Rebecca Sower

the quote keeper's summer series (14)

Happiness...

not in another place

but this place,

not for another hour

but this hour.

{ walt whitman }

{ photo: our girl, heading to college this fall, brings joy after joy to her mommy's heart. }

the quote keeper's summer series (13)

Slight not what is near

by aiming at what is far.

{ euripides }

{ photo: henny-hen eyeing my basil, the silly. }

the quote keeper's summer series (12)

A cup brimful of sweetness

cannot spill even one drop of bitter water,

no matter how suddenly jarred.

{ amy carmichael }

{ photo: quilt top, for our haiti project }

the quote keeper's summer series (11)

Forgiveness is an act of the will,

and the will can function

regardless of the temperature of the heart.

{ corrie ten boom }

{ photo: the beginnings of something, not sure what :) }

the quote keeper's summer series (10)

Be glad of life

because it gives you the chance

to love and to work and to play

and to look up at the stars.

{ henry van dyke }

{ photo: stitched piece tacked to old maple }

the quote keeper's summer series (09)

Life is not so short

but that there is always

time enough for courtesy.

{ ralph waldo emerson }

{ photo: images from around the homestead }

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 }

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Love is a fruit in season at all times

and within reach of every hand.

{ mother teresa }

{ photo: shades of pale around the house }