Scrappy Hearts

Ahhh, Summer

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

I {heart} June

The shrub roses will bloom all summer, but the blooms on this bush are relatively short lived. Probably just for June and the early part of July. My daughter Jessie always loved this rose bush, I wish I could send some of the blossoms to her!

Roses, just one of the many reasons I love June!

"It was June, and the world smelled of roses.

The sunshine was like powdered gold

over the grassy hillside."

~Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy and Tib, 1941

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"I always knew from that moment, from the time

I found myself at home in that little segregated

library in the South, all the way up until I walked

up the steps of the New York City library,

I always felt, in any town, 

if I can get to a library,

I'll be OK.

It really helped me as a child,

and that never left me.

So I have a special place for every library,

in my heart of hearts." Maya Angelou

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There was never a night or a problem

that could defeat sunrise or hope.

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one-fourth preparation

and three-fourths theater.

- Gail Godwin

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Try to relax

and enjoy the crisis!

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