A friend is a present

A friend is truly a present we give ourselves! I love this quote from Robert Louis Stevenson!

I took this photo of two girls while we were on an out of town shoot. I had so much fun watching them play together. They were playing on top of a wooden platform. I processed this in blend and gradient modes in Photoshop.

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For every love

I love the positive feeling that this quote gives me. Don't you feel the same way?

The photo is that of an Alstoemeria flower. It belongs to the Lily family.

Tender flowers

We cannot touch the stars but we can appreciate them. Flowers however are here on earth, for us to both touch and appreciate. Just reading this quote from Jean Paul Richter, somehow makes me feel closer to God. Thank you God for the beautiful flowers that I can touch!

The photo is another view of the powder puff flowers or Calliandra tergemina.

Perfect miracle

I fully agree with Walt Whitman in his quote. Every day is really a miracle, and every hour that we are alive is even more of a miracle! So we really have a lot to be thankful for!

The photo is another golden sunset taken while I was in Boracay, my favorite island here in the Philippines.

the mind

Plutarch is so wise. His quote should be taken to heart by everyone especially the teachers. If every teacher kindles the mind of every student, then we will have a whole bunch of creative people.

The photo is a flower that I saw in a park. Unfortunately, I do not know its name. However, it looks like it belongs to the same family as the squash.

duty of the artist

This quote from Robert Schumann must inspire every artist. Imagine being told to "send light into the darkness of men's heart!

The photo shows flowers of the African lily or Agapanthus africanus.

It's never too late

Yes, I believe it is never too late to do anything especially if it is about fulfilling ones dream. Thanks George Eliot for this reminder!

The background photo is again one of my favorite flowers - the Oxalis or wood sorrel. This is the purple kind or Oxalis regnellii atropurpurea.