"We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations."
Anais Nin

Our yellow Lady Bankston roses make me smile, too!

Purple petunias and lilac impatiens make me smile!

"I asked for strength
and God gave me difficulties to make me strong.
I asked for wisdom
and God gave me problems to learn to solve.
I asked for prosperity
and God gave me brain and brawn to work.
I asked for courage
and God gave me dangers to overcome.
I asked for love
and God gave me people to help.
I asked for favours
and God gave me opportunities.
I received nothing I wanted.
I received everything I needed."
Hazrat Kahn

Bird Creek

"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature."
- Anne Frank

Porch Sitting...

and a HAPPY EASTER to you!

I Saw What I Saw

Prayer For The First Day of Spring!

"Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving, that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life."
St. Francis of Assisi

WakingUp

Kind of looks like our first iris of the season is waking up and yawning...maybe even sticking out her tongue!
"The earth laughs in flowers."
Ralph Waldo Emmerson

The Games People Play

John and I are learning to pray bridge. It is fun and definately qualifies as exercise for the mind. I would love to know how you exercise your mind...
Carpe Diem!
Susan

Another Day

James Taylor...singing my song.

Carpe Diem!
Susan

New Growth

Many of you know about our "Tulip Tree" that lost a limb last year...due to the weight of a heavy snow. I am excited by the new green leaves that are beginning to cover the black scar that was a result of the damage.

I want this blog to chronicle the new growth that is taking place in my life. I may recycle a few old topics but hopefully, they will have a new twist. I will be adding new photos and quotes and music. So check in from time to time and let me know what you think!

"Behold, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland."
Isaiah 43:19
Carpe Diem!
Susan