Happy Spring!

The Best Thing in the World

WHAT'S the best thing in the world?

June-rose, by May-dew impearled;

Sweet south-wind, that means no rain;

Truth, not cruel to a friend;

Pleasure, not in haste to end;

Beauty, not self-decked and curled

Till its pride is over-plain;

Love, when, so, you're loved again.

What's the best thing in the world?

--Something out of it, I think.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Friendship

"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives." C.S. Lewis

Spirea Falls

Irish Blessing:

May the blessing of the rain be on you—

the soft sweet rain.

May it fall upon your spirit

so that all the little flowers may spring up,

and shed their sweetness on the air.

May the blessing of the great rains be on you,

may they beat upon your spirit

and wash it fair and clean,

and leave there many a shining pool

where the blue of heaven shines,

and sometimes a star.

http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/Blessings/Bless.html

Bouquet Globe

I like those fancy glass paper weights, but they're too expensive. So I made one out of pixels instead. I guess that's a little more practical for me, since I don't write or draw on paper anymore! Word processors and graphics software rock! Pixel flowers, however, do not beat the real ones.