#292: Autumn
‘I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.’ – L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
Tag: Portrait
#291: Cat’s eyes
‘The smallest feline is a masterpiece.’ – Leonardo da Vinci
#290: Wardrobe malfunction
‘A woman’s dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.’ – Sophia Loren
#287: Nibble
‘Not much goes on in the mind of a squirrel. Huge portions of what is loosely termed “the squirrel brain” are given over to one thought: food. The average squirrel cogitation goes something like this: I wonder what there is to eat.’ – Kate DiCamillo, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
#283: Silver birch
‘She looked at a silver birch: it would have a soft, showery voice and would look like a slender girl, with hair blown all about her face and fond of dancing.’ – C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian
#277: Marilyn Monroe
‘Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.’ – Marilyn Monroe
#276: Penguin
‘The answer to every problem involved penguins.’ – Rick Riordan, The Throne of Fire
#275: A bird in the hand
‘Feed the birds, tuppence a bag, Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag “Feed the birds, ” that’s what she cries While overhead, her birds fill the skies’ – Mary Poppins
#273: Salt mine
‘Soon Master Elf, you will enjoy the fabled hospitality of the Dwarves. Roaring fires, malt beer, ripe meat off the bone…And they call it a mine. A MINE!’ – Gimli, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring St Kinga’s Chapel in Wieliczka Salt Mine near Krakow in Poland. Honestly, one of the most… Continue reading #273: Salt mine
#272: Singin’ in the Rain
‘If we bring a little joy into your humdrum lives, it makes us feel as though our hard work ain’t been in vain for nothin’. Bless you all.’ – Lina Lamont, Singin’ in the Rain