Inspiration in bloom

What could be more wonderful than getting to tour Monet's gardens...without having to leave the country??  Thank you, New York Botanical Society for your exquisite exhibit!!

Dreams do come true:)

My beautiful and talented sister's first novel hits stores today!!! It is a real live dream come true for her and I couldn't be prouder:)  If you like feel good stories that fill you with joy, do yourself a favor and buy her book: http://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Stranger-Sealed-Novel/dp/0451237714

Peony Power!

I wait all year for these beauties to bloom -- and they're finally here -- like fireworks in my garden!

At the top

I'm actually terrified in this picture -- the Ferris Wheel was spinning at an alarming speed (aren't they supposed to meander not hurtle?) and the seat was rickety and small and it was SO HIGH...but I'm smiling because my husband is next to me, and somehow made me laugh at my fear.  Now that's love:)

The joy of small things:)

Late night musings

Just as there would be no rainbows without clouds, there would be no miracles without difficulty and trouble.   Miracles are the glory that appears when light blazes into the darkness and transforms it into something beautiful.

Togetherness

Kind gestures

It is amazing to experience the grace of a small thoughtfulness.  After some trying days, a gift certificate to pamper myself with a mani/pedi showed up in my email from a good friend and it was like a warm hug wrapped around my heart.  I am thankful for the encouragement of kind gestures at just the right time.

A smile wrapped in fur:)

My parents just got a new puppy named Wookie and no matter how rainy it is outside, or how crabby I am inside, one look at that face and I can't help but giggle.  Thank God for puppies, they are little packets of happiness:)

Beautiful Thomas Traherne Quote

From the Centuries of Meditations #30
"Till your Spirit filleth the whole World, and the Stars are your Jewels, till you are Familiar with the Ways of God in all Ages as with your Walk and Table: till you are intimately Acquainted with that Shady Nothing out of which the World was made: till you lov Men so as to Desire their Happiness, with a Thirst equal to the zeal of your own: till you Delight in God for being Good to all: you never Enjoy the World."