Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
~ Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875 – September 4, 1965)
Daily Quote: January 14, 2020
Daily Quote: January 13, 2020
Paddington Bear was a refugee with a label –
‘Please look after this bear. Thank you’,
and he had a little suitcase.
~ Michael Bond (January 13, 1926)
Make Your Dream Come True Day
Daily Quote: January 10, 2020
Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
~ George Washington Carver (January 10, 1864 – January 5, 1943)
Cut Your Energy Costs Day
Daily Quote: January 9, 2020
Daily Quote: January 8, 2020
Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully
through a joke than grave teaching.
~ Baltasar Gracian (January 8, 1601 – December 6, 1658)
War on Poverty Day
Daily Quote: January 7, 2020
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
~ Austin Phelps (January 7, 1820 – October 13, 1890)
Old Rock Day
Old Rock Day is set aside to honour fossils not music. Set aside some time to look at some old rocks.
Daily Quote: January 6, 2020
If you love somebody, let them go,
for if they return, they were always yours.
And if they don’t, they never were.
~ Khalil Gibran (January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931)
Three Kings Day
Today my stepson and niece celebrate their birthdays. They were born in the same hospital only moments apart, leading to a lifelong friendship.
Daily Quote: January 3, 2020
So comes snow after fire,
and even dragons have their ending!
~ J. R. R. Tolkien (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973)
J.R.R. Tolkien Day
Walking through the forest in the snow
Only the sound of your own footsteps breaks the silence.
Alone in the world
One can believe in dragons again.
In the trees a grey squirrel eats nuts
Beside you a blue jay screeches and lands
Across the pond a bald eagle soars
Snow falls from the trees
~ Deborah Porte
Daily Quote: January 2, 2020
Anybody can be a great photographer
if they zoom in enough on what they love.
~ David Bailey (Born: January 2, 1938)
National Buffet Day
What an amazing way to blow the diet on the second day of the new year.
- Zoom in on what you love
- Focus on your goals
- Light up your subjects
- Smile as you tell others to smile
- Shoot at will
Daily Quote: January 1
Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind,
for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.
~ John Wilkins (January 1, 1614 – November 19, 1672)
New Year’s Day
Welcome 2020!
Porte Photos celebrates 5 years as a registered business on January 15th.
Celebrations will begin with discounts of 20% for events booked between January 1st and January 15th for June-November 2020.
One year completed and now starting a second year of Daily Quotes paired with Original Photos by Porte Photos that can be viewed at PortePhotos.com.
