a kind tribute
to my little himilayan irish kitty
yeti kennedy
from my compassionate vet’s office
in a perfect circle
he
appeared from the wild
returned to the wild.
—
“trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come.”
― karen joy fowler
( festive artwork that was a precursor to the night’s joyful celebration)
seeing this painting upon entering the room
where my dear friend
finally had the chance
to have the wedding she’d always wanted
delayed by two long years of pandemic
i knew it would be a memorable celebration
that really lived up to the artist’s vision
and then some.
—
“all great celebrations break away from the mundane.”
-jessica marie baumgartner
word of the week
you never know when you might need this
it could be just the perfect word to describe your circumstances.
—
image credit – gary larson, the far side
this is someone else (who is not me)
goofing off to celebrate one holiday,
while actively ignoring the clutter of the other holiday.
—
how incredibly lucky
that right after i realized it is
‘clutter awareness week’
i found out it is also
‘international goof off week’
so i decided to go all in on the goof off celebration.
i’ve never been one to shy away from honoring a holiday
but i can only spread myself so thin.
happy holidays to those of you who celebrate one or both.
—
“but i love to feel events overlapping each other, crawling over one another like wet crabs in a basket.”
lawrence durrell
—
image credit: animal rescue site news
“the significance of the cherry blossom tree in japanese culture goes back hundreds of years.
in japan, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life.
it’s a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that is also tragically short.”
-homaro cantu
—
image credit: peak bloom, 1920’s. this lantern slide of the cherry blossoms along the tidal basin in washington, d.c., usa, is from smithsonian gardens’ archives of american gardens. the cherry trees arrived in 1912, when japan gave them to the city as a gift of friendship.
“the most painful thing about mathematics
is how far away you are from being able to use it after you have learned it.”
-james newman
new french patisserie in town
seems an impossible challenge
to make the right choice
yet an impossible challenge
to choose wrong.
—
“but compared with the task of selecting a piece of french pastry held by an impatient waiter,
a move in chess is like reaching for a salary check in its demand on the contemplative faculties.”
-robert benchley
followed a rainbow on my first walk in spring
—
“if you have ever followed a rainbow to its end, it leads you to the ground on which you are standing.”
-alan cohen
now is this isn’t a sure sign of spring, i don’t know what is…
—
“spring makes its own statement,
so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of his instruments,
not the composer.”
-geoffrey charlesworth
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Art credit: Margaret Tarrant – The Fairy Troupe / Spring’s Flowery Cloak. Circa 1920s painting. A female sprite with a blue cloak shepherds tiny fairies and elves, each carrying a spring flower, through the undergrowth. Published by the Medici Society.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 