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The Family Menagerie!


To be Plain, Honest, and Upright.

A Tiny Paradise of Grasshopper
A Tiny paradise of Grasshopper by Colorrrs

Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock. ~Henry Ward Beecher, Star Papers: A Discourse of Flowers




Life is Beautiful.

Zebra Eyelashes
Zebra Eyelashes by Forpawz

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson




Finding Something Sacred.

Sacred by MichelCh
A Sacred Place by MichelCh

“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” – e.e. cummings




Dreaming Away the Day

Awaken by CyanBlutgeissel
Awaken by CyanBlutgeissel

A daydream is a meal at which images are eaten. Some of us are gourmets, some gourmands, and a good many take their images precooked out of a can and swallow them down whole, absent-mindedly and with little relish. ~W.H. Auden