31/365: Library goods

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. -Christopher Morley

30/365: Pizza Pie

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore. -Jack Brooks

29/365: Capturing motion

Never mistake motion for action. -Ernest Hemingway

28/365: Frozen in the fog

There are no birds in last year's nest. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27/365: Reflect

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him- John Locke

26/365: Light in the dark

Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~ Chinese Proverb

25/365: On the ledge

When Stitch was little he would scramble to try to reach this ledge. It is our biggest window in the house, and since he has grown it is where he spends a lot of his time. He always lets us know if anything is happening out front. I love that he always rests his chin on the ledge, as if it is just too much to hold his head up.

24/365: Red

The Red Balloon

I once had a red balloon-

A balloon so big and red.

Until the day it decided to be free.

On that day-

It flew high above the sky.

It flew with the birds-

Until it popped.

-Stephanie A. Geyer 1988

23/365: Carved

Rotten wood cannot be carved. - Chinese Proverb

22/365: Do Good

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That is my religion. - Abraham Lincoln

21/365: Bright

The brightest glow is from love light. - Grey Livingston

Who wants to guess what these are of?

I have learned a lot in these last few days. Working with my camera in the dark, has made me learn it in a whole new way.

20/365: Hearting Hearts

God is closest to those with broken hearts. -Jewish saying

I was so excited to work in this today. I saw something like it last year, and have wanted to try it ever since. As soon as the bebe went down for his nap, O and I got to work. It was quite the elaborate set up, but it worked well, and I only took a few bad shots.

19/365: Dough

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. -Yiddish Proverb

18/365: Glitter

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien

17/365: Turning Two

A baby boy is sunshine

and moonbeam & more.

Brightening your world

as never before.

16/365: Robot

My robot does my homework.

He helps me every night.

The trouble is he doesn't get

too many answers right.

He'd probably do better

at homework but, you see,

I built him, so he only knows

the things he learned from me.

- Kenn Nesbitt

15/365: Finishing ONE

A baby boy's one thing

the whole world adore,

and the best part of all

this one is yours!

14/365: Black Balloon

It's a toy balloon among children armed with pins. - Gene Fowle

13/365: Open

12/365: For the love of books.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. - Mark Twain

11/365: Red Robot

You will always be your child's favorite toy. -Vicki Lansky

10/365: Grace

9/365: Memory

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. -From the television show The Wonder Years

8/365: Root Beer

Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. -Ernestine Ulmer

7/365: Print

Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. -Flavia Weedn

6/365: Contemplate

con*tem*plate

1. to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars. -dictionary.com

5/365: Black boy

Dogs are miracles with paws. -Attributed to Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy

1/365: Giving back

The only gift is a portion of thyself. -Ralph Waldo Emerson