To Perceive Freshly

It is only necessary to behold the least fact or phenomenon, however familiar,

from a point a hair's breadth aside from our habitual path or routine,

to be overcome, enchanted by its beauty and significance ...

To perceive freshly, with fresh senses is to be inspired.

~Henry David Thoreau~

This post is in response to Heidi's 'Living Lovely' challenge for this week.

I Heart Faces~Balloons

This balloon cluster was given to Leif's brother Luke at his birthday party, but Leif soon appropriated them and attached them very securely to his trike. There was no way they would be wrested from him now! not by gust of wind or by big brother!

The theme is balloons at I heart faces. Check out all of the other great entries at...

Shannon ~ Keeping Some Beauty Around The Chaos

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty

never grows old.

~ Franz Kafka~

Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately

so that one cannot add or subtract or change

without impairing the harmony of the whole.

~ Leon B. Alberti ~

“A man should hear a little music,

read a little poetry,

and see a fine picture every day of his life,

in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the

sense of the beautiful implanted in the human soul.”

~ Johann Wolfgang Goethe~

An Afternoon With Leif~

Results in a few good photos. He is so cute. { I'm not just a prejudiced Grandma! } How could I go wrong!

Eat your heart out!

I Heart Faces~Costumes

This week's photo contest theme at *i heart faces* is dress up/costume.

I'm entering this photo that I took of Ivy in her favorite prairie outfit, complete with this darling bonnet, which she wore to a reenactment on the Oregon trail this Fall.

(It will probably end up as her Halloween costume as well.)

Nesting

Signs of the season...changing...

Geese migrating, Leaves on the lawn, Grandchildren at the pumpkin patch, Fog in the mornings, Down comforters and warm sweaters wanted.... yes it must be Fall!

The inevitable nesting instinct kicks in...

I need to change the decor to match my mood.

{Making a fall banner gets me started.}

Now I remember why I painted my walls this warm golden color...
{in the autumn, of course, several years ago}

Pink at I Heart Faces

This is my entry for this week's contest at I Heart Faces. The theme is PINK.

{This is breast cancer Awareness month.}

Check out all of the great entries for this weeks contest at....