Color in the Yard Today
Thoughtful Sunday
"He could tell by the way the animals walked that they were keeping time to some kind of music. Maybe it was the song in their own hearts that they walked to."
Waterless Mountain, Laura Adams Armer, 1931.
In the Pink
We are really savoring the spring show around here.
I hope you are able to enjoy some natural wonders this week.
Thoughtful Sunday
"It's nearly as difficult to stay beautiful as it is to become so."
The Wonderful Farm, Marcel Ayme, 1951.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Such long, blue, sunny days they were, too, and, as happens in northern places where seasons are short, all the flowers seemed to be trying to bloom at once."
Hitty Her First Hundred Years, Rachel Field, 1929
Thoughtful Sunday
(Photo by P)
"A dream is to look at the night and see things"
A Hole is to Dig, Ruth Krauss, 1952.
Thoughtful Sunday
"'Nature need not be improved upon,' she used to say..."
Hitty Her First Hundred Years, Rachel Field, 1929
Thoughtful Sunday
"'Spring, Spring, Spring!' sang the frog.'Spring!' said the groundhog.'Spring, Spring, Spring!' sang the robin.It was Spring."
Home for a Bunny, Margaret Wise Brown, 1961.
Thoughtful Sunday
"There was nothing but pie. But there were all nine kinds of pie that Harold liked best. When Harold finished his picnic there was quite a lot left. He hated to see so much delicious pie go to waste. So Harold left a very hungry moose and a deserving porcupine to finish it up."
Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson, 1955.
Thoughtful Sunday
"A good detective is always in demand."
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories: The Hidden Staircase, Carolyn Keene, 1930.
Thoughtful Sunday
"If you cannot be satisfied with what you have, you must learn to be satisfied with what you haven't."
Further Tales of Mr. Pengachoosa, Caroline Rush, 1967.
Thoughtful Sunday
"That is one good thing about this world... there are always sure to be more springs."
Anne of Avonelea, Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1909.
Thoughtful Sunday
It doesn't matter at all if my home's big or small,
If it's brown or yellow or white,
It doesn't matter at all if it's narrow or tall,
Or if it is pretty or bright.
It doesn't matter at all if my home's on a hill,
Or down by the deep blue sea-
As long as it's filled with people I love,
And people who also love me.
My Home, Renee Bartkowski, 1971.
Thoughtful Sunday
"I like stripes on zebras,Flowers on rugs,Polka-dots on lady bugs,Marble full of wiggly streaks,Speckled stones you find in creeks,Insides of shells, all wavy-pearly,The way the sky looks very early."
Colors Are Nice, Adelaide Holl, 1979.
Thoughtful Sunday
"The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same."
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry, 1989.
Thoughtful Sunday
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."
Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank, 1952.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Music is very nice for a party because it gives you time to eat your fill without having to make conversation."
The Cricket in Times Square, George Selden, 1960.
Thoughtful Sunday
"There was no road, there were no marks on the snow but the feather-stitching tracks of birds and the blurry spots where rabbits had hopped. Deep in the still woods axes were chopping with a ringing sound."
Farmer Boy, Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1933
Thoughtful Sunday
"You've got to be able to make those daring leaps or you're nowhere," said Muskrat.
The Mouse and His Child, Russell Hoban, 1967.
