Rebecca Sower

the quote keeper's summer series (08)

Everything

is a once-in-a-lifetime

experience.

{ unknown }

{ photo: peony in flower garden, back in April }

the quote keeper's summer series (07)

Look for a lovely thing

and you will find it.

{ sara teasdale }

{ photo: this year's strawberries made into jam }

the quote keeper's summer series (06)

The mere sense of living

is joy enough.

{ emily dickinson }

{ photo: fun colors from the fabric store }

the quote keeper's summer series (05)

Love is a fruit in season at all times

and within reach of every hand.

{ mother teresa }

{ photo: shades of pale around the house }

the quote keeper's summer series (04)

May you seek after treasures

of precious gold,

and find them within

the hearts of others.

{ mary summer rain }

{ today's photo:  stitching by a sunny window }

the quote keeper's summer series (03)

Success is relative.

It is what we can make of the mess we have

made of things.

{ t s eliot }

{ today's photo:  wall of family photos in breakfast room, via instagram }

the quote keeper's summer series (02)

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

{ michelangelo }

{ today's photo:  shots from my herb garden via instagram }

the quote keeper's summer series (01)

"Don't ask what the world needs.

Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.

Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

{ howard thurman }

{today's photo:  My husband's grandmother's quilt that I cherish.  via Instagram.}

love series, session 3

"May you seek after treasures of precious gold

and find them within the hearts of others."

{ mary summer rain }

 

The above embroidery pattern is from pages 1 and 6 on my 50 Hearts embroidery PDF.

love series, session 1

"The way to love anything

is to realize that it might be lost."

{ g k chesterton }

I'd like to share some of my favorite love quotes and thoughts over the next few days and weeks.  And more stitching ideas with my hearts embroidery patterns here.  Live to love!