daily photo blog by Alicia Millane

Thursday, December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015




There are those who try to bottle the old year for safekeeping but at midnight the cork always pops.

- Terri Guillemets

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

December 30, 2015




At the end of the day, the quality of life is all we have, and it's just as important to that lobster, the quality of life that it lives - even if it's not as long - as the quality of your life.

- John Mackey

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

December 29, 2015




A city is a large community where people are lonesome together.

- Herbert Prochnow

Monday, December 28, 2015

December 28, 2015



A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart.

- Author Unknown

Sunday, December 27, 2015

December 27, 2015




One of things I like about looking at pictures when you're young and also meeting back with old friends you haven't seen in a long time is, for me, it's a glimpse of who I was.

- Lea Thompson

Saturday, December 26, 2015

December 26, 2015





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

- Harlan Miller

Friday, December 25, 2015

December 25, 2015




Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.

- Eric Sevareid

Thursday, December 24, 2015

December 24, 2015




A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.

- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

December 23, 2015



Eventually, I just couldn't imagine myself being in a cubicle for my entire career.

- Gene Luen Yang

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

December 22, 2015


Dare to ask questions and seek answers to the puzzles of life.

- Lailah Gifty Akita

Monday, December 21, 2015

December 21, 2015




Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions such as trying to find a parking space at the mall. We traditionally do this in my family by driving around the parking lot until we see a shopper emerge from the mall, then we follow her, in very much the same spirit as the Three Wise Men, who 2,000 years ago followed a star, week after week, until it led them to a parking space.

- Dave Barry

Sunday, December 20, 2015

December 20, 2015



Tell me what you eat, I'll tell you who you are.

- Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Saturday, December 19, 2015

December 19, 2015




I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.

- Ron White

Friday, December 18, 2015

December 18, 2015




Rey: You will remove these restraints and leave this cell with the door open.
Stormtrooper: What did you say?
Rey: You will remove these restraints and leave this cell with the door open.
Stormtrooper: I will tighten these restraints, scavenger scum!
Rey: You will remove these restraints and leave this cell with the door open.
Stormtrooper: I will remove these restraints and leave this cell with the door open.
[he does so]
Rey: And you will drop your weapon.
Stormtrooper: And I'll drop my weapon.

- Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Thursday, December 17, 2015

December 17, 2015





The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want.

- George Lucas

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

December 16, 2015



Sometimes comfort doesn't matter. When a shoe is freakin' fabulous, it may be worth a subsequent day of misery. Soak in Epsom salts and take comfort in the fact that you're better than everyone else.

- Clinton Kelly

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

December 15, 2015



Never trust a man who doesn't like Elvis.

- Anne-Marie Duff

Monday, December 14, 2015

December 14, 2015




I'm gonna swing from the chandelier,
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist,
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night,
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier.

- Sia, "Chandelier"

Sunday, December 13, 2015

December 13, 2015



Cleanliness is next to impossible.

- Author Unknown

Saturday, December 12, 2015

December 12, 2015



I am thankful for the mess to clean after a party because it means I have been surrounded by friends.

- Nancie J. Carmody

Friday, December 11, 2015

December 11, 2015



What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.

- Donald Trump

Thursday, December 10, 2015

December 10, 2015



Life is like a snow globe; often it's prettiest after it's been turned upside-down.

- Author Unknown

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

December 09, 2015




You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone, knowing that in the people, the trees, the earth, there is something that belongs to you, waiting for you when you are not there.

- Casare Pavese

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

December 08, 2015




I like indoor Christmas trees. And I like people who decorate their homes with lights and all that crap. I think it's a healthy outlet for them. If they weren't covering their lawns with twinkling lights, they'd be doing something that was really, really creepy.

- Lewis Black

Monday, December 7, 2015

December 07, 2015




People spot a big black lens, and they worry about what they're doing, or how their hair looks. Nobody see the person holding the camera.

- Erica O'Rourke, Torn

Sunday, December 6, 2015

December 06, 2015



Symbolizing eternal hope, the wreath goes 'round and 'round, And where it starts or ends cannot be found. Woven of things that grow - for life, and hung for holiday delight The wreath must be left in place From Advent through Twelfth Night.

- Author Unknown

Saturday, December 5, 2015

December 05, 2015




The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect!

- Charles N. Barnard

Friday, December 4, 2015

December 04, 2015




Every project has challenges, and every project has its rewards.

- Stephen Schwartz

Thursday, December 3, 2015

December 03, 2015




If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.

- Rosalynn Carter

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

December 02, 2015




The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week.

- Robert Frost

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

December 01, 2015




Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness.

- Julia Cameron

Monday, November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015




How sad would be November if we had no knowledge of the spring!

- Edwin Way Teale, Circle of the Seasons

Sunday, November 29, 2015

November 29, 2015



It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.

- Philip Green

Saturday, November 28, 2015

November 28, 2015





Cookies are made of butter and love.

- Norwegian Proverb

Friday, November 27, 2015

November 27, 2015




It's like Forrest Gump said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates.' Your career is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get. But everything you get is going to teach you something along the way and make you the person you are today. That's the exciting part - it's an adventure in itself.

- Nick Carter

Thursday, November 26, 2015

November 26, 2015



We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

- Albert Barnes

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

November 25, 2015



I just took a little nap. I stole it from an infant.

- Jarod Kintz

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

November 24, 2015




Art is the ability to convey that we are not alone. When I sit down next to you in a movie theater, we get to share each other's point of view. We become part of a collective soul. That's the magic in the movies.

- M. Night Shyamalan

Monday, November 23, 2015

November 23, 2015




The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.

- Julia Child

Sunday, November 22, 2015

November 22, 2015



If a train doesn't stop at your station, then it's not your train.

- Marianne Williamson

Saturday, November 21, 2015

November 21, 2015




Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

- Camille Pissarro

Friday, November 20, 2015

November 20, 2015




Sleep 'til you're hungry, eat 'til you're sleepy.

- Author Unknown

Thursday, November 19, 2015

November 19, 2015



Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

- Desmond Tutu

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

November 18, 2015



I get up really early, and I go to bed really late. Sometimes I get tired, but it's not important. I have an exciting existence, and there's so much to do.

- Martha Stewart

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

November 17, 2015


The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.

- Ginger Rogers

Monday, November 16, 2015

November 16, 2015



Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.

- Bryant H. McGill

Sunday, November 15, 2015

November 15, 2015



The most important thing is to have a good relationship with the bike... you have to understand what she wants. I think of a motorcycle as a woman, and I know that sounds silly, but it's true.

- Valentino Rossi

Saturday, November 14, 2015

November 14, 2015


You make choices every day and almost every hour that keep you walking in the light or moving away toward darkness.

- Henry B. Eyring

Friday, November 13, 2015

November 13, 2015



The camera has always been a magic wand for me, giving me access to places where I could try new experiments.

- Rene Burri

Thursday, November 12, 2015

November 12, 2015




If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.

- Lewis Hine