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

We sit in the mud

 ... 

and 

reach for the stars.

~Ivan Turgenev

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Location: Japenese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

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

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Location: Mystery Castle, Phoenix, Arizona

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

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Location: Mystery Castle, Phoenix, Arizona

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

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

persistence ... Elbert Hubbard

A little more persistence,

a little more effort,

and what seemed 

hopeless failure 

may turn to 

glorious success.

~Elbert Hubbard

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Swim A Lap Day! ... Sam Walton

Swim upstream.

Go the other way.

Ignore conventional wisdom.

~Sam Walton

Photo Courtesy of Dooley Family Archives

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

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

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

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

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Location: Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

World Sauntering Day ... a walk with Abraham Lincoln

I am a slow walker,

but I never walk back.

~Abraham Lincoln

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Location: Japenese Friendship Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

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

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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

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If at first ... Steven Wright

If at first 

you don't succeed, 

then skydiving 

definitely isn't 

for you.

~Steven Wright

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Location: Japenese Friendship Garden,Phoenix, Arizona

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

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

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

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Red Rose Day ... friendship by Leo Buscaglia

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

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Location: Ronsom House, Phoenix, Arizona

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)

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

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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

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

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

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Location: Florence City Museum, Florence, Arizona

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

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

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Location: Globe, Arizona

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

I want to be a dog,

but I'm a pussycat.

~Don Rickles

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the dog who thinks she is a cat

Doughnut Day! Enjoy everything ... Adam Ant

If you make a mistake,

 you should enjoy it.

~Adam Ant

courtesy of the Library of Congress

National Go Barefoot Day ... sentiments of Theodore Roosevelt

Keep your eyes on the stars, 

and your feet on the ground.

~Theodore Roosevelt

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Location: Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona

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

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Location: Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, Arizona