through life with Jillian Michaels

Life?
You can't manipulate it
 or bend it to your will.
You have no choice
 but to roll with it.
~Jillian Michaels

Courtesy of Library of Congress
1905 skater

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

one small thing ... Mother Teresa

I alone cannot change
 the world, 
but I can cast a stone 
across the waters 
and create many ripples.
~Mother Teresa

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

Monday, June 19, 2017

World Sauntering Day ... a walk with Abraham Lincoln

I am a slow walker,
but I never walk back.
~Abraham Lincoln


Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Japenese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Happy Father's Day ... Michael Jordan

My father used to say
that it's never too late 
to do anything 
you wanted to do.
And he said,
"You never know what
you can accomplish
until you try."
~Michael Jordan

Courtesy of JMW Enterprises

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Eat Your Vegetables Day ... Andy Rooney

I don't like food 
that's too 
carefully arranged; 
it makes me think 
that the chef 
is spending too much time
 arranging and not enough time
 cooking. 
If I wanted a picture
 I'd buy a painting.
~Andy Rooney

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises

Friday, June 16, 2017

If at first ... Steven Wright

If at first 
you don't succeed, 
then skydiving 
definitely isn't 
for you.
~Steven Wright

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Japenese Friendship Garden,Phoenix, Arizona

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Nature Photography Day ... reflections of Jacques-Henri Lartigue

Photography is me
 catching a moment
 which is passing, 
and which is true.
~Jacques-Henri Lartigue

Courtesy of Dooley Family Archive
Location: Beijing, China

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

positive thoughts ... Robert H. Schuller

It takes but 
one positive thought
 when given a chance
 to survive and thrive to
 overpower an entire army of
 negative thoughts.
~Robert H. Schuller 

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: DaGrazia Museum, Tucson, Arizona

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Sewing Machine Day ... Wisdom from Simone Signoret

Chains do not hold
 a marriage together. 
It is the threads,
 hundreds of tiny threads, 
which sew people together
 through the years.
~Simone Signoret

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises

Monday, June 12, 2017

Red Rose Day ... friendship by Leo Buscaglia

A single rose can be my garden ...
a single friend, my world.
~Leo Buscaglia


Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Ronsom House, Phoenix, Arizona

Sunday, June 11, 2017

Corn on the Cob Day ... reflections of Dwight Eisenhower

Farming looks mighty easy
 when your plow is a pencil 
and you're 
a thousand miles 
from the corn field.
~Dwight  D. Eisenhower


Courtesy of Library of Congress
Celery Fields (both images)

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Iced Tea Day ... Eleanor Roosevelt

A woman is like a tea bag - 
you can't tell 
how strong she is 
until 
you put her in hot water.
~Eleanor Roosevelt

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises

Friday, June 9, 2017

Donald Duck Day ... sort of ... with Walt Disney


It's kind of fun 
to do the impossible.
~Walt Disney
Courtesy of Library of Congress

OK, so I took liberties with Donald Duck Day

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Best Friends' Day ... as defined by Marlene Dietrich

It's the friends 
you can call up
 at 4 a.m. that matter.
~Marlene Dietrich


Courtesy of Library of Congress

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

VCR DAY! (back when, we thought we were so modern) ... Alice Cooper


They should invent 
some way to tape-record 
your dreams. 
I've written songs
 in my dreams
 that were Beatles songs. 
Then I'd wake up 
and they'd be gone. 
~Alice Cooper
Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Florence City Museum, Florence, Arizona

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

D-Day remembered ... Mahatma Gandhi

We may stumble and fall
 but shall rise again;
 it should be enough
 if we did not run away
 from the battle. 
~Mahatma Gandhi 

Courtesy of Fisk Family Archive, 1942

Monday, June 5, 2017

World Environment Day ... Earl Nighengale

Our environment, 
the world in which
 we live and work, 
is a mirror 
of our attitudes 
and expectations.
~Earl Nightengale

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Globe, Arizona

Sunday, June 4, 2017

Hug your cat day ... Don Rickles is a real pussycat


I want to be a dog,
but I'm a pussycat.
~Don Rickles

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
the dog who thinks she is a cat

Friday, June 2, 2017

National Go Barefoot Day ... sentiments of Theodore Roosevelt

Keep your eyes on the stars, 
and your feet on the ground.
~Theodore Roosevelt

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Say something nice day ... Elvis did ... Elvis Presley

It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.
~Elvis Presley

Courtesy of Erin Enterprises
Location: Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, Arizona