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“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” —  Maya Angelou

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive nor the most intelligent but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the universe.” —  Albert Einstein

It’s a special day today! My husband just turned 70.

Today is the anniversary of the day in 1993, when many amazing adventures of my life began. More precisely, when my adventures with my husband, Steve, began. We met 31 years ago today!

“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.” – T. S. Eliot, Four Quarters

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you have imagined! As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.” — Henry David Thoreau

I wasn’t sure I had it in me. I wasn’t sure I would have the time to do it. But my blog turned 10 years old this year! I published my first real post (Hungarian sponge cake with fruit) on October 14, 2013.

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” —  Ernest Hemingway

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” – Francis of Assisi

Saying goodbye to my summer vacation on this gorgeous day. It’s hard to believe that 72 days went by so quickly.

A slow day with not doing too much. Exactly how it should be on the last Saturday before the new school year begins.