daily photo blog by Alicia Millane

Friday, December 31, 2021

December 31, 2021

What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the new year.

- Vern McLellan

Thursday, December 30, 2021

December 30, 2021

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

- Dean Koontz, False Memory

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

December 29, 2021

I got a headache right now and you wouldn't know it. It's just a pounding. Back of the head. That's the thing. You get used to it.

- Chris Pronger

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

December 28, 2021

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.

- Og Mandino

Monday, December 27, 2021

December 27, 2021

"무궁화 꼬찌 피엇 소리다 (Mugunghwa Kkoci Pieot Seumnida) (Red Light, Green Light, 1, 2, 3!)"

- Squid Game

Sunday, December 26, 2021

December 26, 2021

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Saturday, December 25, 2021

December 25, 2021

David Mills: What's in the box?!

- Se7en

Friday, December 24, 2021

December 24, 2021

For Christmas is tradition time— Traditions that recall The precious memories down the years, The sameness of them all.

- Helen Lowrie Marshall

Thursday, December 23, 2021

December 23, 2021

Donner: Alright, son, try it on. Rudolph: I don't want to, Daddy. I don't like it. Donner: You'll like it and wear it! Rudolph: But Daddy, it's not very comfortable! Donner: There are more important things than comfort: self respect!

- Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

December 22, 2021

A well trained dog will make no attempt to share your lunch. He will just make you feel so guilty that you cannot enjoy it.

- Helen Thomson

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

December 21, 2021

Christmas is the time of silent waiting.

- Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Monday, December 20, 2021

December 20, 2021

Man loves company – even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

- Georg C. Lichtenberg

Sunday, December 19, 2021

December 19, 2021

Seeing wildlife is like seeing celebrities, only better.

- Tanja Andrews

Saturday, December 18, 2021

December 18, 2021

What good is having all of the cookies when you can't eat anymore?

- Anthony T. HincksAnthony T. Hincks

Friday, December 17, 2021

December 17, 2021

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

- John Lennon

Thursday, December 16, 2021

December 16, 2021

May the beautiful lights of every holiday season remind us of Him who is the source of all light.

- David A. Bednar

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

December 15, 2021

Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!

- Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

December 14, 2021

Every morning is a big, bright, window that opens just for you to fill your life with the light of joy.

- Debasish Mridha

Monday, December 13, 2021

December 13, 2021

My plumbing is all screwed up. Because it turns out, I do not own a garbage disposal.

- Demetri Martin

Sunday, December 12, 2021

December 12, 2021

You cannot perceive beauty, but with a serene mind.

- Henry David Thoreau

Saturday, December 11, 2021

December 11, 2021

Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles.

- Author Unknown

Friday, December 10, 2021

December 10, 2021

Life is an abstract art, and it’s up to you to make sense of it.

- Talismanist Giebra

Thursday, December 9, 2021

December 09, 2021

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?

- J. B. Priestley

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

December 08, 2021

Lighting a candle and placing it in one’s window is a common Christmas tradition that dates back to colonial times. The tradition grew from the Irish whose faith was outlawed by British priests attempting to repress the Irish Catholics, preventing them from practising their faith. As a result, the priests went underground, travelling and worshipping in secret. Irish Catholics began lighting candles in their windows and leaving their doors unlocked at Christmas as a sign it was safe for a priest to visit under the cover of darkness.

- sashwindowslondonltd.co.uk

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

December 07, 2021

I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give!

- Carolyn Wells

Monday, December 6, 2021

December 06, 2021

Daisy Adair: You're like a bird without a song. A really mean bird.

- Dead Like Me

Sunday, December 5, 2021

December 05, 2021

Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room.

- Nora Roberts

Saturday, December 4, 2021

December 04, 2021

I still believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and true love. Don’t even try to tell me different.

- Dolly Parton

Friday, December 3, 2021

December 03, 2021

I want to live in the calmness of the morning light.

- Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

Thursday, December 2, 2021

December 02, 2021

Christmas now surrounds us, Happiness is everywhere. Our hands are busy with many tasks as carols fill the air.

- Shirley Sallay

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

December 01, 2021

Fatigue is the best pillow.

- Benjamin Franklin

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

November 30, 2021

Ray: Your brain wiring is like the interstate highway system, it’s easier to go from one well-traveled place to another, but the places in between, off the highway, even though they’re there, most people just zip right past them.

- Interstate 60

Monday, November 29, 2021

November 29, 2021

Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.

- Randy Pausch

Sunday, November 28, 2021

November 28, 2021

When you invent the car, you also invent the car accident. When you invent the plane, you also invent the plane crash.

- Elan Mastai, All Our Wrong Todays

Saturday, November 27, 2021

November 27, 2021

Schwartz : Well I double-DOG-dare ya! Ralphie as an Adult: [narrating] NOW it was serious. A double-dog-dare. What else was there but a "triple dare you"? And then, the coup de grace of all dares, the sinister triple-dog-dare. Schwartz: I TRIPLE-dog-dare ya! Ralphie as an Adult: [narrating] Schwartz created a slight breach of etiquette by skipping the triple dare and going right for the throat!

- A Christmas Story

Friday, November 26, 2021

November 26, 2021

If shopping doesn't make you happy, then you're in the wrong shop.

- Author Unknown

Thursday, November 25, 2021

November 25, 2021

Cram it in shit it out. That’s what eating’s all about.

- Miracle Workers

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

November 24, 2021

Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.

- Mitch Hedberg

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

November 23, 2021

You can have your own set of wings With your feet on the ground You're a bird in a flight With your fist holding tight To the string of your kite Oh, oh, oh! Let's go fly a kite.

- "Let's Go Fly a Kite," David Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke, and Londoners

Monday, November 22, 2021

November 22, 2021

All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.

- Grant Wood

Sunday, November 21, 2021

November 21, 2021

Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.

- Charles M. Schulz

Saturday, November 20, 2021

November 20, 2021

Losing baby teeth were a part and parcel of one's life — a symbol of growing up, and it is the tooth-fairy that makes this otherwise dreaded and painful process an exciting one — something to look forward to.

- Mansi Maheshwari

Friday, November 19, 2021

November 19, 2021

As a farmer, you learn quick: You don't get anything that you don't work hard for.

- Evan Thomas

Thursday, November 18, 2021

November 18, 2021

It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

- E.L. Doctorow

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

November 17, 2021

It's not true I had nothing on. I had the radio on.

- Marilyn Monroe

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

November 16, 2021

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

- Maya Angelou

Monday, November 15, 2021

November 15, 2021

The best way to make children good is to make them happy.

- Oscar Wilde

Sunday, November 14, 2021

November 14, 2021

Sunrise looks spectacular in the nature; sunrise looks spectacular in the photos; sunrise looks spectacular in our dreams; sunrise looks spectacular in the paintings, because it really is spectacular!

- Mehmet Murat ildan

Saturday, November 13, 2021

November 13, 2021

Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.

- Emily Brontë

Friday, November 12, 2021

November 12, 2021

I have great instincts, like the instincts of a squirrel. You know, like when you're driving and a squirrel stops in the middle of the road.

- Simon Helberg