You cannot keep birds from flying overhead, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.

~ Martin Luther

Hummingbird on Nest, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona 2012

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.

~ Chinese Proverb

White Ibis, Bahia Honda State Park, Big Pine Key, Florida 2018

Every day above earth is a good day.

~ Ernest Hemingway

Red Ginger, Ernest Hemingway Home, Key West, Florida 2018

The key is to keep company only with people who lift you up, whose presence calls forth your best.

~ Epictetus

Colorful Sea Grape Leaf, Islamorada, Florida 2018

Sleep in peace, wake in joy, Good angels guard thee.

~ Shakespeare

Santa Saguaro, Tucson, Arizona 2012

Give without remembering. Receive without forgetting.

~ Anonymous

Crab Pot Christmas Tree, Warrenton, Oregon 2017

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

~ Anonymous

Seaside Sunset, Seaside, Oregon 2017

These things, I warmly wish for you:
Someone to love, Some work to do,
A bit of o’ sun, A bit o’ cheer,
And a guardian angel always near.

~ Irish Blessing

Spruce Cones, Lincoln, City, Oregon 2018

Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.

~ William Shakespeare

Cardinal, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona 2008