Today I wish to alert you to a collection of quotes gathered by Brian at Bonnywood Manor as his own birthday present while showing you how we do winter over here.
First we had that memorable storm on the penultimate day of January. Such dire effects.
“Nothing is ever the same as they said it was.”
– Diane Arbus
Above is the first quote out of three as selected from Brian’s stash of quotes. He has the best ideas for celebrating his birthday. Some of them I posted on my blogs already but all are worthy of your attention. I promised him to reblog three that I had never heard before and speak to me most of all.
The next day I strolled under the mimosa tree that was so happily abloom last January and had a close look at this year’s progress:
“To gain your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.”
– Allen Ginsberg
And finally, no mimosa yet but look! It’s coming.
“We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others
are here for I don’t know.” – W. H. Auden
Thank you for lovely thoughts, Brian, and to all of you for being on earth.
Gorgeous photos and great quotes! What is that last tree/flower? You mention Mimosa…. our Mimosa trees/blooms look different.
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Thanks, Charlotte. And I was so glad to find your Jeanette’s quote.
The last pink one? Or the yellow? Here is our mimosa last January in full bloom: https://manjameximoving.wordpress.com/2019/01/23/january-2018/
The pink one is still undecided, a biologist friend is trying to pin it down on Facebook. It’s a bush, my guess is a fruit of some sort. If anybody knows, please, be my guest. This one is always the first to bloom, every year.
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I am truly enjoying the tree motif, especially table centerpiece!
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Thanks, Joey. The red berries are a Christmas leftover. I like them there and won’t remove them.
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I’m with Joey–that table centerpiece is beautiful. That last quote–I love it! Sometimes you really do have to wonder……
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Thank you, Lois. 🙂 Glad to see you around.
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Spring is on its way. I saw the first snow drops yesterday!
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Thanks, Gavin. Yes, indeed it is. For two day we’ve been having warm sun. No snowdrops around here though.
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I saw them outside our house on Sunday.
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wonderful set of photos and quotes, Manja. I like them so much.
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Thank you, Markus! Did you have a look at other quotes in the link to Brian’s post? I think you’ll like more of them. But these there are my special selection.
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yes I checked that side. It’s wonderful. So manyfold great thoughts. Thank you so much, Manja
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I am loving those berries and pop of red! The quotes are lovely.
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Thank you, Deborah. This is my idea of Christmas decoration. 😀 And I’m glad you like the words too, they were specially chosen.
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I saw first mimosas today. My heart smiled.
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Oohh, really? They are already fully opened where you are? (Where are you, by the way? You are not very local in your posts. Or are you keeping it hush-hush?)
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No, not at all. I mentioned it earlier, or maybe in comments. Munich. Btw, I didn’t see a tree, only a bouquet at the supermarket. 🙂
This is not really the Mediterranean.
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Hihi, I see. I was confused for a moment and thought you had moved to an exotic location. 😉
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I wish…..
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Thank you so much for sharing my little trove of quotes. I’m especially fond of the three you selected, and I really enjoyed the way you presented this post.
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” – Ansel Adams
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Yeah! I’m glad you support my choices, Brian. 🙂 And thank you for the lovely photo thought. Here’s to no rules.
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I love the header photo! … and that last quote was priceless! 🙂
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Thank you, Joanne. I love it too. Never heard any of these before.
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The Diane Arbus quote is great!
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Thanks. It was a fully new one for me.
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