A PHOTO A DAY

30/09/07

2007-09-30T08:03:00.000+01:00

I've decided to temporarily suspend this blog; the last week has made me realise how much extra time I've had; it takes a long for me to find one of my photos and a quote to go with it. Hopefully once my college course is over and I have some of my other problems resolved I'll be able to come back to it. I can't express enough my thanks to all of my regular visitors; I hope that you'll still join me on Me, My Life, My Garden.

"What appears to be the end may really be a new beginning.”

~Unknown~

2007-09-25T23:41:00.000+01:00

I'll be off the Internet for a few days while my PC visits the doctor.

It's not on top form at the moment and I'm going to need it a lot in the future both for research and for typing up my assignments. All being well I'll be back on Sunday.

25/09/07

2007-09-25T18:28:00.000+01:00

“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”
~Henry Ward Beecher~

24/09/07

2007-09-24T18:22:00.000+01:00

“Happiness is like a kiss...

you must share it to enjoy it.”

~Bernard Meltzer~

23/09/07

2007-09-23T17:00:00.000+01:00

“Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence.

If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.”
~Horace Mann~

2007-09-22T17:37:00.000+01:00

For Meeyauw and Dot...this is another photo taken on the same day of the herd of cows. Our little friend from today's photo a day is the calf behind the tree.

22/09/07

2007-09-22T17:05:00.000+01:00

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy,

for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

~Henri Frederic Amiel~

21/09/07

2007-09-21T18:43:00.000+01:00

"Advice is like snow;

the softer it falls;

the longer it dwells upon; the deeper it sinks into the mind."

~Samuel Taylor Coleridge~

20/09/07

2007-09-20T18:38:00.000+01:00

"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation"

~Dalai Lama~

19/09/07

2007-09-19T19:19:00.000+01:00

“Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do;
but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being.”
~Charles Dudley Warner~

18/09/07

2007-09-18T19:29:00.000+01:00

“Iron rusts from disuse;

water loses its purity from stagnation ...

even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind.”
~Leonardo da Vinci ~

17/09/07

2007-09-17T19:51:00.000+01:00

“Direction is more important than speed.

We are so busy looking at our speedometers that we forget the milestone.”

~Unknown~

16/09/07

2007-09-16T19:38:00.000+01:00

“First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet.

But the minute a man finds himself in that position,

the next thing he should do is reach out his arms.”
~Kristin Hunter~

15/09/07

2007-09-15T13:49:00.000+01:00

“You can sit around and wait for the good things to happen to you,

or you can go out and make them happen.”

~Unknown~

14/09/07

2007-09-14T13:45:00.000+01:00

“Lettuce is like conversation;

it must be fresh and crisp,

so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it”
~Charles Dudley Warner~

13/09/07

2007-09-13T19:23:00.000+01:00

“Know what you want to do,

hold the thought firmly,

and do every day what should be done,

and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.”
~Elbert Hubbard~

12/09/07

2007-09-12T12:26:00.000+01:00

“I'm like a duck:
calm above the water,
and paddling like hell underneath.”
~Fred Shero~

11/09/07

2007-09-11T11:49:00.000+01:00

For Auds with belated Birthday Wishes
“May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.

May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.

May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.

And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.”
~Irish Blessings~

07/09/07

2007-09-07T20:06:00.000+01:00

“I love the man that can smile in trouble,

that can gather strength from distress,

and grow brave by reflection”
~Thomas Paine~

06/09/07

2007-09-06T21:39:00.000+01:00

"When things are steep,

remember to stay level-headed."

~Horace~

05/09/07

2007-09-05T17:48:00.000+01:00

"There will be times in life when impossibility is felt,

but then there are dreams -

and dreams allow us possibility."

~Jeffrey David Lang~

04/09/07

2007-09-04T12:53:00.000+01:00

"To change one's life: Start immediately.

Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions."
~William James~

03/09/07

2007-09-03T18:46:00.000+01:00

“I watch out my window as the planes take off into space.

Oh, that I could fly away and start fresh.

But I must realize that fresh starts also come in the pretty wrapped gift called

'tomorrow.'”

~Origin Unknown~

02/09/07

2007-09-02T16:57:00.000+01:00

“Life is one big road with lots of signs.

So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind.

Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy.

Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality . Wake Up and Live!”
~Bob Marley~

01/09/07

2007-09-01T16:47:00.000+01:00

“The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.”
~David Cecil~

31/08/07

2007-08-31T15:11:00.000+01:00

"A true friend is the one who would find your tears even in the rain"

~Unknown~

30/08/07

2007-08-30T23:21:00.000+01:00

“Happiness is like a kiss...you must share it to enjoy it"

~Unknown~

29/08/07

2007-08-29T15:17:00.000+01:00

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”
~Harvey S. Firestone~

28/08/07

2007-08-28T19:37:00.000+01:00

“Always aim your goals and aspiration for the moon,

because even if you don't make it, you'll always end up reaching the stars"

~Unknown~

27/08/07

2007-08-27T15:36:00.000+01:00

“They know, they just know where to grow, how to dupe you, and how to camouflage themselves among the perfectly respectable plants, they just know, and therefore, I've concluded weeds must have brains.”
~Dianne Benson~

26/08/07

2007-08-26T18:15:00.000+01:00

“Woman was taken out of man;

not out of his head to top him,

nor out of his feet to be trampled underfoot;

but out of his side to be equal to him,

under his arm to be protected,

and near his heart to be loved"

"Unknown"

25/07/08

2007-08-25T23:10:00.000+01:00

ROSE EMMA McGILL
26th January 1984 – 11th November 2006

Today Rose’s Father, Andrew, and his best friend, Natalya, are setting off on a 3 day, 1,000 mile fundraising event in memory of Rose.

Right from the start it has been their intention to use their fundraising activities as a way of sharing Rose and her beautiful smile with all who read about her.

Rose was an up and coming designer and was featured at the New Designers Exhibition in London in June 2006. Sadly, that same month the family was devastated when Rose was diagnosed with a Grade 4 malignant brain tumour. Following surgery to remove the tumour treatment was started straight away and on 26th October 2006 Rose graduated with honours from Liverpool Hope University. Just two weeks later Rose was admitted to hospital and sadly passed away on 11th November 2006.

As Andrew and Natalya navigate around the UK, bloggers across the world are coming together to help them share Rose’s story and her wonderful smile.

Please click on these words if you'd like to read more about the Britball Event

24/08/07

2007-08-24T18:08:00.000+01:00

“We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.”
~Jean Toomer~

23/08/07

2007-08-23T18:04:00.000+01:00

"Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer!
~Henry Lawson~

22/08/07

2007-08-22T11:05:00.000+01:00

"What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul."

~Yiddish Proverb~

21/08/07

2007-08-21T11:06:00.000+01:00

"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."
~Unknown~

20/08/07

2007-08-20T17:29:00.000+01:00

"Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.

So practice happy thinking every day.

Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit,

and life will become a continual feast."
~Norman Vincent Peale~

19/08/07

2007-08-19T11:09:00.000+01:00

“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”
~George Bernard Shaw~

18/08/07

2007-08-18T14:30:00.000+01:00

"Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution.

If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds."
~Norman Vincent Peale~

17/08/07

2007-08-17T22:08:00.000+01:00

“Many do with opportunities as children do at the seashore;

they fill their little hands with sand, and then let the grains fall through,

one by one, till all are gone.”
~Thomas Jones~

16/08/07

2007-08-16T15:28:00.000+01:00

Whatever women do they must do twice as well as man to be thought half as good

Luckily this is not difficult!

~Charlotte Whitton~

15/08/07

2007-08-15T16:54:00.000+01:00

"Know how to listen,

and you will profit even from those who talk badly."
~Plutarch~

14/08/07

2007-08-14T20:51:00.000+01:00

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside.

Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

~Karl Kraus~

13/08/07

2007-08-13T21:33:00.000+01:00

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook
~Julia Child~

12/08/07

2007-08-12T18:00:00.000+01:00

“Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.”
~Charles Henry Parkhurst~

11/08/07

2007-08-11T12:20:00.000+01:00

Inside every older person is a younger person:

wondering what the hell happened.

- Cora Harvey Armstrong-

10/08/07

2007-08-10T20:25:00.000+01:00

Remember the tea kettle :

when it's up to it's neck in hot water :

it sings.

~Early American Proverb~

09/08/07

2007-08-09T21:24:00.000+01:00

“My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature,”
~Jane Goodall~

*incredibly this butterfly sat on the strut of our pergola and allowed Nicole to stroke it's wings before it flew off....it was a remarkable sight and a wonderful moment.

08/08/07

2007-08-08T23:20:00.000+01:00

“Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness.

Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.”
~Scott Adams~

07/08/07

2007-08-07T23:02:00.000+01:00

“Before you put on a frown,

make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.”
~Jim Beggs~

06/08/07

2007-08-06T15:44:00.000+01:00

A book may be compared to your neighbour:

if it be good, it cannot last too long;

if bad, you cannot get rid of it too early.

~Rupert Brooke~

05/08/07

2007-08-05T15:49:00.000+01:00

May your joys be as bright as the morning,And your sorrows merely be shadows that fade,In the sunlight of love. May you have enough happiness to keep you sweet. Enough trials to keep you strong. Enough sorrows to keep you human.Enough hope to keep you happy. Enough failure to keep you humble. Enough success to keep you eager.Enough friends to give you comfort. Enough faith and courage in yourself to banish sadness. Enough wealth to meet your needs. And one thing more: enough determination to make each day a more wonderful day than the day before.

~Irish Blessing~

04/08/07

2007-08-04T23:02:00.000+01:00

“Before you put on a frown,

make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.”
~Jim Beggs~

03/08/07

2007-08-03T22:33:00.000+01:00

“For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather,

to cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray,

to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.”
~Christina G. Rossetti~

02/08/07

2007-08-02T21:47:00.000+01:00

“Life is a wave, which in no two consecutive moments of its existence
is composed of the same particles.”
~Author Unknown~

01/08/07

2007-08-01T18:48:00.000+01:00

“Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little
because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash,
according to how we spend it.”
~Michael Ende ~

31/07/07

2007-07-31T23:33:00.000+01:00

He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend,

a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion,

or an effectual comforter.

~Isaac Barrow~

30/07/07 update

2007-07-30T23:59:00.000+01:00

I had an email today referring to my Napoleon Hill quote today. It was from Ron Cornwell, the editor of a new edition of Napoleon Hill's classic book "Think and Grow Rich" which has been published. I've copied the email to my Please Read blog if any of you would be interested in more information.

30/07/07

2007-07-30T20:28:00.000+01:00

Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul;
the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
~Napoleon Hill~

29/07/07

2007-07-29T22:15:00.000+01:00

Even if you are on the right track,

you'll get run over if you just sit there.

~Will Rogers~

28/07/07

2007-07-28T21:50:00.000+01:00

Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue.

~Dilbert~

27/07/07

2007-07-27T18:05:00.000+01:00

Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead centre of middle age.

It comes when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

~Franklin P. Adams~

26/07/07

2007-07-26T22:38:00.000+01:00

“Wild oats will get sown some time,
and one of the arts of life is to sow them at the right time”
~Richard Le Gallienne~

25/07/07

2007-07-25T22:54:00.000+01:00

“I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love and abundance. Then whenever doubt, anxiety, or fear try to call me, they keep getting a busy signal and soon they'll forget my number.”
~Edith Armstrong~

24/07/07

2007-07-24T20:57:00.000+01:00

“Courage doesn't always roar.

Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying,

"I will try again tomorrow.”
~Mary Anne Radmacher~

23/07/07

2007-07-23T07:47:00.000+01:00

Worrying is like a rocking chair,

it gives you something to do,

but it gets you nowhere.

~Glenn Turner ~

22/07/07

2007-07-22T22:49:00.000+01:00

“There is a sacredness in tears.
They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues.
They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love.”
~Washington Irving~

21/07/07

2007-07-21T21:59:00.000+01:00

“Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air.
They are where they should be.
Now put the foundations under them.”
~Henry David Thoreau~

20/07/07

2007-07-20T22:33:00.000+01:00

“The difference between school and life?

In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test.

In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.”
~Tom Bodett~

19/07/07

2007-07-19T14:23:00.000+01:00

“Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love”
~Mother Teresa~

18/07/07

2007-07-18T19:50:00.000+01:00

“Two men look out the same prison bars;
one sees mud and the other stars.”
~Frederick Langbridge~

17/07/07

2007-07-17T17:39:00.000+01:00

“Freedom is not worth having

if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
~Mahatma Gandhi~

16/07/07

2007-07-16T17:35:00.000+01:00

“Between the optimist and the pessimist,
the difference is droll.
The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!”
~Oscar Wilde~

15/07/07

2007-07-15T17:28:00.000+01:00

“If you don't know where you are going,

any road will get you there.”
~Lewis Carroll~

14/07/07

2007-07-14T17:33:00.000+01:00

“I can't change the direction of the wind,

but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
~Jimmy Dean~

13/07/07

2007-07-13T14:17:00.000+01:00

“Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library.
The only entrance requirement is interest.”
~Lady Bird Johnson~
1912-2007
Champion of Conservation and co-founder of

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Centre

who sadly died 11th July 2007

12/07/07

2007-07-12T17:39:00.000+01:00

“Life is full of beauty.

Notice it.

Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces.

Smell the rain, and feel the wind.

Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”
~Ashley Smith~

11/07/07

2007-07-11T22:26:00.000+01:00

“If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say,

every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people

to stammer that they loved them.”
~Christopher Morley~

10/07/07

2007-07-10T22:08:00.000+01:00

Keep on beginning and failing.

Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger

until you have accomplished a purpose -

not the one you began with perhaps,

but one you'll be glad to remember.

~Anne Sullivan~

09/07/07

2007-07-09T00:04:00.000+01:00

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves

- strong, powerful, beautiful -

and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.

~Pam Brown~

08/07/07

2007-07-08T22:01:00.000+01:00

The picture is the quote;

I saw this at the zoo today and it made me think of someone

who has recently shown particular kindness to me.

07/07/07

2007-07-07T19:17:00.000+01:00

“To listen is an effort,

and just to hear is no merit.

A duck hears also.”
~Igor Stravinsky~

06/07/07

2007-07-06T18:16:00.000+01:00

“To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable”
~Helen Keller~

05/07/07

2007-07-05T19:01:00.000+01:00

“Political speeches are like steer horns.
A point here, a point there,
and a lot of bull in between.”
~Alfred E. Neuman~

04/07/07

2007-07-04T15:51:00.000+01:00

“I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.”
~Golda Meir~

03/07/07

2007-07-03T08:14:00.000+01:00

"Many a man with no family tree has succeeded

because he branched

out for himself."

~Leo Aikman~

02/07/07

2007-07-02T06:54:00.000+01:00

“Love is like a river,

never ending as it flows,

but gets greater with time!”

~unknown~

01/07/07

2007-07-01T21:50:00.000+01:00

“Politicians are the same all over.
They promise to build bridges
even when there are no rivers.”
~Nikita Khrushchev~

30/06/07

2007-06-30T16:37:00.000+01:00

“Mock not the fallen,

for slippery is the road ahead of you.”

~Russian Proverb~

29/06/07

2007-06-29T20:50:00.000+01:00

“The darkest hour has only 60 minutes.”
~Morris Mandel~

28/06/07

2007-06-28T16:26:00.000+01:00

“The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation;
it is understanding.”
~Winifred Holtby~

27/06/07

2007-06-27T16:21:00.000+01:00

“I think there's a little child in all of us
and we all to often forget to let the child out to play.”
~Donna A. Favors~

26/06/07

2007-06-26T16:14:00.000+01:00

“You can't tell how deep a puddle is until you step into it”

~Unknown~

25/06/07

2007-06-25T21:11:00.000+01:00

“Everyone is in awe of the lion tamer in a cage with half a dozen lions,

everyone but a school bus driver.”
~Dr. Laurence J. Peter~

24/06/07

2007-06-24T20:11:00.000+01:00

“Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”
~Will Rogers~

23/06/07

2007-06-23T20:29:00.000+01:00

“Sometimes you have to put your foot down to get a leg up.”
~David Weinbaum~

22/06/07

2007-06-22T20:35:00.000+01:00

“I hate banks.

They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves.

They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.”
~Earl Warren~

21/06/07

2007-06-21T11:19:00.000+01:00

“As irrigators lead water where they want,

as archers make their arrows straight,

as carpenters carve wood,

the wise shape their minds.”
~Buddha~

20/06/07

2007-06-20T11:32:00.000+01:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY SISTER

“Birthdays are nature's way of telling us to eat more cake.”

~Anon~

19/06/07

2007-06-19T11:14:00.000+01:00

“Explanation separates us from astonishment,

which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.”

~Eugene Ionesco~