Sunday, July 17, 2011

By the Sea Shore






























Where dreams are dreamed,
and memories are made.


Blessings
Yaya

Saturday, July 16, 2011

One Splendid Summer






















Sheer miracles of loveliness...


Blessings
Yaya

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Beside the Sea



I must go down to the sea again,
for the call of the running tide,
and the salty spray,
and the sea-gulls cry.


Blessings
Yaya

Water Therapy

To gaze upon the peacefulness of water,
pondering life,
breathing the salty air,
soothes the soul.

Blessings
Yaya

Monday, July 11, 2011

"A Year by the Sea"


A summer day...
A good book...

Pondering thoughts of an unfinished woman...
Aren't we all 'unfinished' women?
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart
and try to love the questions themselves.
Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be
given you because you would not be able
to live them. And the point is to live everything.
Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then
gradually, without noticing it, live along some
distant day into the answers."
Blessings
Yaya

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Far Away Places


Some places stay with you forever...

Never leaving your heart.

Today,

I am dreaming of long ago trips,

and far away places.



Oh travel fairy,

spin the globe

and take me to far away places...





Blessings

Yaya



Thursday, March 31, 2011

Small Spaces Made Pretty

It's a joy to make things pretty,

even if it's just for you,

or for only two people...

A fresh cloth on the table...

A fresh rose from the garden, or even a pretty silk one...

A pretty china cup...

It just feels good.

One little space at a time,

made pretty.



Blessings

Yaya

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

A Country Porch View

To sit on a southern porch

in the springtime,

and look out across the fields

is pure bliss.

It is time to paint the rocking chairs,

and the old porch planks,

and scrub and clean...

wash linens,

and hang them on the line.

Spring is such a beautiful new beginning...


Blessings

Yaya

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

A Kiss of Spring

We spent a long cold winter

in the northland,

and it is so good to be back in the deep south

where everything is kissed by spring.



Springtime blessings

Yaya

Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy Valentine's Day



May you be blessed with love...

Valentine blessings
Yaya

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez






































Our little island kicks off the Mardi Gras season.
Is Mardi Gras a 'season'?
Way down south it is!!
Laissez Les Bon Temps Roules!
Let The Good Times Roll!
HAPPY MARDI GRAS, Y'ALL!

Blessings
Yaya