daily photo blog by Alicia Millane

Monday, December 31, 2012

December 31, 2012



So what resolution should we make for the new year? It's to let God know that you have the guts and the will to do it alone. Resolve to fight for yourselves, and for others, for those you love. And that part of God within you will be fighting with you all the way.

- The Poseidon Adventure

Sunday, December 30, 2012

December 30, 2012





But as they say about sharks, it's not the ones you see that you have to worry about, it's the ones you don't see.

- David Blaine

December 30, 2012





Happiness [is] only real when shared.

- Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

Saturday, December 29, 2012

December 29, 2012





And I love this water
And I love these waves
And I love to watch the palm trees
How they dance and sway.

The cooler's full
And the sky is clear
The cool breeze blows
And all my friends are here.

- Kenny Chesney, "In this Boat Alone"

Thursday, December 27, 2012

December 27, 2012





It's not how big your pencil is; it's how you write your name.

- Dave Mustaine

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

December 26, 2012





Q: Where do reindeer go to dance?
A: Christmas balls!


Tuesday, December 25, 2012

December 25, 2012







Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.

- Peg Bracken

Monday, December 24, 2012

December 24, 2012






This one has a lot of HO's.

- Brooke Navratil

Sunday, December 23, 2012

December 23, 2012






From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other.

- Emily Matthews

Saturday, December 22, 2012

December 22, 2012





Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.

- Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

Friday, December 21, 2012

December 21, 2012




Nobody was saying anything at all.
We were waiting for the end of the world,
waiting for the end of the world,
waiting for the end of the world.
Dear Lord I sincerely hope you're coming
'cause you really started something.
- Elvis Costello, "Waiting for the End of the World"


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Thursday, December 20, 2012

December 20, 2012





Probably the reason we all go so haywire at Christmas time with the endless unrestrained and often silly buying of gifts is that we don't quite know how to put our love into words.
- Harlan Miller

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

December 19, 2012




Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

- Abraham Lincoln

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

December 18, 2012




Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.
- Jim Rohn

Monday, December 17, 2012

December 17, 2012






I consider it essential that the photographer should do his own printing and enlarging. The final effect of the finished print depends so much on these operations.

- Bill Brandt

Sunday, December 16, 2012

December 16, 2012






All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost.

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Saturday, December 15, 2012

December 15, 2012




Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays
'Cause no matter how far away you roam
When you pine for the sunshine of a friendly gaze
For the holidays you can't beat home, sweet home

- Perry Como, "Home For The Holidays"

Friday, December 14, 2012

December 14, 2012





Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

- Barbara Bush

Thursday, December 13, 2012

December 13, 2012





Barbie is just a doll.

- Mary Schmich

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

December 12, 2012







It's a Major Award!
Shucks, I wouldn't know that. It looks like a lamp.
What is a lamp, you nincompoop? It's a Major Award. I won it!

- A Christmas Story

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

December 11, 2012






Most people have no concept of how an automatic transmission works, yet they know how to drive a car. You don't have to study physics to understand the laws of motion to drive a car. You don't have to understand any of this stuff to use Macintosh.

- Steve Jobs

Monday, December 10, 2012

December 10, 2012






Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.
- Sarah Bernhardt

Sunday, December 9, 2012

December 09, 2012





The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale.

- Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration

Saturday, December 8, 2012

December 08, 2012






Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.
- Edith Sitwell

Friday, December 7, 2012

December 07, 2012




The bowling alley is the poor man's country club.
- Sanford Hansell

Thursday, December 6, 2012

December 06, 2012






Santa's elves are just a bunch of subordinate Clauses.

- Author Unknown

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

December 05, 2012




The holidays mark a time of joy and celebration, but also a time of long, dark days.

- Author Unknown

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

December 04, 2012





It's a very confusing era that we're in.

- Clint Eastwood

Monday, December 3, 2012

December 03, 2012




The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose.
- James Earl Jones

Sunday, December 2, 2012

December 02, 2012





Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.

- English proverb

Saturday, December 1, 2012

December 01, 2012






It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Ev'rywhere you go;
Take a look in the five and ten glistening once again
With candy canes and silver lanes aglow.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Toys in ev'ry store
But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be
On your own front door.

- Johnny Mathis, "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"

Friday, November 30, 2012

November 30, 2012





Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal.

- Sandra Lee

Thursday, November 29, 2012

November 29, 2012




You made me so angry, very angry indeed!

- Marvin the Martian

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

November 28, 2012





I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
- Fran Lebowitz

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

November 27, 2012





November comes
And November goes,
With the last red berries
And the first white snows.

With night coming early,
And dawn coming late,
And ice in the bucket
And frost by the gate.

The fires burn
And the kettles sing,
And earth sinks to rest
Until next spring.

- Elizabeth Coatsworth

Monday, November 26, 2012

November 26, 2012





One cannot spend forever sitting and solving the mysteries of one's history.

- Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book the Thirteenth: The End, 2006

Sunday, November 25, 2012

November 25, 2012






You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do.


- Steve Martin

Saturday, November 24, 2012

November 24, 2012






Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.
- Ruth Ann Schabacker

Friday, November 23, 2012

November 23, 2012




I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.

- Harlan Miller

Thursday, November 22, 2012

November 22, 2012






Gobble, gobble who was that
Mr. Turkey big and fat
Gobble, gobble what does he say
Eat me on Thanksgiving day!

- Children's Song

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

November 21, 2012






If drinking is interfering with your work, you're probably a heavy drinker. If work is interfering with your drinking, you're probably an alcoholic.

- Author Unknown

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

November 20, 2012






Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
- Ernest Hemingway

Monday, November 19, 2012

November 19, 2012






He puzzled and puzzed till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before. Maybe Christmas, he thought... doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps... means a little bit more!
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Sunday, November 18, 2012

November 18, 2012






We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.

- Anthony Hopkins

Saturday, November 17, 2012

November 17, 2012





Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

- Proverb

Friday, November 16, 2012

November 16, 2012





Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving.

- Mike Connolly

Thursday, November 15, 2012

November 15, 2012





Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

- Arthur C. Clarke

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

November 14, 2012





We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

- E. B. White

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

November 13, 2012





To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.

- Giorgio Armani

Monday, November 12, 2012

November 12, 2012






Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
- George Bernard Shaw