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St Gallen: Rococo Cathedral, Medieval Library, & Textile Museum

August 13, 2023August 4, 2023 by Polly Castor
Vist St Gallen Photos

This famous medieval library is home to the most comprehensive set of early medieval manuscripts.

Categories Photography Tags Family, Travel 3 Comments

An Evening and a Day in Zurich

August 13, 2023August 3, 2023 by Polly Castor
Visiting Zurich photos

We had a lovely, wandering, 17,000 step day in Zurich, grateful to have had no problem with jet lag.

Categories Photography Tags Family, Fun, Restaurants, Travel 4 Comments

We Fly to Switzerland

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 by Polly Castor

Headed off on a bucket list trip!

Categories Photography Tags Family, Travel 2 Comments

Bananagrams (Summer 2023)

July 12, 2023 by Polly Castor

I recommend this game for a companionably engaging good time.

Categories Ideas Tags Family, Fun, Gift Ideas, Summer Leave a comment

Polly Answers Your Questions (#3)

May 29, 2023May 24, 2023 by Polly Castor
Polly Answers Your Questions

Please send me your questions for me to answer next month!

Categories Ideas Tags Essay, Family, God, Polly answers 3 Comments

Grace Notes (#47 with photos)

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 by Polly Castor
Grace notes #47

I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good. I’ve taken photographs of some of them with my iPhone…

Categories Ideas Tags Family, grace notes, gratitude 1 Comment

Home Improvement Projects (Spring 2023)

May 4, 2023 by Polly Castor

I am so grateful for recent progress in caring for our home! In April, we were able to have the back of our house (and the detached garage) painted. You can see photos of the other sides being done in past years here and here. We have been blessed with wonderful and reasonable painters, and … Read more

Categories Hope, Photography Tags Family, gratitude, Special Occasions 7 Comments

Our Youngest Receives the “TA of the Year” Award

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 by Polly Castor
TA of the year award

We are proud her hard work and of the way she has comported herself. We are also delighted her excellence has been so tangibly recognized!

Categories Hope, Photography Tags education, Family, gratitude, Special Occasions, Virtue 15 Comments

Our Youngest Turns 26 (New Poem by Polly Castor with Photos)

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 by Polly Castor

I’m so glad you came to be with us.

Categories Photography, Poetry Tags Family, Special Occasions 4 Comments

My Birthday 2023

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 by Polly Castor

I’m glad to be traveling around the sun with you!

Categories Photography Tags community, Family, Special Occasions 5 Comments

Grace Notes (#45 with Photos)

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 by Polly Castor
Grace Notes #45 with photos

I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.

Categories Ideas Tags Family, grace notes, gratitude 2 Comments

The Ultimate Compendium of Card Games (Book Review)

January 23, 2023January 20, 2023 by Polly Castor
Ultimate Compendium of Card Games (Book Review)

I thought you might want to know this wonderful book, either for family, or for a gift for a card-loving family member or friend.

Categories Books, Ideas Tags Book Reviews, Family, Fun, Gift Ideas, non-fiction 1 Comment

Our Wedding Anniversary 2022

December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 by Polly Castor
Our Wedding anniversary 2022

We’ve been married 33 years and I like him better than ever.

Categories Photography Tags Family, gratitude, Special Occasions 7 Comments

Christmas Photos 2022

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 by Polly Castor
Christmas photos 2022

We had a wonderful day and hope you did too.

Categories Photography Tags Church, Family, Gift Ideas, gratitude, Holidays, Special Occasions 2 Comments

Family Thanksgiving Photos 2022

November 26, 2022November 26, 2022 by Polly Castor

We only had two days all together but we enjoyed it and made the most of it.

Categories Food, Photography Tags Family, food photography, gratitude, Holiday, Special Occasions 2 Comments

Grace Notes (#43 with Photos)

February 3, 2024October 11, 2022 by Polly Castor
Grace Notes #43

I am furthering my ongoing goal of appreciating such a continuous, overflowing abundance of random good.

Categories Ideas Tags Family, Gardening, grace notes, gratitude 1 Comment

We Met 34 Years Ago Today

October 9, 2022October 9, 2022 by Polly Castor

I am so grateful for this man and for the life we are making together.

Categories Hope, Photography Tags Family, gratitude, happiness 9 Comments
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Reviews from Readers

The phrase ‘divine choreography’ is resonating with me. Bless you for sharing your inspiration with us all.

Wow!! I cannot wait to try this recipe! Thank you!

I read and feel the security of the hearth and home. Many thanks…

Polly, please keep sharing these pages! I love seeing them. You inspired me to do the same thing.

I must find the higher spiritual path that nature often helps me see. Thank you for this beautiful poem.

Beautiful photos. It is uplifting and energizing to see such bright, cheerful, healthy and fresh images. Thanks, I needed that!

So beautiful, Polly. Thank you for spelling out – through such artful means – the beauty of patience.

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

I think one reason I enjoy your blog is that you Stand Forth In All Your God-given Glory, expressing everything Good!

These are awesome. You have such a gift for photography…and for pastels…and for cooking…and for finding interesting books…and, and, and. Where does it end?

Polly lets her spirituality into her art as you can see in the many abstract paintings she creates. We were wowed by her ability and her encouragement of others to express themselves artistically.

Just beautiful, Polly. So honest and uplifting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and the helpful ones of others.

Your blog is full of the wonderful, multilayered colors and textures that you play with, and share so unselfishly with the world.

You are my favorite artist. I just have to say it. Your paintings make me so happy.

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

You encourage me to grow with your everyday wisdom and your lovely contributions.

Thank you so.much, Polly. It says with abundant clarity what thousands upon thousands of thoughtful men and women think and believe. I appreciate you!!

What lovely Soul-inspired insights! Thank you for these great ideas!

I so enjoyed your trip blog. The outstanding photos and the amazing narratives made me feel I was on vacation for a few minutes each day.

I find the ideas you share on your blog very encouraging in having a sense of order when it comes to goals and priorities.

Oh so beautiful! I keep coming back to look at the paintings again.

You are such an inspirational person Polly! I love everything you share with us – such a joy to have your daily input in my inbox! X x x

This couldn’t possibly be more perfect, – so reassuring, and so fully expresses in every way what we all are praying for. Thank you for your a beautiful heart and generous giving of it!!

Your multiple images and vocabulary choices give energy and renewed resolve to flagging spirits. Thank you for sharing.

I made your fabulous Fish Tacos and they were BEYOND delicious!!

Providing us with wonderful refreshment, enlightenment, peace, encouragement, joy,
and a whole lot more. Thanks, Polly!

Thank you for focusing in on and capturing the little things we so often pass by and/or take for granted.

When I open my email in the morning I read all the have-to emails first; I save yours to read as dessert. Thanks, Polly!

We are so blessed with your access to nature and your talent to communicate visually….

This speaks to me. Love your work, Polly.

Polly, your reflection of Soul’s endless creativity is truly wonderful! Thank you for letting the divine shine through you so brightly!

Magnificent poem. How blest you are to be a poet, photographer, artist, metaphysician, all wrapped up into One.

Oh my goodness Polly, this is absolutely magnificent and reaches so far deep into my soul.

I have tremendous admiration for your strength, your depth, your compassion, your passion and your love. You are a woman deeply filled to the brim…

I appreciate the joy, inspiration, and great information you provide us in your blogs.

A wonderful poem Polly! Thank you. Deeply nourishing…. like a bird, natural and beautiful, just singing out truth in her special song on a fine winter morning.

I can’t tell you how helpful this has been to me today. I must’ve read it half a dozen times or more. It’s helping me with a great challenge. Thank you!

I appreciate your blog. It’s a breath of fresh air, beauty, and innovative thinking!

That definitely sounds like a book I’d like to read! Thanks Polly!

What an inspiring and uplifting painting. Thanks for sharing your inspiration with the world!

I feel the joy and love of the color and thought in all your work! You are letting your light shine.

Very helpful in these seemingly uncertain times. I found a couple of specific ideas expressed here that apply to a specific situation in my life. Thank you!

Oh my gosh how did you know I needed this today? I am in absolute awe of your thorough and articulate way you describe how all of this works.

Excellent post, dear Polly! Thanks!! There is lots that I relate to in your comments!

Polly, your wonderful blog is doing more than its bit in this dreadful time. Thanks, and keep on keeping on!

This is one of the BEST explanations of one’s understanding of God I have seen in a long time. The image paired with the text was spot on!

Yes, lots of good flavor triggers in there. I printed it out and will try it. Thanks so much!

Your blog has inspired me to get back into painting, cooking, prayer and meditation.

Love the photos, as usual. You are a Creative Genius, Polly.

I really enjoyed this book, thanks for recommending it.

Wonderful words of wisdom, Polly!

Perspective is everything – and choosing a liberating one blesses everyone, as you point out!

All of your work is eye and mind popping. I love it!

Thank you for the constant good thoughts and beautiful expressions of love and joy that you share on your blog.

I’ve just finished this book and I loved it! Thanks for recommending it.

Thank you for bringing to light and sharing an undeniably important part of the one stupendous whole we all share…the countless ways beyond sight, and not to be missed, always at hand.

Thank you Polly!! This has needed to be said for a while!

What a stunning place! It is just a slice of heaven. Thank you for sharing its beauty.

It is always refreshing to see the loves, joys, challenges, and triumphs that you share on your blog.

What a fine piece! You certainly are a shining example….[it] was uplifting and instructive.

This blog is so prolific and original, inspiring and joy producing.

Thank you Polly for sharing those wise words! I heartily agree with them all now I have a bigger perspective on life.

With its awesome art, recipes, book reviews, and really excellent writing, this blog is the perfect corner of the internet.

Your poem feels like a lesson, a treatment, and a love letter all rolled into one perfect package.
Thank you, Polly.

Thank you for your efforts. I look forward to your positive thoughts and love.

You have a great eye for beauty Polly. I love your blog.

I have just started this book and am really loving it! Thank you so much for recommending it.

Thank you! I enjoy reading your notes from the Bible Lesson. Your interpretation is helpful for my thought and I’m sure many others.

Well Done! This is such a wonderful venture. Your work is just extraordinary!

Wish I had gotten this message 75 years ago. It makes so much sense and would have saved me a lot of self criticism. I love your blog.

Thank you for the joy you share. I look forward to reading your posts!

I am so grateful for your generous sharing of ideas across so many different fields! Your colorful art, your beautiful photography, your tasty looking and well presented dishes, your uplifting ideas, your insightful book reviews, and your wonderful healing work! You truly are a polymath!! I so look forward to your daily offerings and rejoice in them all.

You are such an inspiring person, Polly, and I love the variety of your activities you share with us all! Thank you so much.

This is absolutely wonderful and so helpful.

Thank you dear Polly!

I always appreciate your reviews. Our fave film in 2019 was The Green Book – which we watched following your recommendation.

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

Thank you for expanding my ways to see, Polly.

This is a beautiful summary and reminder of how we can both individually and collectively dissolve the powerless, baseless lies with Truth. Thank you, Polly!!

Thank you for introducing me to wonderful, amazing authors.
Love the pictures of your elegant flowers.

Hi Polly, loved this poem. It radiates hope and feeling of calmness. I am glad I came across these beautiful words. Keep posting similar reads and spreading positivity.

Thank you Polly for your radiant joy and embrace of each of us, wrapping us in your color and beauty of Soul.

Absolutely stunning, Polly. I love the infinite range of ideas, expression, and media in this BIG blog of yours.

This poem is what I needed to further focus on moving out of the fear of COVID.❤️

Thank you for your ultra positive, upbeat, cheering and cheerful expressions in so many forms. What great seeds to sow in world thought!

I for one want to thank you so much for writing this blog. I started about a year ago and look forward to reading it every day. I feel like an armchair adventurer…

That’s all very helpful for me today, Polly. Thanks for going deep on this. I’m sharing your joy in our Source.

Wow! What a stunning collection of gorgeous images and though-provoking quotes. They made my day.

Thank you for sharing yourself and creativity in such a transparent way, it is very inspiring and humbling to me.

It’s a rare inspiration that can uncover an aching joy — but those poems do that. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Synesthesia! I can taste the yellows and hear the oranges! A feast to the senses! Brava talented Polly

You are doing so wonderfully at praising God with your talents.

Your zest for the good things in life makes me feel happy too!

I love the photos – such a gift which makes me feel closer to Fall, my favorite season.

The Spirit at work is so well described here. In between the lines I read that
our only true peace is in pleasing Our Creator! Thank you deeply, Polly!

Thankful every morning to see another treasure from you in my emails !

Polly….I’m happier because of you; I sure do thank you.

I get so happy when I see your paintings. I really do. They bring me such joy. I feel your heart when I see them.

I am grateful for the myriad ways you celebrate Life in your art, activities and relationships. Your blog is inspiring in its magnification of Soulful goodness!

Graciously and lovingly spoken, like a true friend to all. Thank you for your blog Polly.

Wow. Yes, quite something to contemplate. Thank you, Polly!!

You share so freely, with so so so much love and joy and an open-open-heart…

Wow, you outdid yourself this month with your Bits and Clips. It was a wonderful mix of beauty, humor, and thoughtfulness.

Thanks so much for this recommendation Polly. We watched in awe … and have recommended in turn.

Such a complete radiance of Soul you are demonstrating. I find it very inspiring!

Polly, I am absolutely amazed. My mouth was watering! I’ll be thinking about it all night…and tomorrow we will break out the paints!

Thank you for this exercise in balance, Polly. Helps a lot!

Polly, I love your poem “you were never unwanted”. This poem really hit home. Thank you for your words of wisdom

I recently I recommended your blog to a friend saying, “She’s like a dear friend, she just doesn’t know me.” Thank you for all the delight you add to my days!

You are such a gem Polly- it is an incredible blessing to daily read your blog!

I am a silent regular reader of your daily blog, and I’m finally in touch to tell you how much I like it. I love it!

Grace is a beautiful quality and you exude it in spades – thanks so much for all you do and are! You are a treasure!

How blessed we are to have someone like you on this Earth.

Love your blog. Today’s was dynamite, and very helpful for understanding our role as individuals at this time.

Thank you for bringing your beautiful great outdoors into my world.
You do a great job taking pictures. The colors are so vibrant and I like that you notice
shadows.

Butter! Lemon! Garlic!

It’s like a prayer!!!

I have to tell you that your spiritual to-do list was the springboard for a great talk with my older daughter. We are going to check on each other, and progress.

I love your website, messages, poems and art. Thank you for the blessing of community that you provide.

This is a fantastic article Polly…so much in it, I know I’ll have to re read it at least twice more!

Love the poem so so much and the first painting with the trees is INCREDIBLE!!

Oh yum, Polly… These gorgeous photos made my mouth water and my eyes pop!

I love your Blog, Polly!! Therefore, I love you! Your art, your poetry, your philosophy, your religion, your book reviews, your photography, your … husband!

I love this poem, Polly, and I shall read it often! I feel sure it will help lift my thought to healing.

Beautiful photos! All that color, texture & gorgeous pattern….

I love this poem! Letting our true, authentic self come forth! Yes!! Thank you for all the delightful imagery!

When you get famous, I need to be the president of your fan club.

Polly your blog is simply a marvelously enriching, thought provoking part of the daily wonders of life! I give thanks for you and the blog!

LOVE it. Made me smile while I was reading it.

Your food is presented in such an artistic way that it looks beautiful, wholesome and totally delicious!!

I salute you! And I sure do thank you for inspiring me to greater efforts along all lines of life!

I have been blessed beyond words by your daily posts. I often quote you to others, saying I got the idea from a wonderful friend I’ve never actually met.

I love your swirling universes, the spirals that draw one in and introduce us to ourselves.

You are … just plain wonderful, Polly! Your blog is bursting with poetry, art, writings, love of God, family, friends, all things great and wonderful and good!

I love that you live such an active life, have so many interests, and share your insights with me. Your blog is like a conversation with a dear friend.

Your inspiration and love of nature is appreciated!

This is relevant and an excellent way for me to look at some situations I have been in recently.
Thank you Polly.
I will continue to benefit…

I love the feeling of playfulness and of uninhibited joy.

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

This is spectacular, Polly! I love it!

Everything on your site is so colorful, spiritual and alive!

Thank you so much for your fantastic, soulful images– your photos really capture the love, joy, camaraderie, power, and intensity of the present moment.

Thank you for sharing such a personal, and at the same time, universal, love of beauty.

Thanks for the nudge!

You continue to inspire, impress, and
amaze me, Polly.

I enjoy your strong, bold artwork– there is so much going on in them that my imagination takes off. I really appreciate your blog. It brings joy every day.

Polly, I needed you today and there you were and it was enough. Thank you for being a motivator.

I am touched by this well thought out, well written essay. You have put into words what so many of us have in our minds and hearts. Thank you!

These photos are so wonderful, it really warms the heart.

Gorgeous new work. I love the vitality of the city scenes and vibrant color palette.

Wow Polly!! You are buzzing with ideas.

Polly, what amazing and timely insight in these wise words! Thanks for sharing this wisdom.

I wanted you to know that I found the time I spent on your blog to be relaxing, refreshing, inspiring, and totally enjoyable.

This is so well thought out and written. Thank you for this compelling essay. I agree with you on all points, Polly.

Thank you Polly, for saying what needs to be said.

This is absolutely magnificent. Bless your precious and beautiful soul for sharing this.

I just had to comment on today’s blog. I LOVED it! I have had similar thoughts for some time.

Putting the art of poetry, photography and painting into your hands is God’s gift to us who get to read it and see it. Thanks.

Thank you for your burst of sunshine reflected in your positivity this morning… I look forward to your blogs.

Excellent, meaningful, quotes. Thanks!

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

I just want to say that I have really been enjoying your blog! It gives me hope for the world…

Thank you so much for this wonderful insight! You put into words what I have been grappling with for a long time. This is just what I needed today.

Thank you sincerely for your joyful out-pouring of love, light, color, comforting, inspiring words…

You show us how God’s love shines in all things. You are a blessing!

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

I am simply amazed at the wealth of beauty, soul, and experience. Love it. Love you! Thank You for sharing your innermost so openly.

Thank you for your efforts. I look forward to your positive thoughts and love.

Way to go on your artistic journey. You show great courage, humility, and such support for everyone around you.

You are so incredibly sweet, gracious, kind, thoughtful, creative, generous, joyful, witty, courageous, tender, persistent, compassionate, brilliant, articulate, ad infinitum!

Thank you for your generosity and your overflowing sense of soul which you share so beautifully and articulately with everyone!!

Yes indeed! You are a shining light and you are definitely using all your wonderful talents

Your blog is uplifting and enlightening, and seems to speak to me just when I need it most.

Love your blog’s colour and joyfulness and the inspiring leads, Polly. Easy to see why you are much loved. Thank you.

I did your tomato tart a few days ago, and it was fabulous! I am vegetarian and look for meals I can make that have lots of flavor. Your tart was just perfect!

Absolutely beautiful!!! I love these particular colors together and the different styles and techniques really give it a lot of depth and texture. Brilliant!!!!

I truly love and am inspired by your blog, including capturing the beauty of life in the moment, teaching by example, taking time with children, and spirituality.

Your abstracts are interesting and you have a unique style that is all your own. Original, demonstrating individuality and confidence! I see joy and love expressed.

You brighten my life with your thoughts, views, words, pictures….

Polly always captures the balance between what I can do, and all the miracles I am given.

Thank you so much for this thoughtful, informative and articulate book review, Polly!

Yes, healing does happen when we deeply and humbly pray. Thanks for keeping that idea alive.

Polly this is absolutely exquisite and so inspiring. I will refer to it often.

Polly! I love this poem! Letting our true, authentic self come forth! Yes!! Thank you for all the delightful imagery!

This is such a beautiful and loving blog and feels much like your amazing dynamic spiritual art. You are proving and sharing truth in a precious, creative, encouraging, and heartfelt way. You inspire me!

Thanks, Polly, for listening so carefully and sharing so selflessly.

I am so happy to have found your site and to be able to enjoy your expression of Spirit! Love your poetry, your photos, your ideas, your …YOU! THANK you for sharing so abundantly!

This blog deeply resonates while being beautiful, delicious, inspiring, and fun. Not easy to do!

I just love your photos, Polly. Whether it’s food or art or nature . . . They are always so beautiful and interesting and full of life !

What a beautiful spirit you have, shining right through your source.

Well done Polly, I love your book reviews! Please carry on the good work of guiding our book choices.

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

Wow! Love the abundance of exotic shapes and colours in the Autumn sunshine!

I did your 52 books challenge, and loved the structure that it provided to my selections. Doing it again this year too!

Polly, thanks for “amplifying good”. That’s what you really do!

I loved this book, Polly. Thank you so much for the recommendation.

What a delight to experience the beauty of nature you shared of your slice of the world through these beautiful photos.

Your blog captures a life well lived, constantly imparting good– truth, health and happiness– including beauty, harmony, art, science to the world.

Polly, you have such a great feel for things. I will enjoy you forever.

I LOVE THIS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for sharing the joy of your trip with us. I feel blessed this morning to know you in all the ways you reveal good and magnify it.

I’m grateful for you opening my eyes to the wonders that surround us.

Really beautiful, very hope filled. I love this!

I really enjoy reading your blog – but I have to say that your monthly ‘Bits and Clips’ posts and your ‘Grace Notes’ posts are my favorite :)

This blog is upbeat, progressive, sincere, colorful, metaphoric, and exploratory. Such a rich feast!

I love your blog! I shared it with my mom, an artist, and she is impressed with your art. I’ve also spent time studying your paintings. Just listened to your interview, it was stellar! Thank you!!

I look forward to your messages each day, like a delightful gift to unwrap.

This blog is simultaneously simple and profound– a perfect, balanced combination of seriousness and light.

Your photos are so vivid and expressive and inspiring and artistic and alive!

Your site is bolstering my creative thoughts. I need to put them into action.

Thanks for your strong, bright and clear art work!

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

Excellent. Thank you for sharing this welcome thought to redirect today’s thinking.
I am grateful for this blog.

Every day I look forward to your blog. It’s encouraging me to find ways to express what God reveals in me.

Today’s post was a Gift from God. Opening your email this morning truly lifted my Spirit. Thank you.

So beautiful and I have shared it with so many others. Thank you!

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

A wonderful poem Polly! Thank you. Deeply nourishing….

I’m new to your site and I love today’s post about being grateful!

Outstanding message! And a sure “wake-up” call for me regarding mortal decline. I’m off on a refreshing direction. Thanks, Polly.

I have so enjoyed your recent posts– about your garden, your reflections about parenting, your vibrant artwork– so many wonderful expressions of Spirit.

WONDERFUL blog, Polly! Thank you for your spiritual calm, support for each of us, uninhibited creativity, and amazing paintings. I am just left in awe !

Thank you Polly for this article on supply! I cherish the healing thoughts therein very much, and they are very helpful.

Wow, super powerful and definitely what I needed to hear today.

You capture so vividly the beauty of nature. Thank you for bringing such beauty into my every day.

Lovely Polly! You are an inspiration! I am so happy to have your blog in my life!

I never before found computers this beautiful….

WOW! Polly! Some truly marvelous work there!!!

Your photos have opened my eyes to the beauty surrounding us everywhere.

Polly, I’m grateful for you, your prayerful work, your blog, your art, photos, words and colors.

I’m so grateful for all you share with us.

Love these colours and the strong contrasts Polly!

Once again, you have come through for us with such clear and coherent thinking and put into words the feelings in our hearts.

Thank you, Polly, for bringing clarity to the stressful events we’re experiencing. Your insights are thought-provoking and inspirational. I’m very thankful for your blog.

Really enjoyed your poem on Animal magnetism. Very clear truths. Thank you. Your vibrant art work is superb.

Thanks, Polly! Your zest for the good things in life makes me feel happy too!

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

Yummy and beautiful! I love all the colors and this food looks amazing! The plates too!

Thank you for the insight. Especially separating church from a building or denomination. The passion and joy of color in your paintings is marvelous.

Neat! Love the black and white contrasts enhanced by the light.

Thank you for this. Read it. Gave me hope. Going through an “unsure” time. Thank you for these words of strength, hope, and faith.

Love all you do and express. You’re an amazing role model!!

Without a doubt my life has been enriched and uplifted by my acquaintance with you through your blogs. Every day I look for the interesting ideas you amplify and the lovely arts you share with us. I am never disappointed.

I enjoy your blog so much. But today you are on top. Every thought you expressed so lovingly…. some very funny but always with love. Thank you for all you bring to so many .

Beautiful and profoundly perfect for pandemic season, your poem empowers hope for what’s next. I plan to read it at Sunday Devotional. Thank you!

These thoughts you shared are a keeper for me to revisit when in need. You are a blessing to many!

Your art is thrilling.

Your blogs are a delight.

Polly, you are a whiz at living life the way it’s meant to be. I’m fascinated by all you do!

I’m so grateful to be able to enjoy all you so generously share on your blog, the colorful photos, the recipes, the art works, the insights, the book reviews and so much more!

What an incredible blessing and inspiration you are. Thank you so much for your beautiful heart!

Amazing, Polly! A wonderful example of seeing the possibilities…creativity at its best.

Thank you for bringing your hydrangeas into my home via the internet. Other flowers are lovely too, but hydrangeas are SPECIAL.

I want to express my gratitude to you for such a well thought out essay. I found it quite enriching and resonate with those true answers.

I loved this post! It gave me much to think about. Thank you for being such a beautiful and prolific source of inspiration. You are a wonder! I’m a fan!

A powerful message. Thank you for getting it out there.

I think you have covered absolutely every way anyone would wish to be blessed

Loved your plein air painting, the pictures of the garden plenty — oh wow. Love opening your blog each day — it is a treat that I save sometimes.

The colors are exquisite!!! Thanks for bringing so much beauty into our lives.

What a breath of fresh air!! Thank you for your honesty, integrity and willingness to speak out for Truth and Justice!!!

Thank you very much, Polly. You are a bright light!

Thank you for using this platform to share these references for listening & learning. Now the work required to make a lasting change is up to each of us! ❤️

Thank you for all your uplifting daily contributions, wherever form they take – photos, recipes, artwork, book reviews and smiley faces!

Thank you for sharing this.
Strange, nothing surprising here.
You are who you are.

I just adore all of your wonderful posts and everything that you share so generously. ????? You have a beautiful sense of soul that you share – it blesses me and so many!

Love this– actually so “timely” for what I have been thinking about lately.

The last day of the month on your blog is always a BIG treat . . . This morning I went from fasting to feasting . . .

I LOVE YOU!!

You amuse-inspire-edify-entertain-inform-uplift-enhance-educate-color!-…my days!

Well said Polly!

Life is so exciting we should limit ourselves less!

Let’s all have a productive day and be joyful!

This is absolutely beautiful and so incredibly helpful and inspiring! Thank you so much! ❤️

Quite unforgettable. You truly have a way with words:warm; strong; inviting; enlightening; so substantive, and more.

Thank you for sharing this quote. It is very appropriate for our times. A beautiful wake up call to change our thinking and focus on what is real and true.

Thank you for revealing this idea you’ve been following. I can tell when an angel has tapped me on the shoulder–it feels light and right and fun.

Thank you for all the inspiration you share so generously. I am deeply grateful!

Thank you Polly–you are always such a clear thinker and always willing to share your God-given gifts.

This blog is colorful, beautiful, and edifying.

Outstanding, superb and beyond all imagination.

Illuminating thoughts, thank you for sharing them. Very clear.

Helen Frankenthaler’s works were interesting, but I like your abstracts better.

Polly, I just love your spirit, innovativeness, receptivity to beauty and to God’s goodness expressed. Thank you for your blog.

I feel such gratitude for the beautiful way in which you express God. Thanks for blessing my life and being such a shining light in the world!

Glorious! Thank you for tending these lovely flowers together, and for posting on your blog, Polly.

I am so totally impressed with your photography, poetry, and painting.Your talent is incredible!!!

Just a wonderland of possibilities and ideas and the materials to explore and discover. What a beautiful, exciting place! I’ve taken all this glory into my heart today and am grateful for it.

Your posts are treasure troves of your beautiful and giving heart.

Thank you for this….I absolutely love reading it!

I am one of your readers who definitely looks forward to a positive message from you every morning. You grow people.

Your reading challenge has inspired me and given me permission to read again, as previously I had just fitted reading round everything else. Now it is a legitimate activity in my life and I am enjoying it immensely!

Thank you for writing this opinion so eloquently, Polly. You have addressed many nuances that I have been espousing for years, and your words are powerful and thought-provoking.

Thank you for Saying So Well What Needs To Be SAID!

Hoping others can/will read this…

Oh how I love this! Thank you, thank you!

Thanks for sharing from the seat of your soul with generosity and openness.

You are an inspiration to me, and I’m sure to many others. With appreciation for all you do to magnify good!

Thank you for your transparency of love, your generous sharing of what you are pondering and doing.

The Brussels sprouts were an exceptionally BIG hit here…. could you direct me to more literature on spiritual healing?

My mother adores your blog and speaks to me often about what recent nugget you shared which she thought was wonderful!

I love your coffee cake recipe, I have a book list from your blog, I love the photos, the poems, the paintings, the movie reviews, the humor, the honesty, the color.

Deep and encompassing. Passionate and motherly. Loving and expansive. The photos speak volumes too…and I see the connections with the poem perfectly.

Keep up the good work. You are an inspiration! I love reading your blog with it’s many insights.

Thank you for your commitment to reality and our true nature!

Love your blog. Today’s is dynamite and very helpful to viewing our role as individuals at this time.

How blessed we are to have someone like you on this Earth.

This blog is really stimulating and motivating.

Love your pastels!

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