Favorite Places – Journeys with Eileen Diane

Beautiful Spring Day ~ April 2024 ~ Gig Harbor, WA ~ Photos ~ Quotes

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024Journeys with EileenDiane

Spring: a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can truly be ~ Anonymous

Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment ~ Ellis Peters

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow ~ English Proverb

Spring is painted in daffodil yellows, robin egg blues, new grass green and the brightness of hope for a better life ~ Toni Sorenson

Our spring has come at last with the soft laughter of April suns and shadow of April showers ~ Byron Caldwell Smith

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair ~ Khalil Gibran

Beautiful December Day ~ Gig Harbor, WA ~ Photos ~ Quotes

December 14, 2023December 13, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness ~ John Steinbeck

If we make it through December, everything’s gonna be alright I know; it’s the coldest time of winter and I shiver when I see the falling snow ~ Merle Haggard

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer ~ Albert Camus

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. Wishing you happiness ~ Helen Keller

Wisdom comes with winters ~ Oscar Wilde

December is the time for remembering the past and reaching toward the future ~
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Road Trip to Yellowstone ~ Favorite Photos in Black & White ~ Quotes ~ May 2023

July 31, 2023July 30, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

To see in color is a delight for the eye but to see in black and white is a delight for the soul ~ Andri Cauldwell

The simplicity of black and white is the complexity of the extraordinary ~ Vikrmn

The beauty of the world in black and white is a whisper to the heart and a call to the soul ~ Anonymous

With black and white, what you get is a timeless capture that doesn’t lean on colors but the pure essence of the subject ~ Anonymous

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Boise Rose Garden, Boise, Idaho ~ Photos ~ May 2023

July 23, 2023July 22, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

It is the time you have spent on your rose that makes her so important ~ Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Truths and roses have thorns about them ~ Henry David Thoreau

The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change: Yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is ~ Paulo Coelho

If the rose puzzled its mind over the question of how it grew, it would not have been the miracle that it is ~ J. B. Yeats

Boise River Greenbelt ~ Boise, Idaho ~ Photos ~ May 2023

July 16, 2023July 15, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center, West Yellowstone, MT ~ May 2023 ~ Photos

June 12, 2023June 11, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

This not for profit wildlife park is marvelously informative about bears and wolves. There are exhibits to browse prior to walking through the wolf and bear habitats. I was lucky to be there when the animals are fed: staff hide the food and the animals hunt about for their meal (as do the birds!). Staff are helpful and knowledgeable.

At one of the buildings in the wolf habitat area, there is a statue of a wolf. Several times, I saw a wolf come to the glass enclosure and stare at the statue. I found that fascinating and wondered what he was thinking or sensing. Another enclosure is open with the wolves at more of a distance.

The Center is a marvelous place, as within Yellowstone, I saw bison, but did not see wolves or bears. I purposely stayed in West Yellowstone to use the west entrance to the Park because a town is convenient to that entrance plus I’d read about the Discovery Center. You can easily spend several hours at the Center and it is definitely worthwhile to explore.

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A Beautiful Day ~ Gig Harbor, WA ~ May 2023 ~ Photos ~ Quotes

May 17, 2023May 16, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ~ C.S. Lewis

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals ~ Zig Ziglar

There is nothing impossible to him who will try ~ Alexander the Great

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right ~ Napoleon Hill

You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens ~ Mandy Hale

Spring Begins ~ Gig Harbor, WA ~ March 2023 ~ Photos ~ Quotes

March 26, 2023March 25, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently ~ Gary Zukav

Spring: a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can truly be ~ Anonymous

Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment ~ Ellis Peters

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow ~ English Proverb

Spring is painted in daffodil yellows, robin egg blues, new grass green and the brightness of hope for a better life ~ Toni Sorenson

Farewell to Winter, March 2023 ~ Gig Harbor, WA ~ Photos ~ Quotes

March 19, 2023March 18, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

In March, winter is holding back and spring is pulling forward. Something holds and something pulls inside of us too ~ Jean Hersey

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold, when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade ~ Charles Dickens

By March, the worst of the winter would be over. The snow would thaw, the rivers would begin to run and the world would wake into itself again ~ Neil Gaiman

Every cold and dark phase ends and hence begins a beautiful phase of warmth and vibrance. Don’t believe it? Just notice March ~ Anamika Mishra

I love March as it gives me hope that new beginnings are always beautiful ~ Anamika Mishra

How terrible a time is the beginning of March. In a month there will be daffodils and the sudden blossoming of orchards, but you wouldn’t know it now. You have to take spring on blind faith ~ Beatriz Williams