daily photo blog by Alicia Millane

Sunday, December 31, 2023

December 31, 2023

The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

- G.K. Chesterton

Saturday, December 30, 2023

December 30, 2023

Waterfalls wouldn’t sound so melodious if there were no rocks in their way.

- Rishabh Gautam

Friday, December 29, 2023

December 29, 2023

All New Years is to me is for taking down your dumb Christmas decorations. People who put up Christmas decorations, all they’re saying is, "Hey, we’re not Jews."

- Rich Vos

Thursday, December 28, 2023

December 28, 2023

Nightlight, who never slept and never dreamed, would keep nightmares, both imagined and real, away.

- William Joyce

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

December 27, 2023

When children pretend, they’re using their imaginations to move beyond the bounds of reality. a stick can be a magic wand; a sock can be a puppet; a small child can be a superhero.

- Fred Rogers

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

December 26, 2023

The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.

- Sarah Dessen

Monday, December 25, 2023

December 25, 2023

In our world of plenty, we can spread a smile of joy. Throw your arms around the world at Christmastime.

- Band Aid, "Do They Know It's Christmas?"

Sunday, December 24, 2023

December 24, 2023

It's not what's under the Christmas Tree that matters. It's who's around it.

- Charlie Brown

Saturday, December 23, 2023

December 23, 2023

This was why she enjoyed baking. A good dessert could make her feel like she’d created joy at the tips of her fingers.

- Marissa Meyer, “Heartless”

Friday, December 22, 2023

December 22, 2023

When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things give off the greatest glow of happiness.

- Bob Hope

Thursday, December 21, 2023

December 21, 2023

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

- Dolly Parton

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

December 20, 2023

Don’t get caught up in the wrapping paper and forget that the gift of the Christmas season is simply love.

- Toni Sorenson

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

December 19, 2023

Your home should tell the story of who you are, and be a collection of what you love.

- Nate Berkus

Monday, December 18, 2023

December 18, 2023

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.

- W. T. Ellis

Sunday, December 17, 2023

December 17, 2023

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

- Sandra Lee

Saturday, December 16, 2023

December 16, 2023

Let us have music for Christmas… Sound the trumpet of joy and rebirth; Let each of us try, with a song in our hearts, To bring peace to men on earth.

- Mildred L. Jarrell

Friday, December 15, 2023

December 15, 2023

Dear George: Remember - No man is a failure who has friends.

- Clarence the Angel, "It’s A Wonderful Life"

Thursday, December 14, 2023

December 14, 2023

How could things get any worse? Take a look around here, Ellen. We're at the threshold of hell.

- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

December 13, 2023

Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.

- Richard Lamm

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

December 12, 2023

The dog’s agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. “I want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with that, kiss you. There are no ulterior motives with a dog, no mind games, no second-guessing, no complicated negotiations or bargains, and no guilt trips or grudges if a request is denied.

- Caroline Knapp

Monday, December 11, 2023

December 11, 2023

If you want something you can't afford, think what else that money could buy: a week's groceries, a month's rent, or a weekend away. That will put things into perspective.

- Sophie Kinsella

Sunday, December 10, 2023

December 10, 2023

Xmas Trivia: Before it became a major shopping holiday, Christmas is believed to have had a “religious” meaning.

- Andy Borowitz

Saturday, December 9, 2023

December 09, 2023

Listen, there is no way any true man is going to let children live around him in his home and not discipline and teach, fight and mold them until they know all he knows. His goal is to make them better than he is. Being their friend is a distant second to this.

- Victor Devlin

Friday, December 8, 2023

December 08, 2023

All the lights are shining so brightly everywhere.

- Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You"

Thursday, December 7, 2023

December 07, 2023

The best way to execute french cooking is to get good and loaded and whack the hell out of a chicken.

- Julia Child

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

December 06, 2023

It's Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.

- W. T. Ellis

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

December 05, 2023

We come to this place… for magic. We come to AMC theaters to laugh, to cry, to care. Because we need that, all of us, that indescribable feeling we get when the lights begin to dim. And we go somewhere we've never been before; not just entertained, but somehow reborn. Together. Dazzling images, on a huge silver screen. Sound that I can feel. Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place likе this. Our heroes feel like thе best part of us, and stories feel perfect and powerful. Because here, they are.

- Nicole Kidman, AMC Theater Pre-roll

Monday, December 4, 2023

December 04, 2023

I’ve seen some players with very big feet, and some with very small feet.

- David Pleat

Sunday, December 3, 2023

December 03, 2023

Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig.

- Neil deGrasse Tyson

Saturday, December 2, 2023

December 02, 2023

When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, Do you have any toy train schedules?

- Steven Wright

Friday, December 1, 2023

December 01, 2023

Don't get caught up in the wrapping paper and forget that the gift of the Christmas season is simply love.

- Toni Sorenson