Thursday, December 29, 2016

More Lights


"I haven't taken my Christmas lights down.
  They look so nice on the pumpkin."
                                                     --Winston Spear


Monday, December 19, 2016

La Flor de La Noche Buena


"Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall,
the genial flame of charity in the heart."
                                                                                                                 --Washington Irving


Thursday, December 15, 2016

Lights at Night


"I wish we could put some of the Christmas spirit
in jars and open a jar of it every month."
                                                   --Harlan Miller


Monday, December 12, 2016

Spread Some Cheer


"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try
to cheer somebody else up."
                                                   --Mark Twain

Thursday, December 8, 2016

First Snow


"Kindness is like snow -- 
It beautifies everything it covers."
                                                                --Kahlil Gibran

Monday, December 5, 2016

Holiday Exhibit Opens


This delightful collection of art is on display now until January 23, 2017, at the Dubuque, Iowa, Carnegie-Stout Public Library.  Listed on the image above are all the featured artists with works in several mediums, from sculpture to textiles to woodcarving and many more.  Be sure to stop in and have a look.  My images are shown in a photo below.






Thursday, December 1, 2016

Take a Load Off


"Adopt the pace of Nature.  Her secret is patience."
                                                                                                                          --Ralph Waldo Emerson