Gems 5.42

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

5.42

Painting “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci.  Photo by WikiImages, Pixabay

Allegedly, these were Leonardo da Vinci’s last words.  Kind of mind boggling to think about.

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Gems 5.33

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

5.33

Photo by Stefan Keller, Pixabay

 

You’re Invited

Today is my missing adult son Ben‘s 35th birthday.  As mentioned in 5.20, you’re invited to join me in kicking off  a year of SAoKs (Small Acts of Kindness) called Buttons for Benjamin.  The challenge starts today and runs for three weeks.  The link is here.  It’s hosted on KindSpring.org.  If you join, you receive one email a day and zero spam.

Every Tuesday beginning February 28th, I’ll post a special Gem called “Full of Grace” with a photo and a blurb about each of the SAoks the week before.  If the small act is a face-to-face meeting with someone new, I’ll hand out a button to get the word out about Ben.

Even if you don’t join, please send good thoughts and picture him home again, safe at last.

  Thank you.

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Gems 5.26

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

5.26

Photo by Gerhard Gellinger, Pixabay

 

“There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.”

George Sand

 

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Gems 5.24

I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here’s another light-filled ¤ Gem ¤

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Photo “Seljalandsfoss, Iceland” by Pixabay

This week and next, we’re celebrating love and my favorite holiday, Valentine’s Day.  If you have any poems, photos, quotes or short stories about love you’d like to share, please send me a note or leave a comment below.

If you know any homeless artists who would like their poems, photos or art featured on under1000skies, on our social media accounts and through our email list, please pass on our information. Thank you!

We’re also always gratefully accepting photos, art, poems or quotes or any Gems anyone might want to share. Special thanks today and always to everyone who has shared these so generously over the years since we began.

Have a great weekend.

under1000skies
☼ A “Giftivism” Initiative ☼
We are photographers,
writers, artists & advocates
serving and connecting
homeless creatives.