Surprising joy

Surprising joy
Author: Valerie Bloom
Publisher:
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2004
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780330398602

After life with her grandmother in Jamaica, steeped in its culture, sunshine and traditions, Joy can hardly contain her excitement when she goes to join her mother in England. Though London in cold December is a shock, it is nothing to the shock that awaits when she goes to live with her mother.

The Joy of Dahlias

The Joy of Dahlias
Author: Linda van der Slot
Publisher: Lannoo Publishers
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-08-26
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9789089898258

The ideal gift book on this flower that has seen a rise in popularity, illustrated with beautiful color photographsThe ultimate book for every flower lover"Dahlias have enriched my life. By making this book, I want to share my passion and show how versatile and special dahlias really are;" - Marlies Weijers"Everyone is capable of letting dahlias flower. And what we love the most is spreading the love for flowers with #spreadtheloveforflowers." - Linda van der SlotThe dahlia, a flower that was once thought of as old-fashioned, has surged in popularity over the past few years due to the development of new varieties and an uptick in appreciation from Royals and celebrities. They appear in a broad spectrum of beautiful colors and eccentric shapes, and thanks to their long flowering time they are garden crop favorites. This inspirational book explores every aspect of the dahlia from its history to its sustainable cultivation.

Bloom

Bloom
Author: Janice Mason Steeves
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2023-10-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1039182364

BLOOM is a call to action for those individuals—not only in a later phase of life, but at any age—who feel the call to pursue a creative path in their lives. The pressures of the modern world force many into utilitarian careers early on. Artistic impulses lie unfulfilled, dormant. For some, at a certain point, there comes an ache in the bones, a deep longing for creative expression—a simultaneous sense of emptiness and overflowing feeling. This was the case for the author, Janice Mason Steeves, who left a career in psychology to pursue art in her forties. She went back to school, graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design, and went on to develop an international art career, an art consulting practice, and a highly sought after travel workshop business. Weaving together insights from her own art experience with the stories of 138 artists over the age of sixty, whom Janice surveyed for the book, Bloom offers guidance, inspiration, and support for the often difficult and misunderstood desire to change trajectory and take up a path of creativity and meaning. Mason Steeves then takes these observations a step further, suggesting that not only is it possible to come to art later in life and be successful as an artist, but that the distillation of life experience and self-knowledge gleaned from the artist’s path may enable older artists to step into an even larger role: that of a community elder. The elder role—acquired, in this case, through art but existing beyond art—is essential in our society, providing stability and depth, wisdomkeeping, space-holding, and care-taking, in Bill Plotkin’s words, “for the very soul of the world.”

Paris in Bloom

Paris in Bloom
Author: Georgianna Lane
Publisher: ABRAMS
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2017-03-14
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1683350189

“Get ready for a beauty overload. It’s food for the soul, it’s a book of dreams and details, of flowers so perfect you want to hug them to you.” —Carla Coulson, author of Paris Tango Paris—City of Love, City of Light, City of Flowers. From elegant floral boutiques to lively flower markets to glorious blooming trees and expansive public gardens, flowers are the essential ingredient to the lush sensory bouquet that is Parisian life. With beautiful photography, Paris in Bloom transports readers on a stunning floral tour of the city, and provides recommendations to the best flower markets and a detailed guide to spring blooms. Timeless in content, Paris in Bloom is a book for Paris lovers to savor again and again, one to keep on the nightstand to conjure fond memories of their first visit and inspire dreams of the next. “Brilliantly captures the splendor of French fleurs with lush photographs and elegant prose . . . A masterpiece!” —Laura Dowling, former chief floral designer at the White House “I don’t know how Georgianna does it. She manages to make Paris, already the most beautiful city in the world, appear even more charming, more elegant and more beautiful than it already is . . . Paris in Bloom is filled with a veritable carpet of pinks and whites, pastels and green portraits that make me let out an audible sigh of joy. This book can re-inspire you to believe that yes, life really is quite beautiful.” —Doni Belau, author of Paris Cocktails “Destined to become a classic of its type, Paris in Bloom is Georgianna Lane’s love letter to Paris and to flowers.”—Gray Levett, editor of Nikon Owner magazine

Blooming Your Life

Blooming Your Life
Author: Beca Lewis
Publisher: Perception Publishing
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2022-10-10
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

Seven Proven Ways To Thrive In Your Life Pursuing happiness doesn’t bring happiness. Choosing it can. Accept that it is not only your right to be happy, but it’s a benefit to everyone in your life when you are. But how to choose happiness? How to stay in the habit of happiness? That is the tricky part, and what this book will do for you is provide answers and systems for you to follow. You will discover what a shift of perception can do for you and how to do it. Not theory. Practical steps that work. A tiny shift of perception can change your entire life. Using the metaphor of gardening, Beca Lewis once more guides us through practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to thrive in your life. Discover your true self and desires, and learn what to do to provide what you need. This book will guide you towards good habits and tiny thought changes that lead to amazing results. If finding out who you are and then living it has been difficult in the past, the problem is not who you are. The problem is the conscious and unconscious perceptions that have guided your life. If you are not thriving, filling out the garden of your life with happiness and joy, or you find yourself constantly doing the same thing with the same results, and they are not the ones you want, this is a book that will help you do things differently, and get the results that you desire. Here in this book, you will find a proven system with practical to-do tips that will shift your life towards what you want it to be. Beca is known for her ability to shift complex ideas about perceptions into simple tools that can easily be applied to daily life. She draws from deep spiritual roots while bringing in ideas from quantum physics to neuroscience to build an easy-to-understand guide for growing a life filled with happiness and purpose. Learn how to: *Discover your true purpose in life *Claim and live happiness no matter what else is going on *Give yourself what you need to thrive *Overcome doubt, despair, discouragement *Set a pattern of behavior that works for you … and much more Blooming Your Life will shift how you think about your life and yourself. It will give you the proven tools to transform your thinking so that your life, and the lives of those you love, can be consistently filled with happiness. And it is happiness that can shift the world away from greed and despair into what we all want to experience—heaven on earth.

Poems

Poems
Author: John Rose
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1916
Genre:
ISBN:

Finding Joy

Finding Joy
Author: Charlotte S. Kasl
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1994-11-16
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0060925884

Combining spiritual insight with pragmatic guidance, this lighthearted yet practical handbook shows readers how to live a more balanced, richer life.

Those Bloomin' Kids

Those Bloomin' Kids
Author: J. Haney
Publisher: Radiant Life Publications
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1997-07
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781562924829