Much Warmer

“A daughter is a day brightener and a heart warmer.”
Author unknown

Shannon and Anaïs… daughter and granddaughter

...And Sorrow

“He who has not looked on sorrow will never see joy.”
Kahlil Gibran

Saturday was full of happiness but two days later was full of sorrow. On Monday, we attended the burial of our good friend, Lynn Murrin. She had plenty of sorrow in her life but she always responded with joy. And that is how I will remember her.

The picture of the roses was taken on Sunday. They were supposed to be given to the parents of the bride and groom during the wedding ceremony on Saturday. That didn’t happen because one of the guests passed out during the ceremony. The guest recovered but it took a while so we removed the rose exchange part of the ceremony to save time. It was a day full of surprises.

Rizz

“Spring has sprung, the grass is rizz. I wonder where them birdies is?”
Winnie the Pooh 

Them birdies is not far away.

Hands Off

“Pluck not the wayside flower;
It is the traveler's dower.”
William Allingham 1824-1889

An unplucked natural bouquet on the way up to Mt. Tamalpais

Honorary Duty

“The honorary duty of a human being is to love.”
Maya Angelou

Happy Valentine’s Day to you all!

The White Bike

“Almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
Steve Jobs 1955-2011

For years this bicycle has been leaning against a signpost next to a busy Oakland street. It is a memorial for a bicyclist who was accidently killed.

Relative Values

“Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues
all the utilities of the world.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882

Kitchen Color

“I hate flowers. I only paint them because they're cheaper than models
and they don't move.”
Georgia O'Keeffe 1887-1986

I don’t hate flowers but they are very cooperative. The daffodils agreed to
pose in our kitchen.

Steps of Color

“The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise
behind her steps, not before them”
John Ruskin 1819-1900

Not so fast John- in this case they are before them. These steps can be
found in the Cotswolds, England.

Beauty's Condiment

“Strangeness is the indispensable condiment of all beauty.”
Charles Baudelaire 1821-1867

Floating flowers are only a little strange.

Looking Up

“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.”
Charles Dickens 1812-1870

The underside of Cow Parsnip in Van Damme State Park near Mendocino.

Ready Made

"Ready-mades surround us in nature. Beauty, symmetry, and proportion are everywhere, usually pretty close to home."
Jackie Knott

All you need to do is look for them. They're there.

Such Things

“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.”
Iris Murdoch 1919-1999

A peony among the daisies.

The Subject

“The objects in front of you are flowers, but the subject is color.”
Michele Cooper

 

Nature's Way

“Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"”
Robin Williams

And so we did- in Mendocino last week.

Connection

“The butterfly is a flying flower,
The flower a tethered butterfly.”  
Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun 1729-1807

Like bees, butterflies help move the pollen around so the flowers do visit their neighbors.

Relative Values

“Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882

Laughing Earth

“Earth laughs in flowers.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882

It’s hard not to be cheered by flowers like these daisies
growing out of a coastal rock crevice.

Seduction

“The flower is the poetry of reproduction.
It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.”
Jean Giraudoux 1882-1944

Shakespeare, Einstein and Me

"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another."
William Shakespeare 1564-1616

"I am neither especially clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious."
Albert Einstein 1875-1955

Here’s a self portrait I did for Valentine’s Day. And yet my wife still loves me.

This week’s Corner View theme is “Me”. To see more of “me” around the world drop in on the blogs below.

jane, ian, esti, joyce, kim, natsumi, trinsch, c.t., francesca, jennifer,  denise, isabelle, janis, kari, jgy, skymring,  lise,  crescent moon,  otli, dorte,  nicola, sophie,  aimee, inna, daan,  
helene, shokoofeh, jenna, grey-lemon, line, inner toddler, lucylaine, adrienne, emily, lynn, skywriting, eliane, the wanderer´s daughter,  anna,  kenza, sherry, conny, susan, l´atelier, elis, kamana, anne, rosamaría, marinik, elisabelle, victoria, malo, the yellow door paperie, tikjewit, juniper, ocean girl, emily,   andrea,  merel,
soisses,   mlle paradis,  cacahuete, wander chow, debra, linnea and emily, barbara, pienduzz, kelleyn, sammi, theresa, liza,     myrtille,