Rough and Tumble

Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!

--Byron.

I love this little rough and tumble boy. As a mother of 3 sons I know this look well! I got this photo at an antique show and just fell in love with his attitude!

Hiding in the Cornfield

After all, the most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth; for all beauty is truth.

--Shaftesbury

I can't believe she just said that...

All good conversation, and action come from a spontaneity which forgets usages and makes the moment great.

--Emerson.

I loved the interaction between this group-each face has so much character. I know it would make a great collage centerpiece!

Best Friends!

Real friendship is a slow grower; and never thrives unless engrafted upon a stock of known and reciprocal merit.

--Chestefield.

I love these ladies-don't they look like they have been friends for a long time and have been grounded a time or two!

Baby Joy

Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.

--Robert Browning

Beautiful Babe

"A babe in a house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting-place for innocence on earth, a llink between angesl and men.

-Tupper.

We have a local thrift store that benefits the local animal shelter. I have found the best junque there and it is for a great cause so it is my go to place for thrifting. Recently I picked up a vintage book copyright 1917 of "Fourty Thousand Quotations - Prose and Poetical" compiled by Charles Noel Douglas --- for the unbelievable price of $3.99. After scooping it up quickly and doing the happy dance (in my head of course-don't want to look tooo crazy about my find) I couldn't wait to get home and pore through this beauty. And now I want to share it with the photos and hopefully inspire some beautiful projects! Enjoy!

Beautiful Family

Isn't this a beautiful family portrait? Dad so handsome, Mom so pretty and Baby so happy! This would be great in any art project.

It has been an eventful year. We took a 7 week drive across America in the spring and a shorter trip to do a craft show in Arkansas is October. Got to do lots of "picking" along the way and I have piles more of pictures and music and written pages to share. So I am promising myself at least one pic a day so stay tuned!