Still Hanging On

Patience and perseverance have a magical

effect before which difficulties disappear 

and obstacles vanish. ~John Quincy Adams

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite 

of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: 

It is this, that in all things distinguishes the

strong soul from the weak. ~Thomas Carlyle

'Tis September

By all these lovely tokens

September days are here,

With summer's best of weather

And autumn's best of cheer.

~Helen Hunt Jackson

Departing summer hath assumed

An aspect tenderly illumed,

The gentlest look of spring;

That calls from yonder leafy shade

Unfaded, yet prepared to fade,
A timely caroling.
~William Wordsworth

Passionate Petals

We work in the dark - we do what we can -

we give what we have. Our doubt is our

passion and our passion is our task. The rest

is the madness of art. ~Henry James

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do. ~T.D. Jakes

Moments in Time

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, 

the greater it is. ~Henri Matisse

It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process. ~Max Eastman

Art of Consideration

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the 

beauty of flowers - and never succeeding. ~Gian Carlo Menotti

When that shutter clicks, anything else that

can be done afterward is not worth

consideration. ~Edward Steichen

Nature's Music

The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more. ~Mary Shelley

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art. ~Izaak Walton

Golden Hour

The imagination is the golden pathway 

to everywhere. ~Terence McKenna

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in 

the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. ~Alfred Austin