27173. “Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” ― Mark Twain November 20, 2020

27163. “I wonder if God created man because He was disappointed with the monkey.” ― Mark Twain November 20, 2020

27162. “I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel they have not said enough.” ― Mark Twain November 20, 2020

27161. “Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first!” Aunt Polly about Tom Sawyer” ― Samuel Clemmons, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer November 20, 2020

27160. “Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.” ― Mark Twain November 20, 2020

27159. “Every man is a moon and has a side which he turns toward nobody: you have to slip around behind it if you want to see it.” ― Mark Twain November 20, 2020

27158. “I apologize for such a long letter – I didn’t have time to write a short one.” ― Mark Twain November 20, 2020

24390. The Rose Garden at Julia Davis Park in Boise, Idaho October 7, 2020

24192. Yellow Critter: An Afternoon of Antiques in Snohomish, Washington October 5, 2020

24171. Yellow Goose: An Afternoon of Antiques in Snohomish, Washington October 5, 2020

24038. An Afternoon of Antiques in Snohomish, Washington October 5, 2020

23997. Springtime in Spokane, Washington October 4, 2020

23989. A Very Large Floral Arrangement in Spokane, Washington October 4, 2020

23953. Owen Rose Garden in Eugene, Oregon October 4, 2020

23861. Mid-Summer Flowers at Priest Point Park in Olympia, Washington October 3, 2020October 3, 2020

23860. Mid-Summer Flowers at Priest Point Park in Olympia, Washington October 3, 2020October 3, 2020

23859. Mid-Summer Flowers at Priest Point Park in Olympia, Washington October 3, 2020

23732. Street Photography: Traffic Box Art in Boise, Idaho October 3, 2020

23530. Found Flora at Riverside State Park in Spokane, Washington September 20, 2020

23529. Found Flora at Riverside State Park in Spokane, Washington September 20, 2020

23528. Found Flora at Riverside State Park in Spokane, Washington September 20, 2020

23527. Found Flora at Riverside State Park in Spokane, Washington September 20, 2020

23526. Found Flora at Riverside State Park in Spokane, Washington September 20, 2020

23525. Found Flora at Riverside State Park in Spokane, Washington September 20, 2020

23524. Found Flora at Riverside State Park in Spokane, Washington September 20, 2020

23511. Pottery Project: Hand Built Brightly Colored Footed Planters September 20, 2020

23423. Thursday Doors: The Last Blockbuster Store in Bend, Oregon September 16, 2020

23044. Early August Wildflowers on the Noble Knob Trail in Washington State August 31, 2020

15765. The Art Institute of Chicago April 9, 2020

15744. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15743. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15742. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15741. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15740. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15739. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15738. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15737. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15736. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15735. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15734. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15733. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15732. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15731. Covid-19 Backyard Photography April 9, 2020

15730. “My cup is yellow Or not, though not’s Impossible It’s yellow” ― Aram Saroyan, Complete Minimal Poems April 9, 2020

15729. “Don’t go in for the “yellowish” if what you need is “yellow”. The attitude called precision is the quality that remarks the accuracy of your demand. Never settle for the less; Go for the exact thing!” ― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes April 9, 2020

15728. “… paint in blue and black…sometimes gray – the colors of night – occasionally I surprise you with a mustard yellow, but then, I am a poet …” ― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain April 9, 2020

15727. “Yellow is a very favorable vibration for mental or intellectual activity, as it promotes a clear state of mind. Yellow heightens your awareness and alleviates depression, sadness, or any kind of despondency. Yellow vibration foods are: pineapples, bananas, grapefruit, lemons and corn.” ― Tae Yun Kim, The First Element: Secrets to Maximizing Your Energy April 9, 2020

15726. “You’re yellow from the time gathered upon you. I’m brown, I’ve been around for ages.” ― Pallavi Sareen April 9, 2020

15725. “Now I’m one point, yellow, green does it matter one from all, I’m like all, but If I do something like to go to jail for hacking, I will be part of the red once, and again and again, but question is how to be different?? How to be out of these groups??” ― Deyth Banger April 9, 2020

15724. “Would a Violet Crumble taste the same if it was yellow?” ― Anthony T. Hincks April 9, 2020

15723. “Fame stole my yellow. Yellow is the color you get when you’re real and brutally honest. Yellow is with my kids[…]The bundle of bright yellow warming my core, formerly frozen and uninhabitable[…]They got yellow from me, and I felt yellow giving it to them and it was all good[…]So, why am I leaving my show? It took my yellow. I wanted it back. Without it I can’t live. The gray kills me.” ― Rosie O’Donnell, Celebrity Detox April 9, 2020

15722. “The sky inside my head never turns blue. It if forced to stay red. By the demon, who is yellow inside me.” ― Akshay Vasu April 9, 2020

15721. “It was all glimmer and warm honey in the yellow light.” ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things April 9, 2020

15720. “Yellow makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over.” ― Anthony T.Hincks April 9, 2020

15719. “All told, she owned fourteen books, but she saw her story as being made up predominantly of ten of them. Of those ten, six were stolen, one showed up at the kitchen table, two were made for her by a hidden Jew, and one was delivered by a soft, yellow-dressed afternoon.” ― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief April 9, 2020

15718.“The yellow glistens. It glistens with various yellows, Citrons, oranges and greens Flowering over the skin.” ― Wallace Stevens April 9, 2020

15717. “It’s no fun to be yellow. Maybe I’m not all yellow. I don’t know. I think maybe I’m just partly yellow and partly the type that doesn’t give much of a damn if they lose their gloves. One of my troubles is, I never care too much when I lose something – it used to drive mother crazy when I was a kid. Some guys spend days looking for something they’ve lost. I never seem to have anything that if I lost it I’d care too much. Maybe that’s why I’m partly yellow. It’s no excuse, though. It really isn’t. What you should be is not yellow at all.” ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye April 9, 2020

15412. “Spring is the best life coach: It gives you all the energy you want, all the positive thoughts you wish and all the boldness you need!” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan April 7, 2020

15411. “If you can smile like a flower in the deep darkness of winter, spring is always there.” ― Debasish Mridha April 7, 2020

15410. “Spring invites us into a fairy land of imagination where flowers bloom with joy, butterflies fly with song, and love dances with love.” ― Debasish Mridha April 7, 2020

15408. “Oh, magical summer time, It can make you happy or blue something that leaves one’s heart reeling , Looking for that feeling every single day …” ― Imran Shaikh April 7, 2020

15407. “But within the winter, a spring is promised and prepared for” ― Jodi Aman April 7, 2020

15406. “Every ending will meet its own end, for every ending is destined to be swallowed up by a beginning.” ― Craig D Lounsbrough April 7, 2020

15405. “And the birds sang their songs of love. And the flowers serenaded with their sublime fragrances. And the whole world fell in love in spring!” ― Avijeet Das April 7, 2020

15404. “She was like springtime distilled into a person.” ― Laini Taylor, Strange the Dreamer April 7, 2020

15403. “Today has been a day dropped out of June into April.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars April 7, 2020

15402. “New Year is a spring time! Open up like a flower! Let the world see your energy! And when the world see your energy and enthusiasm, the previously locked doors will be opened to you!” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan April 7, 2020

15401. “When there is nothing left to learn from the winter, move on to the spring!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan April 7, 2020

15400. “Just as spring brings life to flowers and the moon moves tides on the shores, nothing is simply chance. Everything happens for a reason. Everything is a routine.” ― Simeon Ivanov, 0.1%: Join The Club of The Richest, Healthiest, Happiest April 7, 2020

15399. “Pronounce these words slowly: forsythia, magnolia, azalea, redbud. Spring: it’s not a fantasy, it’s real.” ― Marty Rubin April 7, 2020

15398. “The spring blossoms get you out of your head and out working in the garden.” ― Marty Rubin April 7, 2020

15397. “What are you? Spring or summer? Winter or autumn? None or all? Whatever you are, always be mild! Are you winter, then be a mild winter! Summer? Be a mild summer!” ― Mehmet Murat Ildan April 7, 2020

15396. “I know she absolutely delights in the improvement of the weather, in the turning of the year.” ― Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture April 7, 2020

15395. “You are reborn with the roses, in every spring.” ― Juan Ramón Jiménez April 7, 2020

15394. “By the late spring, you planted a seed when the sunshine felt the rain, how rare, how beautiful… An eternal feeling circulating through the deepest core, an extreme decoupling of perception and attention; show me the meaning! Still fresh and clean, where did you mastered in loving?” ― Rabin Paudel April 7, 2020

15393. “In spring, the dead trees, roots, and animals come to life again exactly as they were, thus providing hundreds of thousands of examples, specimens, and proofs of the supreme resurrection.” ― Master Nursi April 7, 2020

15392. “Spring, when fragrance emerged from its cocoon, was her favorite time of year.” ― Mary Calvi, Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington’s First Love April 7, 2020

15391. “Animate or inanimate, all bodies under the sun give expression to their vitality. Especially on a fine day in spring!” ― Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart April 7, 2020

15390. “Gather in the summer, gather in the winter; and you will have everything you want in the spring.” ― Alan Maiccon April 7, 2020

15389. “Spring came down hard that year. And I do mean hard, like the fist of some drunken pike poker with too much fury and not enough ale, whose wife just left him for some wandering minstrel and whose commanding officer absconded with his pay.” ― Alex Bledsoe, The Sword-Edged Blonde April 7, 2020

15389. “Spring never looks at what the previous year has left it to work with. For you see, the issue is not the amount that’s left. The issue is the privilege to have any amount.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough April 7, 2020

15388. “lady through whose profound and fragile lips the sweet small clumsy feet of April came into the ragged meadow of my soul.” ― E.E. Cummings, Collected Poems April 7, 2020

15387. “There’s so much spring in the air– there’s so much lazy sweetness in your heart.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise April 7, 2020

15386. “Spring is the season of crying and seeing nothing. Of choking up on someone else’s trash.” ― Franny Choi, Soft Science April 7, 2020

15385. “This is what l love about flowers. Wherever possible, they just grow; in between the weeds, through a crack in a stone, in the middle of mud or moss – they just grow fearlessly, so confident of their short-lived beauty.” ― Asma Naqi April 7, 2020

15384. “April is the kindest month. April gets you out of your head and out working in the garden.” ― Marty Rubin April 7, 2020

15383. “Spring is the intro of the eastertide” ― Lea R. Caguinguin April 7, 2020

15382. “The light catching in the drops that clung to the window cast tiny darts of rainbows that danced around them. “Spring is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine” ― Ella Griffin, The Flower Arrangement April 7, 2020

15381. “I’ve seen life accept endings, but I never seen life surrender to them.” ― Craig D Lounsbrough April 7, 2020

15380. “Everything is made new in the spring. Springs themselves are always so new, too. No spring is ever just like any other spring. It always has something of its own to be its peculiar sweetness.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island April 7, 2020

15379. “He smelled cold water and cold intrepid green. Those early flowers smelled like cold water. Their fragrence was not the still perfume of high summer; it was the smell of cold, raw green.” ― Paul Harding April 7, 2020

15378. “At the best of times, spring hurts depressives.” ― Angela Carter, Shadow Dance April 7, 2020

15377. “The first day of spring was once the time for taking the young virgins into the fields, there in dalliance to set an example in fertility for nature to follow. Now we just set the clocks an hour ahead and change the oil in the crankcase.” ― E.B. White, One Man’s Meat April 7, 2020

15375. “Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you’ll get to where God wants you to be.” ― Joel Osteen April 7, 2020

15374. “Following dark winter’s strife, a warm air rises, teemed with life. Birth, rebirth, as the waiting die. Old love, new love sprouts wings to fly.” ― Phar West Nagle April 7, 2020

15373. “But only a person in the depths of despair neglected to look beyond winter to the spring that inevitably followed, bringing back color and life and hope.” ― Mary balogh, A Matter of Class April 7, 2020

15372. “Despite the heart numbing frost, my soul is blooming like spring.” ― Debasish Mridha April 7, 2020

15371. “Spring is the fountain of love for thirsty winter” ― Munia Khan April 7, 2020

15370. “I can still bring into my body the joy I felt at seeing the first trillium of spring, which seemed to be telling me, “Never give up hope, spring will come.” ― Jessica Stern, Denial: A Memoir of Terror April 7, 2020

15369. “I love the smell of rain and growing things.” ― Serina Hernandez April 7, 2020