Robin of Bringing Europe Home had a new quote this week:
We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand–and melting like a snowflake.” Sir Francis Bacon
It was a warm and sunny day in Zermatt, Switzerland when I took this picture during late spring. But when I looked up there was still snow on the Matterhorn. The quote reminded me of what I saw.
This week’s quote:
“There is nothing– absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
Kenneth Grahame, from The Wind in the Willows
“Quotes from the Masters” is a weekly challenge from Robin of Bringing Europe Home. And here’s my interpretation: a gondolier in Venice catches up on his reading while waiting for a customer…
