daily photo blog by Alicia Millane

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

December 31, 2013




You know what the great thing about babies is? They are like little bundles of hope. Like the future in a basket.

- Lish McBride, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

Monday, December 30, 2013

December 30, 2013




Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

- Plato

Sunday, December 29, 2013

December 29, 2013





For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.

- James Brady

Saturday, December 28, 2013

December 28, 2013





God gave you a gift of 84,600 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you?

- William Arthur Ward

Friday, December 27, 2013

December 27, 2013



Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

- Norman Vincent Peale

Thursday, December 26, 2013

December 26, 2013




An empty belly is the best cook.

- Estonian Proverb

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

December 25, 2013





You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!
- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

December 24, 2013





Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.

- Margaret Thatcher

Monday, December 23, 2013

December 23, 2013



Clark: Our holidays were always such a mess.
Clark Sr.: Oh, yeah.
Clark: How'd you get through it?
Clark Sr.: I had a lot of help from Jack Daniels.
- Christmas Vacation

Sunday, December 22, 2013

December 22, 2013




Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles.

- Author Unknown

Saturday, December 21, 2013

December 21, 2013






A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.

- Thomas Keller

Friday, December 20, 2013

December 20, 2013


Holly Golightly: You know those days when you get the mean reds?
Paul Varjak: The mean reds, you mean like the blues?
Holly Golightly: No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?
Paul Varjak: Sure.
Holly Golightly: Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany's. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that'd make me feel like Tiffany's, then - then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name!
- Breakfast at Tiffany's

Thursday, December 19, 2013

December 19, 2013






Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money.

- Author Unknown

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

December 18, 2013





Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

- Calvin Coolidge, 1927

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

December 17, 2013







As I write, snow is falling outside my Maine window, and indoors all around me half a hundred garden catalogues are in bloom.

- Katharine S. White

Monday, December 16, 2013

December 16, 2013





When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

- G.K. Chesterton

Sunday, December 15, 2013

December 15, 2013





Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour.

- John Boswell

Saturday, December 14, 2013

December 14, 2013



A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.

- Douglas Pagels

Friday, December 13, 2013

December 13, 2013






There's kind of a Zen aspect to bowling. The pins are either staying up or down before you even throw your arm back. It's kind of a mind-set. You want to be in this perfect mind-set before you released the ball.

- Jeff Bridges

Thursday, December 12, 2013

December 12, 2013


It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.

- John Burroughs, "Winter Sunshine"

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

December 11, 2013






If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

- Albert Einstein

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

December 10, 2013





Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

- Langston Hughes

Monday, December 9, 2013

December 09, 2013






Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.

- Lord Byron

Sunday, December 8, 2013

December 08, 2013







May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace,
The gladness of Christmas give you hope,
The warmth of Christmas grant you love.

- Author Unknown

Saturday, December 7, 2013

December 07, 2013






The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature.

- Andy Rooney

Friday, December 6, 2013

December 06, 2013





When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships.

- Andy Warhol

Thursday, December 5, 2013

December 05, 2013







We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.

- Stephen Hawking

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

December 04, 2013





It's easy to believe in magic when you're young. Anything you couldn't explain was magic then. It didn't matter if it was science or a fairy tale. Electricity and elves were both infinitely mysterious and equally possible - elves probably more so.

- Charles de Lint

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

December 03, 2013





So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.

- Franz Kafka

Monday, December 2, 2013

December 02, 2013





I enjoy the preparatory elements of travel - packing my bags and choosing my outfits - but my favourite part is getting there.

- Dominic Monaghan

Sunday, December 1, 2013

December 01, 2013





If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?

- Will Rogers