Dare Mighty Things

I stole this off our fridge. Karen found it in the newspaper a while ago and glued it to the fridge.

In the battle of life, it is not the critic who counts; nor the one who points out how the strong person stumbled, or where the doer of a deed could have done better.
The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who does actually strive to do deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends oneself in a worthy cause; who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he or she fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those timid spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt

** She informed me that its not glued. Just 2 sided tape. I say close enough.

So, what floats your boat?

Recently when I was painting these, I realized that just about every time I do something a little crafty, I listen to Steve Earle or other rock-a-billy music. Wierd. Somehow Steve Earle just doesn't seem like the type to make the creativity flow. But, evidently for me, it does. ( I was also listening to him when I got the good idea to paint them). So I wanna know- what floats your boat when you get inspired?

My life at times...

This is kind of what my life feels like sometimes... but so totally worth it ;)

Its windy. and snowy.

I was a little too slow to catch the snow that was blowing across our yard seconds before. It was completely white. I got distracted when I opened the door and found out that our screen door doesn't shut all the way. There was a pile of snow between the screen door and the other door. I was pretty pumped that i didn't even need to go outside to take pictures of the snow. It made me grin a little. I hope you find something in your day to make you grin a little too :)

Spring is coming....

This evening I went for a walk and you could smell spring just around the corner... wahoo! I love the smell of the seasons changing. Although the nice weather only lasted two days, it seemed to give a sneak peak as to whats ahead... SPRING!