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Sunday, May 10, 2026
Slow Down
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 come and visit me here! I really appreciate you all so much! Next post will be on my blog Wednesday 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Here are today's picks, which I hope will brighten your day!
A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution. - Hazel Nicholson
Reader's Digest
The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be. :) - Elizabeth Peters
Trvst
What is important is already here, closer than breathing, nearer than hands and feet, not in the next moment.
Sketches in Stillness
This is your sign to take a walk. Everything feels lighter when you're moving through nature instead of being stuck in your head.
Tiny Buddha
Once she stopped rushing through life, she was amazed how much more life she had time for.
Kindly Unspoken
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why. - Eddie Cantor
Wow4U
Slow progress is better than no progress. Stay positive and don't give up.
xdotcom
Life rewards the calm observer, not the chaser.
Quotifusion
Relax - life unfolds best when you trust its rhythm.
It is only when there is no goal and no rush that the human senses are fully open to receive the world. - Alan Watts
Flaneur Life
Let's stop telling each other how busy we are.
Filling the Jars
Saturday mornings are for slow sips, soft starts and silent gratitude.
ImagineArt
Beware the barrenness of a busy life. - Socrates
Flaneur Life
Slow down and enjoy the journey right now. Take time for the people in your life. They won't always be there.
PictureQuotes
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the now the primary focus of your life. - Eckhart Tolle
Filling the Jars
When I slow down, I can dive deeper - and that's how I prefer to live. - Cait Flanders
Seasonal Slow Living
The following photos are my own, which I took with my cellphone. This is a continuation from my last post...this mall display impressed me so much I just had to take plenty of photos! I hope you all enjoy them as much as I did! Oh, and the French sign means the following in English. "The calm before the storm." (Le calme avant la tempete) 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) done here in Montreal. Enjoy! :)
An Adele penguin slide right past us in Antartica (The Dodo)
Dog hilariously waits in line for his pets :)
Pick up the pieces - Average White Band
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Hello Linda I do hope you've been enjoying a good weekend. Another super selection here... thank you. The photographs showing the beautiful flowers in the mall are wonderful.
Hola!! Me gusta tu post tiene vida , todo es bonito e interesante , muy buenaa citas y frases muchas son reflexiones. Gracias por visitar mi blog. Te dejo un abrazo
Oh, one of the secrets of life is to slow down, look around you and stop and smell the roses......and all the other flowers. =) As for kitty cats, they are a species all of their own. One has to let them adopt you.
..."Everything feels lighter when you're moving through nature instead of being stuck in your head." and "Gardens say, slow down, look around you, believe, hope." Amen to this!!!
dear linda. i love all the flowers pics that u took with your cell phone! they are so lovely. my chosen quotes for today is : Slow progress is better than no progress. Stay positive and don't give up. take care dear linda!
I enjoy your posts-google has my blog so messed up-it does not recognize my blog anymore so can not get to the page to write a post still. but it does recognize me when I comment-craziness haha I am using instagram for now
My health has taught me rather early to slow down, but it can be hard at times not to slow down too much. Of course cats are superior! Gundel just told me so today! ;-)
Good morning, Linda. Yes, a walk in nature always lifts my mood. I love all the pretty floral displays! Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week ahead!
The shopping center really made an effort to decorate beautifully with all those flowers—those are all wonderful photos! Your quotes regarding serenity, and approaching everything with a calmer attitude, are excellent; this is a beautifully put-together post. Thank you, Linda! hugs Elke
Wise words, I´m on my way off, walking! It´s raining! :-) Your mall is beautiful indeed. ACK!!! It´s not for laughing. I just stood like that at the grocery with such a darn plastic bag for Ingo´s plums, fiddling about!!! OK, I laughed after all ;-) Cute penguin. But Gordon (Ramsey) I only know yelling! The last one was sadly not available here... Thank you, dear friend Linda, for the morning start here! Much love and trying warm hugs to send over, it´s cold here!
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Hello Linda
ReplyDeleteI do hope you've been enjoying a good weekend.
Another super selection here... thank you.
The photographs showing the beautiful flowers in the mall are wonderful.
Take care, enjoy the coming new week.
All the best Jan
Hola!! Me gusta tu post tiene vida , todo es bonito e interesante , muy buenaa citas y frases muchas son reflexiones. Gracias por visitar mi blog. Te dejo un abrazo
ReplyDeleteMuy lindas tus fotografías!!
ReplyDeleteOh, one of the secrets of life is to slow down, look around you and stop and smell the roses......and all the other flowers. =) As for kitty cats, they are a species all of their own. One has to let them adopt you.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of taking a walk instead of being stuck in my head!
ReplyDelete..."Everything feels lighter when you're moving through nature instead of being stuck in your head." and "Gardens say, slow down, look around you, believe, hope." Amen to this!!!
ReplyDeleteSuch good advice on slowing down. We all need to be reminded sometimes.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers!
dear linda. i love all the flowers pics that u took with your cell phone! they are so lovely. my chosen quotes for today is : Slow progress is better than no progress. Stay positive and don't give up. take care dear linda!
ReplyDeleteSo true about cat being a puzzle :-)) Have a great new week ahead, Linda.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your posts-google has my blog so messed up-it does not recognize my blog anymore so can not get to the page to write a post still. but it does recognize me when I comment-craziness haha I am using instagram for now
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers 🌹 About the quote, if I feel stuck I will take a walk outside. Yes, it will feel so much lighter after that.
ReplyDeleteGreat advices on slowing down. Beautiful flowers.
ReplyDeleteI need to print these out and hang them up
ReplyDeleteMy task for this year is to slow down and enjoy what is around me.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Thank you for the good thoughts and beautiful flower pictures. It's great that they are investing in the beauty of the mall.
ReplyDeleteOh the frustration of the bag not opening. Good memes and lovely photos of the flowers you took, Linda.
ReplyDeleteMy health has taught me rather early to slow down, but it can be hard at times not to slow down too much.
ReplyDeleteOf course cats are superior! Gundel just told me so today! ;-)
Good morning, Linda. Yes, a walk in nature always lifts my mood. I love all the pretty floral displays! Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week ahead!
ReplyDeleteThe shopping center really made an effort to decorate beautifully with all those flowers—those are all wonderful photos!
ReplyDeleteYour quotes regarding serenity, and approaching everything with a calmer attitude, are excellent; this is a beautifully put-together post. Thank you, Linda! hugs Elke
Wise words, I´m on my way off, walking! It´s raining! :-)
ReplyDeleteYour mall is beautiful indeed.
ACK!!! It´s not for laughing. I just stood like that at the grocery with such a darn plastic bag for Ingo´s plums, fiddling about!!! OK, I laughed after all ;-)
Cute penguin. But Gordon (Ramsey) I only know yelling!
The last one was sadly not available here...
Thank you, dear friend Linda, for the morning start here! Much love and trying warm hugs to send over, it´s cold here!