Checkered Pattern

365 Magical Moments: Day 23

This bright and colorful checkered pattern was made from paper by my five year old daughter.



"Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions."
~Pablo Picasso

Railroad Tracks

365 Magical Moments: Day 22

There was something a bit lonely about viewing these railroad tracks that are no longer used and are showing signs that nature is taking over.



"Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return."
~E. M. Forster

Sharing With The Cat

365 Magical Moments: Day 21

This was too funny not to take a snap of it. My youngest son decided he wanted to share his chips/crisps with the cat. Apparently, the cat really loves food made from potatoes. (I stopped my little boy before he put the thoroughly chewed and nibbled potato chip back in his own mouth.)



"If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr."
~Martin Delany

Full Moon

365 Magical Moments: Day 20

I don't really have the right lens for photographing the moon, but it was so bright and pretty tonight that I tried photographing it anyway.



"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star."
~W. Clement Stone

Sweet Little Dog

365 Magical Moments: Day 19

This little sweet dog was waiting outside my children's school for his family.



"Even the tiniest Poodle or Chihuahua is still a wolf at heart."
~Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

That Cheeky Smile

365 Magical Moments: Day 18

He always has such a cheeky smile!



"Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."
~John F. Kennedy

Fries

365 Magical Moments: Day 17

These were yummy! (Also known in the UK as "chips.")



"French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar."
~Cameron Diaz

Smiling Behind His Pacifier

365 Magical Moments: Day 16

Even with the pacifier in his mouth, he has a very sweet smile. Don't you think?



"The fundamental job of a toddler is to rule the universe."
~Lawrence Kutner

Fungi

365 Magical Moments: Day 15

This fungi growing on a tree was too pretty not to photograph.



"If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools."
~Katherine Mansfield

Silver Pen

365 Magical Moments: Day 14

This is a silver pen from one of the weight loss awards that Robert and I have won. (We won an engraved paper weight and pen for each of the competitions.)



"There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write."
~William Makepeace Thackeray

Red Leaf

365 Magical Moments: Day 13

I really liked the red color of this leaf and the patterns along it.



"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
~Albert Camus

Holly

365 Magical Moments: Day 12

This is taken from a pretty holly bush that is in our next door neighbor's front yard. Holly berries and leaves always remind me of Christmas and winter.



"I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape. Something waits beneath it; the whole story doesn't show."
~Andrew Wyeth

A Bit Of Sun Amongst The Clouds

365 Magical Moments: Day 11

We had another day with a little bit of sunshine, and I was happy for every tiny bit of sun that showed itself.



"Ah, Hope! What would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of to-day, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow."
~Susanna Moodie

Little Bird

365 Magical Moments: Day 10

This pretty little bird was in a tree next door.



"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."
~Lou Holtz

Squirrel

365 Magical Moments: Day 9

We saw this cute little squirrel on a walk we took with the kids today.



"If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence."
~George Eliot

Sunset

We haven't had much sun lately, but today, though cold, was beautfully sunny. I didn't get out with the camera until the sun was beginning to set though. Still, it was worth it to get this photo of the sunset.



"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky."
~Rabindranath Tagore

Dividing Her Attention Between Reading & Watching TV

365 Magical Moments: Day 7

Angelica couldn't make up her mind.



"All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women."
~Voltaire

Seashells

365 Magical Moments: Day 6

I have this decorative seashell filled with other tiny, decorative seashells. It's just something I picked up years ago at the craft store, back when I lived in California.

One of the things I really miss about living in California is the beach. I miss sitting on a rocky outcropping along the 17-mile drive or just past Cannery Row in Monterey and watching the waves crash against the rocks.

This little seashell decoration reminds me of it.



"One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few."
~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Cherry Candycanes

365 Magical Moments: Day 5

This morning, a package arrived from my mom in the US. It had in it, amongst other things, a box of cherry candycanes. Finding candycanes other than peppermint ones is not easy to do here in the UK. None of the stores where I live carry any candycanes other than peppermint. Because of this, my children were very excited to have cherry ones arrive.



"There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last."
~Robert Louis Stevenson

Grey Cat

365 Magical Moments: Day 4

This is my cat, Pagan. Isn't he a gorgeous kitty?



"In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble, He gave him the cat."
~Warren Eckstein

Border Collie

365 Magical Moments: Day 3

This beautiful border collie is our dog Mercury.



"One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why."

Chicken Involtini

365 Magical Moments: Day 2

This isn't what I had planned on sharing photographically today, but I tried a new recipe and it came out perfectly and tasted great, so it was worth sharing.



"Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity."
~Voltaire

Brothers

365 Magical Moments: Day 1

To me, this is magical.



"A brother is a friend given by Nature."
~Jean Baptiste Legouve

About 365 Magical Moments

The purpose of this blog is to share a photo a day for an entire year, capturing the beauty and magic found in everyday life.