What can I say...

                                       Its this kind of a day...

  awsome....

Art-Frank William Warwick Topham.

Reflection of a skyline..

You wave your beloved goodbye..in the hope he or she comes back..“All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope....

                                                                            xxx
art-Bernardus Johannes Blommers

Tea and Ducklings...

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A fairytale creature whispered in my ear...HÉ.....did you know that spring is near....

 

 

So I'm going out  to clear my mind.......with whatever spring that I can find..!

 

 

I'll hope you follow me in my track.....in a couple of days I will be back..

 

 

 

                                            And next time that you visit me..
                                                                                    
 we'll have a chat and drink some tea..

                                                                                           

                                          Wishing you tea and ducklings...T.D

Art-Fedor Vasilev- The Thaw - Delphin Enjolras-Tea Time

Winter Retreat....

 

“That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library”

See you in a while dear reader and friend....let the wintery winds sing...

Art-Savrasov-Winter 1873.

A quiet day...

 

My granddaughter came to spend a few weeks with me, and I decided to teach her to sew. After I had gone through a lengthy explanation of how to thread the machine, she stepped back, put her hands on her hips, and said in disbelief, "You mean you can do all that, but you can't play my Game Boy?" ~Author Unknown

Its a quiet Sunday at The Hilltop..

Art-Erik Larsen.

The butterfly of the moment..

“It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? for the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone. That is where the writer scores over his fellows: he catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind.”

I believe in butterflies and setting them free...




Art_Carl Spitzweg.
The Butterfly catcher...

Stay..

Good food is wise medicine..why don't you stay for dinner....

“"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.”
 
Louisa May Alcott


 

Art-Matisse.

Inside....

Not closing the doors just yet....life inside the walls of Hilltop Hall is ever so lovely...but lets give these last wonderful days in late summer the chance to come in..


Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it.”


Art_Marquerite Stuber Pearson.

As the pages turn...

........ the book of summer is almost done...

When I enter my garden in the early morning there are fragile silver threads of farewell..clinging to my body ...the sky is silent...the last swallow left a blue trail ...The dandelion asks with a roar...pick me, pick me..and make a wish....these are the last days of summer..

Idyllic

Popping out...its not a day to stay in...come along..

Art-The Cottage-Henry William Margetson.

Mother nature..

“Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door..
Emily Dickinson

And let Mother nature in.....

Art-Dawn of a new day-Tom Browning.

On the other side..

Law of Window Cleaning: It's on the other side...

lets open the windows....and safe yourself time in cleaning..hahaa...there's life on the other side..enjoy...wel..sometimes these little creatures can make a lot of noise....

Art-August Friedrich Siegert..

Too much of a good thing...

I'm HOME....and...I will stay there for a whole week....wow..this hasn't been happening to me for a long long time... So...I'm going to enjoy.. Enjoying the sounds of the birds when I wake up.. Enjoying the familiar noises my house makes in the still of the night..its an old house and sometimes it sighs..really it does.. Enjoying standing in my living room and just be THERE... Enjoying sitting at my desk and draw.. Enjoying making posts on my computer in stead of on my blackberry ..in Internet cafes..Ipads or laptops.. Enjoying cooking in my kitchen..while Miss Moussie visits..and so on and so forth.. Its a good thing and it can never ever be to much...

Wishing you wonderful things..and enjoy this song called home...

Art Julian Balden Weir.

Ice..or no Ice..that;s the question..

“The hardest part of skating is the ice”

Difficulty quotes.... :-)

Skating on the canals..a typical dutch picture....but we are almost sure that this year....its not going to happen.....?





Art-Henri van Seben.

Resolute resolutions...

A resolution...
1. the act or an instance of resolving
2. the condition or quality of being resolute; firmness or determination
3. something resolved or determined; decision

Are you making a list of New Year resolutions too....

“One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: "To rise above little things”

And put on top of your list....TO BE HAPPY...



Art-Johannes Vermeer.

Clutter...

Today ..(and tomorrow)..I will be busy cleaning my studio...

“I've been getting rid of some clutter — anything that doesn't serve a positive purpose in my life — and making room for things that feel happy to me. Because I get to make my life whatever I want it to be. I get to make the room feel however I want it to feel. I get to make the closet as full or as spacious as I want it. And, if I have more clutter to get rid of after Christmas, I'm not going to wait a year, or two or three to do it.”

Jan Denise

So...let me think ..what do I really need in my little birdsnest...



Art-Henry Meynell Rheam.

Wild...

Do you remember..from when you were just a little person..I do...WILD was my middle name...And now..in my mind..I still run free...dare to do a little running with me....? Off we go..dashing through the snow...


“All good things are wild, and free.”

Henry David Thoreau




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Art:The Wild Girl..Christofer Wormell

Little lights...

Its a dark but also magical night...

On the Hilltop we are celebrating the wonderful season we now enter..the season of light...the creatures on the Hilltop may be small...but together we can make this season bright.....

I'm always amazed what comes crawling out of the undergrowth...

We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own...let your light shine..


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Art-Little Lights by Any_s_Kil.

The inner spirit..

“In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
Albert Schweitzer



We...from Hilltop Forest wish you a wonderful weekend...

Art-Myron Barlow.

Away from the world..

“Away from the world and its toils and its cares,
I've a snug little kingdom up four pair of stairs.”

William Makepeace Thackeray

Now winter comes near....but never fear..you will always find some shelter here....



Art-Pierre Charles Comte.