Simplicity, Tranquility

Hello dear friends and fellow bloggers! A very warm welcome to you all! Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to visit me here! I really appreciate you all so much!

Just a special note...on Blogger, I have noticed that there is a delay in new blog posts in that they don't appear right away in the NEWS READER. However, the post will appear immediately on your blog itself at the time it is published. This means that your readers and followers will not know that your new post is up until between 30 minutes to a few hours later, even several hours later when it finally appears in the Blogger Reader...if it even appears at all. This doesn't happen all the time, but I just wanted to let you all know that it is something I have noticed.

And just to let you all know, I schedule my new posts to publish on Sundays and Wednesdays between 6:30 and 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. You should see my new posts by checking my blog at the above-mentioned times. I only post on Mondays and Thursdays. Thank you so much. 

Here are today's picks, which I hope will brighten your day!

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

                              Quotes Gram

Hearts that beat to the tune of kindness can change the rhythm of the world! - CJ Peterson

                             Big Cat Rescue

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. - Frederick Douglass

                               Bright Drops

Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. - Charles Kettering

                                Bright Drops

Happiness blooms from within.

                           Heather Stillufsen

The more uncluttered I lived, the more joy I found. - Zina Harrington

                          Artful Homemaking

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. - Hans Hofmann

                         The Simplicity Habit

The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go. - Steve Maraboli

                         Life Simplicity Online

Simplicity is often one of the greatest strengths. - Erik Spoelstra

                              Intrepid Quips

Strength is not measured by the depth of your struggle, but by the height of your resilience.

                                  Sandjest

Remember: despite how open, peaceful and loving you attempt to be, people can only meet you as deeply as they've met themselves. - Matt Kahn

                           MoveMe Quotes

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness. - Henry David Thoreau

                                      Trvst

I make myself rich by making my wants few. - Thoreau

                             Shannon Torrens

Tranquility...it is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.

                                Shutterstock

Every breath we take, every step we make can be filled with peace, joy and serenity. We need only be awake, alive in the present moment. - Thich Nhat Hanh

                                 Bella Bleue

Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but finding peace deep within it.

                               QuotesGram

No amount of anxiety can change the future. No amount of regret can change the past. - Karen Salmansohn

                      Central Jersey Family Law

The following photos are my own, which I took on Friday, April 24th with my cellphone. You can click on any image to see a larger view.

I found this pothole in the parking lot of a shopping mall. Yes, Spring is a beautiful season, but there are hazards that come with it...potholes, flooding, just to name two! So please be careful when you walk, sometimes you may not see a pothole, and you can twist an ankle or worse! This happened to a woman here in Montreal that was on the news, she got hurt pretty badly.

I took this photo of the sign outside of one of my favourite housewares stores here in Montreal. Hart! The sign is in French, as pretty much all signs here in Quebec, so I will translate it for you all so that you can understand. "maison en gros" means "in bulk store"

They get their items directly from the manufacturer, which transfers to savings for customers. A great store!

I came across a little sparrow who had a nest in the top part of a bus shelter. How I found him? He was chirping away! So adorable! You can see the nest on the upper middle part of my photo and you should also be able to see the sparrow as well! (by clicking on this picture to see a larger view)

An American Eagle store in a mall. 

The following photos I took of a beautiful display in a mall! These are the remainder of the photos from my last post. You can click on any image to see a larger view. 

The following video is a Just for Laughs Gag (Juste pour Rire in French). Although the majority of these gags are done here in Montreal, they have traveled to different countries as well to do them, and this particular one was done in Europe. Enjoy!  :)

A wallaby lost her mother. So this woman carried her in pouch for a year.  :)  (GeoBeats Animals)

Genius Chihuahua does bare minimum for treat  :)

(GeoBeats Animals)

Monday, Monday - The Mamas and the Papas

Theme from a Summer Place - Percy Faith

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