Good Morning Friends!  Happy Monday!!

I’m super excited…have four photo shoots planned for this week, and on Saturday, I’m photographing an actress/singer whose debut album will soon be released.

Wishing all of you a beautiful and most splendid week!

source: photographs and layout 1 thru 4 © Ty Keennon; photograph 5, photographer unknown.

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

Anaïs Nin,  Author

source: photographs © Ty Keennon;  Model Jessica Paterson;  Darcy - David Austin Rose

“Why not go out on a limb?  Isn’t that where all the fruit is?”

Quote:  Frank Scully, Writer

source:  Left Top to Bottom:  photographed by Eva Rubenstein via ett hörn av eden; African Nation photographed by Cliff Watts via Contributing Editor; Right Top to Bottom: Un Nouvel Eclairage photographed by (researching) via Mykromag.com; Iceberg photographed by Ty Keennon.

“How does one become a butterfly?  You have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”

Quote:  Trina Paulus, Author

Good Morning!  How have you been?  Yes, I’m still on hiatus, but while reading one of my favorite magazines, I came across this beautiful Hermès Advertising Campaign for Spring/Summer 2012.  I became so enamored with the butterfly-winged silk scarves that I couldn’t wait to share it with you.

Wishing you an amazingly fabulous week!  Until we meet again….

source: scanned by CGS; photographer unknown

“Until one is committed,  there is hesitantcy,  the chance to draw back…Whatever  you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.  Begin it now.”

Quote: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Happy first day of Spring!!  I hope your week is off to a perfectly lovely start!  I’m going to take a brief hiatus away from blogging.  Things are quite hectic, but in an exciting and wonderful way.  I will return in a few weeks with beautiful images for summer entertaining  and pretty snapshots from trips taken both near and far.  I wish you all well. Au Revoir!

source: Left Top to Bottom: Gertrude Jekyll and the Country House Garden by Judith B. Tankard; Photographer Signe Vilstrup for Elle Denmark April 2011; Right Top to Bottom: photographer unknown via defunct blog Dress, Design, & Decor curated by Daniella Marie; Boule De Neige Rose pictured in The Rose by David Austin.

“Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”

Quote: Martin Luther King, Jr.

source: Left Top to Bottom: photographer Jorge A. Marquez via Flickr; photographer Paul Scala via MycroMag.com; Right Top to Bottom: photographer Affirmative Earth via Flickr;  photographer kCorrick via Flickr.

“All of our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”

Quote: Walt Disney

source: Left Top to Bottom : photographer Skies of Bitan via Flickr;  Steven Meisel photographed Natalia Vodianova for Vogue Italia; Right Top to Bottom: photographer C. Krewson via Flickr; photographer Lorraine via beautyineverything.com.

“I am here to seduce you into a love of life; to help you to become a little more poetic; to help you die to the mundane and to the ordinary so that the extraordinary explodes in your life!”

Quote:  Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian Spiritual Leader

source:  photo 1: Amber Heard photographed by Ellen von Unwerth for Vs Magazine Fall/Winter 2011; photo 2: photographed by Anna Earwen available for purchase DeviantArt.com; photo 3:  photographed by Feije Riemersma via Flickr; photographer unknown via pinterest

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

quote: Martin Luther King Jr.

“Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.”

quote: Mahalia Jackson

source: Left top to bottom: photographer jamie.burns via Flickr; Ragnhild Jevne photographed by Nikolay Biryukov  via mode.newslicious.net; Right top to bottom: photographer stu mayhew via Flickr; photographer rick m. via Flickr

“Dream big dreams and set magnificent goals that take your breath away…big authentic dreams will compel you to move forward.  They give you solid reasons to work persistently through whatever challenges may come.

Dream dreams big enough to overpower any difficulty…make them dreams that resonate perfectly with your highest vision of the best that life can be.

When you get knocked down by disappointment, it’s important to have a dream that will compel you to get right back up.  When obstacles block your path, be sure that you’re carrying a dream that will show you the view from a higher perspective.  Move constantly toward the best that you can imagine!”

quote: Ralph Marston

(visit The Daily Motivator to see quote in its entirety)

source: Left top and bottom: photographed by KrissyAldous.com via Flickr; Kelly Moreira photographed by Daemian Smith + Christine Suarez for Foam Magazine September 2011 via Moodboard.   Right top and bottom: photographed by Madame El via Flickr; photographed by Sandra Nishay via Flickr.