to inspire
“There is beauty in homely things which many
People have never seen. . . .
Sunlight through a jar of plum jelly,
A rainbow in soapsuds in dishwater,
An egg yolk in a blue bowl,
White ruffled curtains sifting moonlight,
The color of cranberry glass,
a little cottage with blue shutters,
Crimson roses in an old stone crock,
The smell of newly baked bread,
Candlelight on old brass,
The soft brown of a cocker’s eye.”
by Peter Marshall
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(there is beauty all around you)
(look)
(live with your eyes wide open)
(do you see it?)
(share it with others)
Good to be Home 
beautiful photos!!
I love Peter Marshall, beautiful man.
Thank you for your comment on my site.
Love your post today and yes it’s true you can see beauty in most things.God gave us all a keen eye, we just need to know how to use it!
Have a Happy New Year!
Linda
Thanks for the encouragement!
Very cool post
That’s really beautiful!! Thanks for sharing it. I need to “stop and smell the roses” more often.
Thank you for sharing the simplicity of beauty.
Such truth~ I think that is a photographer’s gift from God, to share the simple beauty all around us, found every day
Your pictures are very good. Your perspectives, both for photography and on life are very inspiring indeed.
Love the photo ~ such striking contrast. And I have really enjoyed reading Peter Marshall’s writings in the past.
I love this post. It makes me want to stop and just soak in the little things around me. I take so much for granted… It’s an honor and a priviledge to be home and to be a wife and mother. what a blessing!
So true. Cool photo. Love the colors together.
Amen and beautiful picture. Thanks for dropping by my site. Blessings
What a lovely post! (Also love the pic)
Some of us just need a little help to see the beauty that surrounds us all. Thank you.
Oh….I love this…everything here… There truly is beauty all around is if we will only see as Peter Marshall wrote…
Have you seen the movie, “A Man Called Peter”. I bet you’d enjoy it, it’s made I believe in the 50s. I check it out from the library from time to time…So many good messages in the movie.
Thank you for that encouraging comment…I’m so glad you were encouraged too. Take care and have a wonderful evening with your family. I was glad to read of someone else who appreciated watching President Ford’s funeral. It was so touching wasn’t it? Sometimes I look at my children and situations and I try to take a mental picture of it my mind because I know that one day I’ll have such fond memories of these days.
Love, Amelia
Beautiful words and thoughts to remember.
Hello Shanda dear. I have missed your daily doses of inspiration. Now I have multiple doses to look forward to! Thanks for your thoughtful comments.
Very good…
Love your posts and pictures! Thanks for sharing. Happy New Year!
Thank you for the inspiration, as always. A new year gives us a new chance to see things in a different way. I need to do that too! Have a beautiful day. 🙂
are you like a hippi
crinkled pages of an open bible (:
spend some quiet time with Him everyday,yes?
and nice pictures!
❤
What a poignant post! Your words remind me of this time I was an autotrader photographer and had this ghetto, one room office out the side of a auto garage repair place. And this blue collar guy came in looking to sell his car. He had strikingly blue eyes and features that would be considered handsome, except he had a large scar across his face.
You could tell in his eyes, that there was slight sadness from being physically imperfect. But I think I saw a beauty in that through the hardship that he might have felt in this, there was a sense of acceptance of who he was, and who he was not. A quiet dignity in a way. Thanks for sharing.