Windows: Peeking through

Fresne-La-Mer, France

Just a little bit of greenery peeking through at the La Vieille Ferme Bed & Breakfast in Fresne-La-Mer.

Windows: Little Blue

Little Blue Window, West Village, Manhattan, NY, NY, USA

A little blue window at The Church of the Village (7th Avenue and 13th Street in Manhattan). 

I Could Live Here: Brick House

Colonial Williamsburg, VA, USA

I Could Live Here: Roses

Roubaix, Franschhoek, South Africa

My NY, NY: Sunrise in the City

View from the Manhattan East Side: Sunrise in Queens, NY

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: Y is for Yoga

Yoga

"Yoga is a way to restore our lost wholeness, our integrity as complete human beings, by unifying the personality around a center that is silent and unbounded." Alistair Shearer in his translation of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: U is for Unbounded

Unbounded

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: Q is for Quotes

Quotes

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: H is for Height

Height

• "The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is." Phillips Brooks
• I took this picture at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, USA

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: F is for Flowers

Flowers

• Spring flowers...promise of warmer days and brighter colors.
• Giving flowers dates back centuries - originally bestowed for their medicinal and herbal characteristics.
• A small bouquet is also called a nosegay, tussie-mussie, or posy...
• The "Language of Flowers" - to express feelings that can't be spoken.
• I took this picture at the Portobello Market in London in Spring.
• "There are always flowers for those who want to see them." Henri Matisse

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: D is for Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik, Croatia

• Marvelous: The beautiful, medieval city of Dubrovnik. The color of the sea and the the sky are almost exactly the same…
• The city is a UNESCO world heritage site and was founded in the 7^th century. It is seriously rich in history.
• The city survived the Croatian war of the early 90's a little damaged but will probably continue to flourish.
• Definitely a “must see”...

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: A is for Amaryllis

Amaryllis

• Amaryllis Belladonna – even the name sounds marvelous...
• One tall, elegant stem and a cluster of huge, red funnel-shaped flowers.
• In Greek mythology,  Amaryllis was a shy shepherdess in love with a guy who only loved flowers. Because he would only love someone who brings him a new flower, Amaryllis pierced her heart daily for a month and from her blood sprang a crimson flower.
• It means “to sparkle”…true inner beauty emanating outwards…
• And native of the Western Cape region of South Africa (as am I)

Doors: Ruin

Nassau, Bahamas

Doors: Cyberdog

Camden, London, UK

Sunset: Azure

Nassau, Bahamas