daily photo blog by Alicia Millane

Thursday, August 31, 2023

August 31, 2023

The exact origin of the phrase winner winner chicken dinner is disputed, but it may have come from gamblers. The most popular origin story of the term is that a chicken dinner at a Las Vegas casino used to cost $2, the same amount as a standard bet. So, if you won a bet, you won a chicken dinner.

- Slang Dictionary, Dictionary.com

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

August 30, 2023

Blue moon Now I'm no longer alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own

- Frank Sinatra, "Blue Moon"

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

August 29, 2023

Hagrid: Yer a wizard, Harry. Harry: I-- I'm a what? Hagrid: A wizard! And a thumpin' good 'un, I'll wager, once you've been trained up a bit.

- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Monday, August 28, 2023

August 28, 2023

Mr. H. Potter The Cupboard under the Stairs 4 Privet Drive Little Whinging Surrey.

- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Sunday, August 27, 2023

August 27, 2023

A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.

- Ansel Adams

Saturday, August 26, 2023

August 26, 2023

For the longest time, I thought I needed to be more organized. Now I know I just needed less stuff.

- Alysa Bajenaru

Friday, August 25, 2023

August 25, 2023

I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.

- Rodney Dangerfield

Thursday, August 24, 2023

August 24, 2023

We are all on the stairs, my friend; some of us are going down, some us are going up!

- Mehmet Murat ildan

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

August 23, 2023

Having too much of anything results in chaos, confusion and clutter.

- Geralin Thomas

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

August 22, 2023

Silence has a noise all its own.

- Craig D. Lounsbrough

Monday, August 21, 2023

August 21, 2023

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.

- Christopher Morley

Sunday, August 20, 2023

August 20, 2023

If you want to improve your life immediately, clean out a closet. Often it’s what we hold onto that holds us back.

- Cheryl Richardson

Saturday, August 19, 2023

August 19, 2023

You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.

- Buddha

Friday, August 18, 2023

August 18, 2023

And I feel as if I am looking at the world from the bottom of a well.

- Mike Doughty, ""Looking at the World From the Bottom of a Well" "

Thursday, August 17, 2023

August 17, 2023

Une lutte qui semble perdue, est la plus excitante. [A struggle that seems lost is the most exciting.]

- Jacques Tardi, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

August 16, 2023

Children learn to smile from their parents.

- Shinichi Suzuki

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

August 15, 2023

Mater: My name is Mater. Lightning McQueen: Mater? Mater: Yeah, like “Tuh-Mater”, but without the “Tuh”!

- Cars

Monday, August 14, 2023

August 14, 2023

Your mind is a garden, your thoughts are seeds. You can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds.

- Dr. Seuss

Sunday, August 13, 2023

August 13, 2023

Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact, the family brings up baby by being brought up by him.

- Erik H. Erikson

Saturday, August 12, 2023

August 12, 2023

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.

- Douglas Adams

Friday, August 11, 2023

August 11, 2023

It's very refreshing to go away and take a break, to clear your head, and just get into something else.

- Francois Nars

Thursday, August 10, 2023

August 10, 2023

We can see a thousand miracles around us every day. What is more supernatural than an egg yolk turning into a chicken?

- S. Parkes Cadman

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

August 09, 2023

I believe in manicures.

- Audrey Hepburn

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

August 08, 2023

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Monday, August 7, 2023

August 07, 2023

Oakley's sunglasses are hot and I feel a little extra cool when I wear them.

- Phil Hellmuth

Sunday, August 6, 2023

August 06, 2023

Don't forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to glow externally.

- Hannah Bronfman

Saturday, August 5, 2023

August 05, 2023

There's nothing like live performance.

- John Pinette

Friday, August 4, 2023

August 04, 2023

With any advent in technology, any technological innovation, there is the good and the bad.

- Henry Rollins

Thursday, August 3, 2023

August 03, 2023

Don't be such a square. Everybody who's anybody drinks.

- Lorraine Baines, Back to the Future

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

August 02, 2023

Massage is very important for relaxing.

- Andrew Tan

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

August 01, 2023

Snuggle up and feel so safe and comfy, and know that you’ll never be lonely.

- Michael P. McParland