Monday, April 30, 2018

small efforts compounded with Robert Collier

Success is the sum 
of small efforts - 
repeated day in 
and day out. 
~Robert Collier

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Location: Hawaii

Sunday, April 29, 2018

what are you fishing for? Mark Twain

When you fish for love, 
bait with your heart, 
not your brian. 
~Mark Twain 

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Location: Hawaii

Saturday, April 28, 2018

practical wisdom ... Abe Lincoln

No man has 
a good enough 
memory 
to be 
a successful liar. 
~Abraham Lincoln

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Location: Fountain Hills, Arizona

Friday, April 27, 2018

just a little busy work ... Jane Austen

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings. ~Jane Austen




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Someone who is busy with a lot of nothing ...

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

a good definition of love via Mr. Rogers (Fred Rogers)


Love isn't a state of 
perfect caring. 
It is an active noun 
like struggle. 
To love someone is to strive
 to accept that person
 exactly the way he or she is,
 right here and now.
- Fred Rogers

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

how to improve photos ... Lucky Blue Smith

Put a puppy in a picture
and it will be
20 times better.
~Lucky Blue Smith

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Shadow P. Dooley

Monday, April 23, 2018

a little something from Aristotle

The soul never thinks
without a picture.
~Aristotle
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Location: San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona


Sunday, April 22, 2018

a little color ... Hans Hoffman

In nature,
light creates the color.
In the picture,
color creates the light.
~Hans Hoffman
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Saturday, April 21, 2018

clowning around ... Ernest Borgnine

I think we have the urge
to be a clown,
whether we know it or not.
~Ernest Borgnine

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1856 Advertisement

Friday, April 20, 2018

harmony ... Elizabeth Fishel

Comparison is the death knell to sibling harmony.
~Elizabeth Fishel
Courtesy of Library of Congress
1923 PT Barnum Circus


Thursday, April 19, 2018

why be jealous ... William Penn


The jealous are troublesome
to others,
but a torment
to themselves.
~William Penn

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

a bit of perspective ... Aaron Hill

Don't call the world dirty
because you forgot
to clean your glasses.
~Aaron Hill

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Location: Ronsom House, Phoenix, Arizona





Tuesday, April 17, 2018

dream a big dream ... Eleanor Roosevelt

The future belongs to those
who believe in the beauty
of their dreams.
~Eleanor Roosevelt

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Monday, April 16, 2018

nothing is better than ... Katharine Butler Hathaway

There is nothing better
 than the encouragement 
of a good friend.
~Katharine Butler Hathaway
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Location: Nothing, Arizona 
(and yes, Nothing is there and nothing is there)


Sunday, April 15, 2018

the power of encouragement ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Correction does much,
but encouragement does more.
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Location: Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Arizona

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Friday, April 13, 2018

finding miracles ... Jon Bon Jovi

Miracles happen everyday,
change your perception
of what a miracle is
and you'll see them
all around you.
~Jon Bon Jovi
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Thursday, April 12, 2018

realism ... Mark Twain

Everything has a limit
- iron ore cannot be educated
into gold.
~Mark Twain
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Location: Tortilla Flats, Arizona


Wednesday, April 11, 2018

what an experience ... Oscar Wilde

Experience is simply the name
we give our mistakes.
~Oscar Wilde

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Cover Model Toby ... Prescott, Arizona


Tuesday, April 10, 2018

the gift of peace ... Elie Wiesel

Hope is like peace.
It is not a gift from God.
It is a gift only
we can give one another.
~Elie Wiesel

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Cover Model: Tobi in Prescott, Arizona


Monday, April 9, 2018

hang on a little more, baby ... FDR

When you reach the end
of your rope,
tie a knot in it
and hang on.
~Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Sunday, April 8, 2018

Saturday, April 7, 2018

my bonnie lies over the ocean ... Rabindranath Tagore

You can't cross the sea
merely by standing and staring
at the water.
~Rabindranath Tagore

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Friday, April 6, 2018

Thursday, April 5, 2018

act or react ... Charles Swindoll


Life is 10% what happens
to you and 90%
how you react to it.
~Charles R. Swindoll




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Location: Mystery Castle, Phoenix, Arizona
(I believe it was a rubber spider)

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

a bit of life advice from Misty Copeland

Be strong,
be fearless,
be beautiful.
And believe that
anything is possible
when you have the right people
there to support you.
~Misty Copeland 

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Location: Herberger Theater, Phoenix, Arizona


Tuesday, April 3, 2018

anything is possible with this .... Jameela Jamil

With a doughnut in each hand,
anything is possible.
~Jameela Jamil

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Location: Hurts Donuts, Tempe, Arizona


Monday, April 2, 2018

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Happy Easter ... Saint Augustine

God loves each of us
as if there were
only one of us.
~ Saint Augustine

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