Cian McCarthy

A phrase to aspire towards...

Sublime...

• Rainer Maria Rilke •

"Be bold, take courage...
and be strong of soul."
~ Ovid

The Oak Trees (1887)
🎨 Ivan Shishkin

Nope!

That's not a teacher! 😂

Nope!

"He who sows, even with tears, the precious seed of faith, hope, and love, shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him, because it is the very nature of that seed to yield a joyful harvest."
~ Richard Cecil

🎨 Edmund G. Warren (1881)

Cecil Day-Lewis

"The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone." 
~ George Eliot

An August Afternoon near Veneux
🎨 Alfred Sisley (1881)

Such a magical word ✨️

😄

"The leaf has a song in it.
Stone is the face of patience."

• Mary Oliver •

"Nature never did betray the heart that loved her."
~ William Wordsworth

"The older I get, the more I trust in the law according to which the rose and the lily bloom."
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (1886)
🎨 John Singer Sargent

'Stop and Love the People'
by Paul McCarrick

"Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee."
~ Michel de Montaigne, 'Essais'

The Pond at Schloss Kammer
🎨 Gustav Klimt (1909)

Pause, and read...

• Francis Harvey •

"My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws, and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am."
~ Anaïs Nin

🎨 Henri Matisse (1918)

Absolutely mega ✨️

• Siegfried Sassoon •

“The sea: I didn’t lose myself in it; I found myself in it.”
~ Albert Camus

A sketch by Edward Hopper (Age 9)

Wise words 🌾🤍🌾

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

"Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted."
~ Sylvia Plath

Weekend Adventure
🎨 Lucy Grossmith

"It was upon a Lammas night
When corn rigs are bonnie,
Beneath the moon's unclouded light,
I held awa to Annie..."
~ Robbie Burns

5 years ago this evening ✨️

Yes!

And to you, Debbie! 😁

Words for the Weekend 🥳

Pick your winner ⭐️

A B
C D

(Have a good one! 🙌)

And sometimes you just got to hop on the mountain bike and make your way to 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, coming to rest at last in its field of wildflowers. #PowerHead

"Breathe the sweetness that hovers in August."
~ Denise Levertov

Wild Roses Among Rye (1874)
🎨 Fidelia Bridges

A three-panel collage of gladiolus flowers in a garden. The left and right panels show tall white gladiolus spikes among pink and white blooms, while the centre panel features a striking purple and magenta gladiolus surrounded by orange-red flowers.

Happy 1st of #August! The Gladiolus, one of this month’s birth #flowers, takes its name from the Roman ‘gladius’, a short sword its leaves resemble. In the Victorian Language of Flowers, it bore a noble message: moral integrity, steadfast honour, and strength of character.