“In truth, autumn heralds more than just a change in nature—as the seasons change, so do we.”
-Sylvia Stefanora
I crocheted this little pumpkin to welcome Autumn into our home.
a wonderful life
“Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.”
-Annette Funicello
I drew this a few years back. Isn’t it delightful to blow dandelion seeds into the wind?
my significance
"I choose to risk my significance,
to live so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom,
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.”
― Dawna Markova, I Will Not Die An Unlived Life
My kids took this photo under a handheld microscope.
happy childhood
“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.”
-Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker
I found this lovely heart-shaped rock at Garin Regional Park in California.
What if you fly?
“What if I fall?
Oh, but my darling,
what if you fly?”
-Erin Hanson
PVC pipe pet swing created by my daughter.
Wild and Precious Life
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
-Mary Oliver, from her poem “The Summer Day”
With thanks to my daughter for this lovely portrait.