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“Winter’s done, and April’s in the skies; Earth, look up with laughter in your eyes.” John Masefield “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” Anne Bradstreet “April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” William…

Happy Monday. As I mentioned last week, I am starting a series each Monday reviewing blogs I enjoy visiting. With that, I am excited to share two more delightful blogs with you today. I thought both of them were so lovely that I fashioned my own blog similarly to them. First I would like to…

Although this is not what I see out my window, spring has at last sprung here in my part of the world and we should be seeing beauties like these in about a month or so .. oh, happy Sunday!

Life is a process and so is creating a home with character, a connection to its environment, and the ability to bring a feeling of comfort to those that experience it .. I wrote those words for an article for Nordic Reach magazine in spring of 2005 but they came to my mind last night…

inspiration .. “Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, there is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.” Johann Gottfried Von Herder motivation .. “Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” Dwight D Eisenhower

Hello dear readers. Today I am starting a short series that will introduce you to blogs that I am drawn to and enjoy visiting. Some will be blogs about creativity or design; some will be about simplicity or inspiring words. Some will be from here in the mid-west and others will be from around the…

So today is April first .. and I woke up to freshly fallen snow .. April fools! Well, actually it’s true .. and I took a little photo for you to see .. pretty uh? Hoping you have a lovely weekend .. dawn