Stuck on Spring

"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming."

                                                                                --Pablo Neruda

Thinking Spring

Despite the late-March snowstorm that's raging outside my window, I'm thinking beyond the cold and gray skies to more delightful weather to come.  In the past few weeks robins are back on our roof and house finches are noisily chasing after one another in their mating rituals; therefore, I know that Spring is just around the corner....we just have to turn the corner.  With temperatures forecast to be in the 40's for most of the coming week, we'll quickly say farewell to the eight inches of new white stuff and welcome in all of the blooming beauties that accompany the arrival of Spring.

Going in Circles

Artwork by Stephanie Funke, CZT

"Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying.

It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward."

                                                                                   --Robert Frost

St. Patrick's Day

Artwork by Stephanie Funke, CZT

"May your troubles be less and your blessings be more

and nothing but happiness come through your door."

                                                                    --An Irish Blessing

Spontaneity

Artwork by Stephanie Funke, CZT

"There wasn't a predictable thing about her,

 and it was that chaos that made her interesting."

                                                                --Atticus

Listen

Artwork by Stephanie Funke, CZT

 "If speaking is silver, then listening is gold."

                                                      --Turkish proverb

Winter Lingers

Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments,

embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour."

                                                                               --John Boswell

Cat Nap

"Let's begin by taking a smallish nap or two..."

                                                          --Winnie The Pooh