Wrinkles merely indicate where smiles have been.
~Mark Twain

This is one of my favorite quotes which can be found on my friend Nora's blog - Merry's Musings! And if by chance you find someone without a smile today, share one of yours!

Blessings,



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A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it to you when you have forgotten the words.

~Unknown

Blessings,

Photographs from around Biltmore Estates in Asheville, NC

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The earth laughs in flowers.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.

~ Plautus


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If I have seen a little further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

- Sir Isaac Newton

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Pictures from around Biltmore Estates, Asheville, North Carolina
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"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."

~Oscar Wilde

Blessings,

More pictures from around Biltmore Estates in Asheville, NC

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Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Blessings,







Views from around Linville Caverns in North Carolina
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Views from
Everyday Life

Blessings,

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart." -Helen Keller

Blessings,

"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Blessings,

"The doors of opportunity are opening around us all the time. You have to have the vision to see what is possible on the other side and the courage to walk through them. You never know what opportunities for greatness are waiting for you."

~ Erin Prais-Hintz

Hope you enjoy this inspiring poem and all these different views from around one gorgeous yellow maple tree residing in our front yard!

Blessings,