Geraldine Doyle, the woman who
modeled for this famous poster,
died yesterday at the age of  86.



A mother's love for her child is
like nothing else in the world.

-Agatha Christie




Here's a peak at some new postage stamps being issued
in 2011.  One of the changes this coming year will be
that every stamp will cover the postage for a normal
first-class envelope from here to eternity.  In other
words, all the newly issued stamps will say "forever." 
This will allow the U.S Postal Service to raise rates
more smoothly and at any time they'd like.  Sound
good?  Go here to view the entire line-up of stamps for
2011.  Be sure to hit the little scroll arrow at the bottom.
Some real dogs and some real winners too.  Among the
sweet surprises are a set of 4 Romare Bearden paintings
and a Wall-E stamp.  The Madonna and Child painting
for next Christmas will be a Raphael from The Walters
Art Museum in Baltimore.

sam brown

I know how frustrating it can be
when you're tired and exhausted,
but you still want to draw something.

-Ward Jenkins



Some days I would go without fire
at all, and eat raw frozen meat and
melt snow into my mouth for water.

-Buffalo Bill



They all were looking for a king
To slay their foes and lift them high;
Thou cam’st a little Baby thing
That made a woman cry.

-George MacDonald



robert campin (1375 - 1444)

O that birth forever blessèd,
When the virgin, full of grace,
By the Holy Ghost conceiving,
Bare the Saviour of our race;
And the Babe, the world’s Redeemer,
First revealed His sacred face,
evermore and evermore!

-Prudentius



And every mother's child
is gonna spy to see if reindeer
really know how to fly.

-Mel Torme



Snow provokes responses
that reach right back to childhood.

-Andy Goldsworthy

carl larsson

Nothing is ever like
it used to be.

-Malcolm Forbes



Five Golden Rings.

pax howard turns 16 today!

Birthday Boy.



So we have the prophetic
word made more sure, to
which you do well to pay
attention as to a lamp
shining in a dark place,
until the day dawns and
the morning star arises
in your hearts.

-2 Peter 1:19



You may delay, but time will not.

-Benjamin Franklin

tracey ann finley

I will show you fear
in a handful of dust.

-T. S. Eliot



When I hear a man preach,
I like to see him act as if he
were fighting bees.

-Abraham Lincoln



One clear mark of Christlike
tenderness is love for children.

-John Piper



If the only tool you have
is a hammer, you tend to see
every problem as a nail.

-Abraham Maslow

sam brown

For those about to rock.



He will crush your
head, and you will
strike His heel.

-Genesis 3:15



There is much pleasure to be gained
from useless knowledge.

-Bertrand Russell

jessie wilcox smith

Happiness isn't something
you experience; it's something
you remember.

-Oscar Levant

sam brown

There is no delight in owning
anything unshared.

-Seneca



A friend is one who has
the same enemies as you
have.

-Abraham Lincoln





Kind words do not cost us,
yet they accomplish much.

-Blaise Pascal



A child should always say what's true
And speak when he is spoken to,
And behave mannerly at table;
At least as far as he is able.

-Robert Louis Stevenson



edward steichen

For Christians sin has
been removed as an
enslaving power but
not as a corrupting
presence.

-Lane Tipton 



There is no such thing on earth as an
uninteresting subject; the only thing that
can exist is an uninterested person.

-G. K. Chesterton.




The object of opening the mind,
as of opening the mouth, is to
shut it again on something solid.

-G. K. Chesterton

the sartorialist


Don't know which is worse, doing
your own thing or just being cool.

-Bob Dylan

the sartorialist

Know first, who you are; and
then adorn yourself accordingly.

-Epictitus (55AD - 135AD)