books, sweets, a sunday afternoon

The man who does not read good books 

has no advantage over the man who can't read them. 

 ~Mark Twain, attributed

will you adopt me?

Dogs have given us their absolute all. 

 We are the center of their universe. 

 We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. 

 They serve us in return for scraps. 

 It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. 

 ~Roger Caras

play mist(y) for me

The difference between friends and pets 

is that friends we allow into our company, 

pets we allow into our solitude. 

~Robert Brault

whispers

The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper;

I cannot quite make it out.

~Annie Dillard

nom nom

It's so beautifully arranged on the plate -

you know someone's fingers have been all over it.

~Julia Child

communion

Tai chi does not mean oriental wisdom or something exotic. 

 It is the wisdom of your own senses, your own mind 

and body together as one process.

~Chungliang Al Huang

Jubilation

There is something about the outside of a horse

that is good for the inside of a man.

~Winston Churchill

Four-legged love

There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog.

~Konrad Lorenz

Freedom

A horse is poetry in motion. 

~Author Unknown

Smile

Always remember to be happy 

because you never know who's falling in love with your smile.  

~Author Unknown

La dame en rouge

When in doubt, wear red.

~Bill Blass

Concrete zoo

Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

~Desmond Morris, The Human Zoo

Happy Holidays

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: 

the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. 

~Burton Hillis

Wisdom of elders

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

~William Shakespeare

summer snow

A weed is but an unloved flower.

~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

On grandparents

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. 

They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. 

And, most importantly, cookies.

~Rudolph Giuliani

Joy

The sun is the epitome of benevolence -

it is lifegiving and warmthgiving and happinessgiving, 

and to it we owe our thanksgiving.

~Jessi Lane Adams

Open skies

Man's heart away from nature becomes hard.

~Standing Bear

Ecology vs Economy

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, 

then names the streets after them. 

~Bill Vaughn

Under pregnant skies

For the man sound in body and serene of mind 

there is no such thing as bad weather; 

every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do

but make it pulse more vigorously. 

~George Gissing, "Winter," The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, 1903