Textures in an Alley

DeOudeHuize

I love inspirational quotes. 

They are powerful nuggets of wisdom condensed into one or two lines. 

I get so inspired to take action.

Back then it was nothing like today.

The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley 

so great that I thought I was in a dream.

Jack Kerouac

We took a stroll down an alley and wonder what will we find.  

First we met this old lady. 

She has been built with sandstone but later plastered and then painted. 

Ultimately neglected. 

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. 
I don't believe in circumstances. 
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for 
the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, 
make them. 
George Bernard Shaw 

An beautiful staircase carved many years ago 

We then explore and found our next treasure 

A small redbrick building with a little gable and an interesting door 

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee, and do not try to make the universe 
a blind alley 
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our next stop was as courtyard 

This was a mix and match with no common sense

Not taking an holistic look into account  

The best years of your life are the ones in which you 

decide your problems are your own. 

You do not blame them on your mother, 

the ecology or the president. 

Your relize that you control your own destiny 

Albert Ellis

I hope that you will find charm in all the 
different textures in the alley 

Lots of Love 
Sandra 

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