700 Posts: My Haven

I have a new hobby, which you would’ve noticed by now. And after creating several standalone pieces, I started creating scenes, and these, I realized later were places that would make me happy. I am not a trained architect or interior person, but these scenes come very naturally in my mind’s eye. After making piecemeal…

Smile

Smile, though your heart is aching Smile, even though it’s breaking When there are clouds in the sky You’ll get by If you smile With your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You’ll find that life is still worthwhile If you just smile… Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness…

Let Your Hair Down

A picnic is more than eating a meal, it is a pleasurable state of mind ~DeeDee Stovel A picnic is a state of mind and can be made anywhere ~Anonymous

Something’s Fishy

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing – just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park? ~ Ralph Marston  

Play On

Imagination is our inner-child and creativity, its playground. ~ Jaeda DeWalt For a child, everywhere is a playground; for an adult, it is the same, only the plays are different! ~ Mehmet Murat ildan

Fountain of Youth

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. ~ Sophia Loren

The Magic of Street Food

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. ~ Luciano Pavarotti “We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.” ~ Epicurus

Homecoming

The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere – in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship, love, religion, and in ourselves. No one would desire not to be beautiful. When we experience the beautiful, there is a sense of homecoming. ~John O’Donohue

Let Flowers Bloom

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you. ~Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Rake the Leaves

“Come, little leaves,” said the Wind one day, “Come to the meadows with me and play. Put on your dresses of red and gold; For Summer is past, and the days grow cold.” ~George Cooper