#236: Owl
‘”Owl,” said Rabbit shortly, “you and I have brains. The others have fluff.”‘ – A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner
Author: theotherlivvy
#235: Rainbow [2]
‘Love was a feeling completely bound up with color, like thousands of rainbows superimposed one on top of the other.’ – Paulo Coelho
#234: Kittens
‘I wanted to find a nice quiet spot, go to sleep, and dream about kittens.’ – John Corwin, Dark Light of Mine
#233: The Warren Cup
‘…like that star of the waning summer who beyond all stars rises bathed in the ocean stream to glitter in brilliance.’ – Homer, The Iliad One of my favourite exhibits in the British Museum, a first century AD silver cup called The Warren Cup…
#232: British Museum
‘And let thy feet millenniums hence be set in the midst of knowledge’ – Tennyson
#231: Forest
‘And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul’ – John Muir
#230: A walk in the woods
‘A great whispering noise began to rise in the woods on either side of the tracks, as if the forest had just noticed we were there and was commenting on it.’ – Stephen King, The Body
#229: Backseat driver
‘Back seat drivers don’t know the feel of the wheel but they sho’ know how to make a fuss’ – Bob Dylan/Bonnie Raitt, Let’s Keep It Between Us
#228: Wine merchants
‘Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection.’ – Ernest Hemingway
#227: Watching the Olympics on a night shift
‘Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.’ – Dan Gable