what a lovely little place
discovered on a walk in the woods
nestled beneath the old trees
resting on a blanket
of the softest pine needles
open to all who happen by
who lives here?
—
“when you’re wide open, the world is a good place.”
-sharon salzberg
—
nichols arboretum, ann arbor, mi, usa. november 2018
one of my grandie’s party plan:
1. unwrapping ball game
2. slime making
3. cotton ball snowball fight
4. taco bar
i love this combo so much.
my kind of party.
could be the best day ever.
—
“my advice for life: dance and sing your song while the party is still on.”
― r
kinder happily samples the first batch of playground snow
it ‘tastes like fancy water.’
—
“i leaned out one last time and caught a snowflake on my tongue.
they tasted so good, so pure and so divine,
like nothing I had ever tasted from the sky. ”
in honor of the passing of stan lee. the time i met one of his characters in real life and it didn’t go as planned –
when i was 7, i finally had a chance to meet one of my idols, spiderman, who happened to be at the montgomery wards store at our local mall, at the same time as i was. i saw this as fate, and i could not have been more excited, as he had been one of my idols for as long as i could remember.
waiting in line, anxious, worked up, hopping with joy, i finally made my way up to the front to meet him. i was shy, but i was motivated, and so, i asked him to ‘shoot his webs’ for me, one of my favorite superpowers i’d seen him do on tv many times, enabling him to fly from building to building, saving people, and meting out justice on the bad guys.
i will never forget his reaction in response to my quiet, but earnest request. he first…
View original post 73 more words
how lovely it would be
to walk across this little bridge each day
leave the busy world behind
to enter once again
the quiet calm called home.
—
“praise the bridge that carried you over.”
-george colman
—
ann arbor, mi, usa – on geddes road
what it looks like when your french fry takes a stand.
—
who knows when
the last bead will be counted?
—
“the first thing I’ll do if elected is demand a recount.”
-kinky friedman
—
image credit: melissa and doug – abacus
i am curious about who bought this plate.
a parent as a gift to a child?
a child as a gift to him/her self?
a spouse?
a sibling?
or….?
interesting message whatever the backstory.
—
“i am often asked which picture is my favorite.
this is like asking a mother
which child she likes the most.”
-phillipe halsman
I didn't have my glasses on.... 