“A friendship can weather most things, and it can thrive in thin soil. But it needs a little mulch of notes and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often, just to save it from drying out completely.”  ~Pamela Brown Indoor gardening / Cindy La Ferle ___________________             To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

“Who you are in public is a test of your conviction;  who you are in private is a test of your integrity.”  ~Criss Jami  At LeBear on Lake Michigan / Cindy La Ferle ___________________             To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

“What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?”  ~Rollo May Dessert at Lily’s Seafood in Royal Oak / Cindy La Ferle ___________________ To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

“Fear is the cheapest room in the house.  I’d like to see you in better living conditions.”  ~Hafez, Persian poet Unrestored room at The Village in Grand Traverse Commons / Cindy La Ferle ___________________ To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”

“Those of us who’ve been broken become experts at mending.”  ~Steve Maraboli  Cindy La Ferle _____________________ To view additional content on this blog, please visit the home page of “Things that make me happy.”