Coffee Is A Lot More Than Just A Drink; Its Something Happening. Not As In Hip, But Like An Event, A

“Coffee is a lot more than just a drink; it’s something happening. Not as in hip, but like an event, a place to be, but not like a location, but like somewhere within yourself. It gives you time, but not actual hours or minutes, but a chance to be, like be yourself, and have a second cup” ― Gertrude Stein, Selected Writings. A second cup? Why yes Ms Stein, I believe I will......won't you join me? Bon Mercredi, mes amis! #cafebene #ellicottcity

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed–and gazed–but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils. William Wordsworth, I Wander’d Lonely as a Cloud. I’m completely enchanted with the bouquet on my table…..spring & cheer & new, abundant life…….Well said, Wordsworth, well said……Bon Dimanche, mes amis!

Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"... "It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine... Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden Lemon-asparagus soup with a dollop of crème fraîche......it was the perfect spring comfort food, while the "rain fell on the sunshine".........Bon Samedi, mes amis!! #seassons52 #yummmmm

I always believe that the sky is the beginning of the limit-MC Hammer. Yeah, me too….I know I post a ridiculous number of pictures of the sky…..okay, guilty. However, it’s like an ever changing, endlessly fascinating art exhibit that I would appear to be addicted to, so, won’t you just join me in my nubivagant madness?? ;-) Bon Jeudi, mes amis!

Sitting at a stoplight this morning, marveling at the exact, perfect, placement of the clouds, backlit with the light & subtle washes of dawn colour….more unfiltered elegance, His artistry, on display for us to notice….just look up…..Joyeux Vendredi, mes amis!

Brushing the clouds away from my eyes, I see clarity in the raindrop and beauty in the first ray of morning sun… Life is strange and wondrous… Virginia Alison. Once again, the palate changes, the Artist creates magnificence in a whole new, yet familiar, wholly spectacular way……the nubivagant visual riches just blow me away…..again……Bon Mardi, mes amis!