The ABC's With Monarch13

A- A is for Animal Legends and Lore

"If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act is abstinence of injury to animals." - Leo Tolstoy

A- A is for Aphrodisiacs

"Love is often gentle, desire always a rage." ~Mignon McLaughlin

C- C is for Community

"The best portion of a good person's life are little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love." ~William Wordsworth

C- C is For Color!

"Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour: Color and I are one. I am a painter." ~ Paul Klee

C- C is for Crafts and Cooking

"And I believe that the best learning process of any kind of craft is just to look at the work of others." ~ Wole Soyinka

D- D is for Design and Art

"Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

F- F is for Fashion Colors & Trends

F- F is for Feng Shui

Feng Shui, is the art of living in harmony with the earth.

G- G is for Gifts!

"We Make a Living by What We Get, We Make a Life by What We Give" ~Churchill

H- H is for Healthy Children

"The greatest wealth is health." ~Virgil

H- H is for Healthy Lifestyles

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." ~ World Health Organization, 1948

H- H is for History

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." ~ Maya Angelou

H- H is for Holidays and Celebrations

"Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving. Make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!" ~ Amanda Bradley

"If I need a cause for celebration
Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind
I rely on my imagination
And I dream of an imaginary time."
~ Billy Joel

I- I is for Inspiring Women!

"Women really do rule the world. They just haven't figured it out yet. When they do, and they will, we're all in big big trouble." ~ Doctor Leon

L- L is for Lens Of The Day!

"I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks." ~ William Shakespeare

L- L is for Love and Friendship

"You call it madness, but I call it love." ~ Don Byas

L- is for Lucky Charms and Talismen

"For each petal on the shamrock this brings a wish your way. Good health, good luck, and happiness for today and every day." ~ Irish Blessing

M- M is for Magic, Mystery and Mysticism

"Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible." - Carol Moseley Braun

N- N is for Nature

"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

N- N is for Nutrition

"He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors." ~Chinese Proverb

P- P is for Purple Star Lenses

"If at first you do succeed - try to hide your astonishment." ~ Author Unknown

P- P is for More Purple Star Lenses

R- R is for Rocket Mom Lenses

"All mothers are working mothers." ~ Author Unknown

R- R is for Even More RocketMom Lenses

"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." ~ Jewish Proverb

S- S is for Spirituality

"What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it." ~Ezra Pound

T- T is for Travel

"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." ~St. Augustine

W- W is for Wellness

"When it comes to eating right and exercising, there is no "I'll start tomorrow." Tomorrow is disease." ~V.L. Allineare

W- W is for Women's Firsts

"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future." ~George Bernard Shaw