Copper Flower

I've got flowers year round with my copper & marble creations.

The road to...

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.
Henry David Thoreau

What's For Dinner?

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. 'Tis good to give a stranger a meal, or a night's lodging. 'Tis better to be hospitable to his good meaning and thought, and give courage to a companion. We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ears To You ºoº

I'm a big Disney fan, so I guess it would only be fitting that my niece gave me and my husband these personalized Mickey Mouse Ears ornaments for Christmas. (they'll be kept out year round) LOVE IT

Patience

There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.
~Linda Hogan

Fallen Feather

We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it.
French Proverb

Over The Rainbow

Over The Rainbow

(Arlen-Harburg)

Somewhere over the rainbow

Way up high

There's a land that I heard of

Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow

Skies are blue

And the dreams that you dare to dream

Really do come true
Some day I'll wish upon a star

And wake up where the clouds are far behind me

Where troubles melt like lemondrops

Away above the chimney tops

That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow

Bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow

Why then, oh why can't I?

Some day I'll wish upon a star

And wake up where the clouds are far behind me

Where troubles melt like lemondrops

Away above the chimney tops

That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow

Bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow

Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly

Beyond the rainbow

Why, oh why can't I?

The Big Blue Marble

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
~Carl Sagan

An apple a day...

If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these...
~George Benard Shaw

In the Shadow

I am a part of all that I have met.
~Alfred Tennyson

Vision

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.
~Helen Keller

In need of paint

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.
~ Ivy Baker Priest

Layers

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep....
-Carl Sandburg

Winter Brook

More Quabbin shots, K and I have such a great time when we are there. I softened this just a bit.

Contemplating

Enjoying the calmness, listening to the coyotes, pondering that perfect shot.

Sunrise/Sunset

This one's for Wendy. Thanks for the directions, this is so fun:)

Calm Patrol

K and I took advantage of a day off and went to Quabbin today. Fantastic day; cold, crisp and calm.

Ginger Molasses Cookies - Recipe upon request :-)

Here is the recipe for the cookies. Please let me know if yours rise or stay flat like mine.

Ginger Molasses Cookies

makes approx. 3 1/2 dozen
350 degrees - 8 minutes

3/4 cup veg. oil
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. powdered ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
4 Tbsp. molasses
Mix all ingredients together well using mixer
Roll into 1 inch balls and roll in sugar
Place on ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart
DO NOT OVERBAKE : cookies will be soft when they come out
Cool, then pig out! ENJOY