Freitag, 29. November 2019

STAR




Smile
Today
At least a little bit
Remedy



"An acrostic poem is a poem where certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase. Typically, the first letters of each line are used to spell the message, but they can appear anywhere."

https://examples.yourdictionary.com/acrostic-poem-examples.html



The colors of the STAR are chosen after "A Dictionary of Color Combinations" by Sanzo Wada (1883 - 1967), number 239
The names of the colors are:

Light Brown Drab,
Glaucous Green,
Pyrite Yellow




Mittwoch, 27. November 2019




(The book shown here is a German antiquarian children's book:
Der Hase Heinz, by Hanns Haller, Ensslin & Laiblin Verlag Reutlingen, 1950)


Mittwoch, 13. November 2019

Book & Teddybear-Bookmark



Since it's World Kindness Day today, I thought I put together two of the kindest things I know:


"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."

- Charles W. Eliot

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/books


and ...

"In a world where everyone seems to be larger and louder than yourself, it is very comforting to have a small, quiet companion."

- Peter Gray

http://www.someonesentyouagreeting.com/teddy-bear-quotes-images/





The very lovely book shown above is by 
Sue Monk Kidd,
The Secret Life of Bees,
Headline Book Publishing, London, 2002

... and about World Kindness Day:



Montag, 4. November 2019





"Autumn is the mellower season, 
and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits."

- Samuel Butler

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/fruit