"Going to Aunt Mirandy's is like going down cellar in the dark. There might be ogres and giants under the stairs, - but, as I tell Hannah, there might be elves and fairies and enchanted frogs!"
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1903
Thoughtful Sunday
"If you become a bird and fly away from me, " said mother, "I will be a tree that you come home to."
The Runaway Bunny, Margaret Wise Brown, 1942
Thoughtful Sunday
"Just living is not enough...One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."
Hans Christian Anderson
Thoughtful Sunday
"Aren't they beautiful?" the girl asked, as she breathed in the spicy scent of the bright flowers.
"I suppose so," answered the Scarecrow. "When I have brains, I shall probably like them better."
"If I only had a heart, I should love them," added the Tin Woodman.
"I always did like flowers," said the Lion. "They seem so helpless and frail. But there are none in the forest so bright as these."
The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum, 1900.
Thoughtful Sunday
"You spotted snakes with double tongue,
Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen;
Newts and blind-worms, do no wrong,
Come not near our fairy queen."
A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare, 159?
Thoughtful Sunday
"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose."
Oh the Places You'll Go!, Dr. Seuss, 1990
Thoughtful Sunday
"If one had to live in town, Miss Hickory had always said, take a house under a lilac bush."
Miss Hickory, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, 1946.
Thoughtful Sunday
"I know, up on top you are seeing great sights,
But down at the bottom we, too, should have rights."
“Yertle the Turtle," Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, Dr. Seuss, 1958.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Misery is when you heard on the radio that the neighborhood you live in is a slum but you always thought it was home."
Black Misery, Langston Hughes, 1969
Thoughtful Sunday
"A startled or surprised look from one of you when I spoke sharply rebuked me more than any words could have done, and the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman I would have them copy."
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, 1868.
Thoughtful Sunday
(origami creation by Joel Cooper. Seen at an exhibit in Oberlin, OH)
"The life of a Marionette has grown very tiresome to me and I want to become a boy, no matter how hard it is."
The Adventures of Pinocchio, C. Collodi, 1883.
Thoughtful Sunday
"The mother duck let them explore as much as they pleased, for green is good for the eyes."
The Ugly Duckling, Hans Christian Anderson (adapted from translation by W. Angeldorf), 2006.
Thoughtful Sunday
"There she stood in her funny country clothes but none of the other four Easter Bunnies laughed, for they were wise and kind and knew better."
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes, DuBose Heyward, 1939
Thoughtful Sunday
"Maybe it sounds peculiar to say that dirt is clean, but I think new-plowed dirt's the cleanest thing I know of."
Miss Charity Comes to Stay, Alberta Wilson Constant, 1959.
Thoughtful Sunday
(view from Pont du Gard, 2007)
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that."
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling, 1997.
Thoughtful Sunday
"You have to stop when you're lonely and listen."
If You Listen, Charlotte Zolotow, 1980.
Thoughtful Sunday
"The blues seemed to come from the deepest part of the ocean, the whites from the northernmost snows, the greens and purples from the abundant wildflowers, the reds, oranges and pinks from the most wonderful sunsets."
The Quiltmaker's Gift, Jeff Brumbeau, 2000
Thoughtful Sunday
"What is a color?
You can't taste it.
You can't smell it.
You can't hear it.
You can't feel it.
But you know it when you see it.
You can see a color."
What is a Color?, Alice and Martin Provensen, 1967.
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Welcome to Color Week. I hope to fill the rest of the week with color. Get your cameras out, charge those batteries, and search out some color!
Sunday- rainbow of color
Monday - red
Tuesday - orange
Wednesday - yellow
Thursday - green
Friday - blue
Saturday - violet
Sunday - finish it all off with another rainbow of color.
Thoughtful Sunday
(found on the beach, they have grown together)
"From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere."
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish, Dr. Seuss, 1960
Thoughtful Sunday
"If I write a letter to someone I love, someone I love may write a letter to me."
Richard Scarry's Just For Fun, Patricia Scarry, 1960.
