If you have not slept, or if you have slept, or if you
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,
to think, to enjoy, to love.
~Marcus Aurelius
If you have not slept, or if you have slept, or if you
have a headache, or sciatica, or leprosy,
or thunder-stroke, I beseech you, by all angels,
to hold your peace and not pollute the morning.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| Our first beautiful morning in Dublin. ~The National Botanica of Ireland~ |
"The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce."
~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., "Over the Teacups," 1891
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| My first view of Llundudno, Wales as I stepped off of the rail in the morning. |
"A fig for partridges and quails,
ye dainties I know nothing of ye;
But on the highest mount in Wales
Would choose in peace to drink my coffee."
ye dainties I know nothing of ye;
But on the highest mount in Wales
Would choose in peace to drink my coffee."





1 wonderful people commented:
So beautiful! I have always wanted to go to England!
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