Today let’s celebrate The Snow Melts Somewhere for she has the most to do with the fact that I’m still around and blogging.
Since my favourite and most supportive blogger (and how nice it is when the two are not inter-dependent) celebrated a nice round number recently, I wish to show her my gratitude by presenting twelve photographs from my earlier blogs that she loved, together with twelve of her favourite quotations that I posted there (but not together with these images).
I will never forget the feeling when I observed a stranger coming over to read my words without having to twist her arm. And when I discovered her gentle, benevolent and observant way of doing it, soon she was a stranger no longer.
The first quotation is mine and is connected with the hairdresser from my hair story (to which Snow related here). And the last photo reminds me of one of hers that brought us together way back when and which she included among her favourite photos of all times.
Much love to you, SMSW, and know that we appreciate that you keep nurturing us even with your two new demanding followers. 😉
Disclaimer: I did NOT eat all these pretty bread things for my breakfast that morning. They were just posing! You can have some too.
She makes you look like her because to her that is pretty.
—MMM
If you want to learn what someone fears losing, watch what they photograph.
—Unknown
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
—Jules Renard
My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.
—Mitch Hedberg
There is another world, but it is inside this one.
—Paul Éluard
Be secretly incredible.
—Bob Goff
I hope that if you are out there and read this, know that I’m here, and I’m just as strange as you.
—Frida Kahlo
What Orwell failed to predict is that we’d buy the cameras ourselves, and that our biggest fear would be that nobody was watching.
—Keith Lowell Jensen
It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else’s point of view without the proper training.
—Douglas Adams
Seeing someone reading a book you love is seeing a book recommending a person.
—Unknown
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
—Jiddu Krishnamurti
The pictures are there, and you just take them.
—Robert Capa
Strong quotations and photos
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Thank you, Danke, hvala, cpaciba!
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Thank you dear Manja for such a sweet and thoughtful birthday gift!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I still love all of the quotes and photos – my favorite photos are the last one and the one where the kid has frozen still in front of the dog (is it bestia or a lookalike?)
I’m so happy we bumped into each other and who knows if I would still be blogging without you! Strangers are just friends who haven’t met, right?
Let’s continue to be secretly incredible, and supportive of each other too, and let’s have fun while blogging ☺️Cin cin!!
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I’m so glad you like it, SMSW! ❤
That is bestia indeed at his first wedding, that's why amore is so dressed up. At some point I was walking the dog and had a following of Italian kids who all wish to play with him. So they did. 🙂
This is true and we should never forget it: Strangers are friends! Cin cin and na zdravje!
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I can imagine the kids tailing you 😂
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Love the quotes and images!!
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Thank you, Deborah, I’m glad! 🙂
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M cubed – this is masterful
and I say that with sincerity.
Love the dog pictures the most and the Jensen quote is chilling – but my fav quote
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Frida Kahlo-
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Thank you, Prior. 🙂 I had much fun with this post. And it’s always good to know there is a Frida Kahlo or two in this world.
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🙂
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Lovely post. I like the book quote very much.
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Thank you, Scooj! 🙂 Had much fun with it.
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Oh I love this post!
What wonderful quotes, especially your own! — and great use of photos.
I read “Snow” from time to time and I always enjoy her 🙂
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Thank you, Joey, good to hear. 🙂 She was the first who regularly made me feel heard.
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😀
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I’m with Prior – the right word for this post is ‘masterful’. Loved the quotes, loved the photos (especially the kittens … omg!)
I had to go back and reread every single quote – twice. My favourite is “There is another world, but it is inside this one.” —Paul Éluard
Wow. That’s all I’ve got. Wow.
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Ahh, Joanne, what a lovely reaction. ❤ I'm glad you enjoyed it. There is only one kitten in there though. 😉 Thank youuu!
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I had to go back for another look – this time with my glasses on. You’re right! There is only one!! 😆
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What a wonderful thing to read first thing in the morning – you two are both awesome 🙂
This post reminds me how grateful I am for the opportunity to learn from so many terrific people that I’ve met on here – you very much included, my friend.
And of course the Mitch Hedberg quote is a classic!
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Yeahh, I’m so glad to hear this, Norm!! Oh yes, we learn on here as much if not more than anywhere else and it goes both ways. Thank you so much!
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I have to say this, both of you are simply terrific!
Loved the books and the accompanying quote.
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Thank you so much, Aditya. And the reason why there are bottles of Crodinos among the books is that she recommended this drink to me and I bought some to try them and they were good. 🙂
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What a wonderful post! I must have been in one of my retreats when you first posted it. (K)
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Thank you, K. I’m glad you like it. 🙂 It was three years ago. Maybe you haven’t found me yet then…
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Perhaps. It’s hard for me even to remember last week these days.
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