Quotes – Page 4 – Journeys with Eileen Diane

Walks Amongst the Trees ~ Quotes

September 16, 2023September 16, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful ~ Alice Walker

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous ~ Aristotle

Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time ~ Katrina Mayer

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks ~ John Muir

I found far more answers in the woods than I ever did in the city ~ Mary Davis

I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees ~ Henry David Thoreau

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The Sea ~ Quotes ~ Photos

September 1, 2023August 31, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

Water is the driving force of all nature ~ Leonardo da Vinci

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever ~ Jacques Yves Cousteau

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch ~ we are going back from whence we came. ~ John F. Kennedy

The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul ~ Robert Wyland

Limitless and immortal, the waters are the beginning and end of all things on earth ~ Heinrich Zimmer

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Meet Sabrina ~ A Beautiful Feline ~ Photos ~ Quotes

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

Time spent with cats is never wasted ~ Sigmund Freud

Like clever people, cats know instantly who likes or dislikes them ~ unlike people, they don’t care much ~ Anonymous

When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I am with her ~ Michel De Montaigne

Beware of people who dislike cats ~ Irish Proverb

A few weeks ago, I thought it’s time ~ time to adopt a cat. It has been more than a year since my beloved cat died and for me, I could not get another cat immediately. In the past, friends have always found a cat for me, but not this time.

I looked online at the local Humane Society and picked 3 cats I’d like to meet, and drove there. The Humane Society was very crowded as they were having a special on adoption prices as they had so many available cats and dogs. As I waited, I saw one of the volunteers taking a few people about to see the cats and I joined them.

I saw one of the cats I had picked (very cute – looked like the online photo) and was about to look at another when the volunteer motioned me over to meet “Cherry.”

It was love at first sight … she’s beautiful & seems so sweet… How did I miss her on the web site and not have her as one of my three choices?

I left that area and returned to the main room, waiting … hoping that when I was called, “Cherry” would still be available. I was already thinking of her as Sabrina. I looked at the site again and realized that it was not a very good photo ~ no wonder I passed her by. When I was called, Sabrina was available!

Hurrah ~ Need I say how happy I was. All I know about Sabrina is that she spent two weeks at the Humane Society, is 7 years old (though I wonder — she runs about like a much younger cat!) and not much else.

We are having fun getting to know each other …Sabrina likes to race about … 5 AM breakfast (a bit early – will work on that!) … is fascinated by the squirrels and birds … loves shoe laces …and of course, wants to explore every area of 0ur home. Some small barricades work, others don’t! Now, she is napping in the living room as I type this … she is a joy and there will be other posts and photos about playful Sabrina.

Your house will always be blessed with love, laughter and friendship if you have a cat ~ Lewis Carrol

Lilies ~ Quotes ~ Photos

August 6, 2023August 5, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

The rose does best as a rose. Lilies make the best lilies. And look! You – the best you around! ~ Rumi

Stars open among the lilies. Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens? This is the silence of astounded souls ~ Sylvia Plath

The older I get the more I trust in the law according to which the rose and the lily bloom ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day ~ Anonymous

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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Japanese Friendship Garden ~ Idaho Falls, Idaho ~ Photos ~ May 2023

June 28, 2023June 27, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

The art of stone in a Japanese garden is that of placement. Its ideal does not deviate from that of nature. ~ Isamu Noguchi

In order to comprehend the beauty of a Japanese garden, it is necessary to understand – or at least to learn to understand ~ the beauty of stone. ~ Lafcadio Hearn

No one will understand a Japanese garden until you’ve walked through one, and you hear the crunch underfoot, and you smell it, and you experience it over time. Now there’s no photograph or any movie that can give you that experience ~ J. Carter Brown

The beautiful Japanese Friendship Garden, located on the Snake River, has a traditional Japanese garden gate, a viewing platform, a “Dragon Path” across a pond and a deck plus many water features. It was developed to celebrate thirty years association with their sister city in Japan, Tokai-Mura. It’s a marvelous place to spend time with nature prior to walking further to explore the Green Belt and the falls of Idaho Falls.

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

Happy National Pet Day ~ Photos ~ Quotes ~ April 11, 2023

April 11, 2023Journeys with EileenDiane

The innocent look on their face is enough to take up most of the room in your heart ~ Mark Twain

Cats and music are the two ways of refuge from the miseries of life ~ Albert Schweitzer

A part of your soul remains asleep, if you have not loved an animal ~ Anatole France

The vibrations you recieve when the cat purrs on your lap are of contentment and pure love ~ St. Francis of Assisi

Cats own numerous charms which will make you forget all your worries ~ Saki

If you think that its only a cat then obviously you have never loved a cat ~ T.S.Eliot

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