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Hope

October 2, 2017October 3, 2017 Sandra

As most of you know, I began writing this blog as a way to inspire others toward seeing beauty all around us. Where ever we may live beauty is there, […]

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The Power of Beauty

September 26, 2017September 26, 2017 Sandra

“Perhaps I am too attached to beauty, I’ve no idea; I love it, I adore it, I think about it all the time, I strive to create it, and to […]

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Be Our Guest

September 18, 2017September 19, 2017 Sandra

“A guest never forgets the host who had treated him kindly.” –  Homer Knowing many of you may still be enjoying summer weather and your flip flops, I am rather […]

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“Things That Dwell In The Heart!”

September 13, 2017September 14, 2017 Sandra

“And the herdsman had seen in the girl’s eyes a world just like that:  A world of wonder, a world not of grass and wild creatures but of human glances. […]

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Spiders and Snakes

September 4, 2017September 5, 2017 Sandra

“You don’t live in a world all alone.  Your brothers are here too.”  – Albert Schweitzer   Bluebonnets, The Texas State Flower   Reading the title of my post today, […]

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Sunday Thoughts

August 26, 2017August 27, 2017 Sandra

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful.” – Emerson   Have you ever read something wonderfully written and thought to yourself, “That is exactly what I have been […]

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Creating A Beautiful Home

August 21, 2017 Sandra

“Home is where we express our passions and our unique creative vision.  We should seek and celebrate the poetry of every day at home.” –  Alexandra Stoddard Everything matters in our […]

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“A Heart for France”

August 13, 2017 Sandra

“For as long as I can remember, I have had a heart for France.”  – Unknown I sincerely believe the person who wrote the words in the quote above, wrote […]

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The Love of Blue

August 7, 2017August 8, 2017 Sandra

“Blue color is everlasting appointed by the deity to be a source of delight.” – John Ruskin  I love the color blue – maybe you do, too.  It makes me […]

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Art – Beauty and Light !

July 30, 2017 Sandra

“It is something to be able to paint a particular picture or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful, but it is far more glorious […]

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