I've always had a soft spot for frogs. They're so approachable and unique. I'll resist asking my wife if we can get a live one for the house. Maybe a lovely sculpture instead. Thanks for the inspiration!
I've posted my Wordless Wednesday contribution here, and hope you'll be able to drop by and say hi: http://tinyurl.com/4jrczw
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! ************ "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." **************
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." --Paul Dudley White
************ "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
28 comments:
How nice to find so much beauty right out back!
I love backyard art. Thanks for sharing. I love the second frog.
I just Love the Frog! I want the Frog!
I love the bird figure in the blooms.
Marcia those are beautiful photographs you captured in your back yard! Well done...
Nice photos with interesting captions for all of them :) Glad your back doesn't hurt anymore! :)
I always have time for backyard treasures!
Beautiful pics:) I love the colors. They are so clear. Happy WW and thanks for stopping by.
there both very beautiful but i like the frog
These are beautiful shots. I love garden shots - so serene!
Those are really neat shots...I especially like the frog!
I'm defintely diggin' the frog :)
I love that cute frog. I am actually collecting frog pieces. :-)
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Makimeji
Beautiful shots. Thanks for dropping by. Happy WW.
Beautiful photography! Love these! Thanks for visiting mine
Have a great day!
I love that frog!!
Awww froggie!!!
Great WW, have a good rest of the week :)
very nice..
happy WW
I've always had a soft spot for frogs. They're so approachable and unique. I'll resist asking my wife if we can get a live one for the house. Maybe a lovely sculpture instead. Thanks for the inspiration!
I've posted my Wordless Wednesday contribution here, and hope you'll be able to drop by and say hi:
http://tinyurl.com/4jrczw
Have a wonderful rest-of-WW!
Carmi
Those are great photos!
I liked the frog. It's beautiful!
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Happy WW!
love the frog. But both photos are great shot.Happy WW.
Interesting mixture of natural and human-made beauty.
Happy WW
Love your backyards decos.I can't wait for our move next month,I'll be putting the same thing too in my future garden.
I’m in a big wooden shoe
Happy WW!
Great photos!!
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I cannot wait for my backyard to bloom! My azaleas are about to "pop". Thanks for visiting and happy WW!
That froggie looks delicious!
That frog is wonderful. I want one!
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