Thursday, April 16, 2009


Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth. ~Victoria Secunda

The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, "Daddy, I need to ask you something," he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan. ~Garrison Keillor

16 comments:

Maia said...

I absolutely love that shot.

Tess Kincaid said...

That's certainly how it is with our daughter!

MrsLittleJeans said...

Dear YOLI,

Love your blog and the music. Where can I find this soothing music?

Mona

rosemary said...

Love the photo! Love the quotes!!

FishermansDaughter said...

Beyond Precious. In the even that you miss my reply to your comment on my blog - if you fill me in on what "suit" your knights are I'm happy to interpret it for you. :)

Anonymous said...

That is the cutest thing ever - the photo and the quote.

pink dogwood said...

you find the most interesting quotes :)

Natalie said...

Is this your little Scorpio!?!?!? She looks like one!

Glad you like the clip, dear Yoli!
I love Fridays and my loose-leaf-tea-ceremony every Friday evening brewed in old-fashioned way…

Whatever your work is, hope it is not too stressful or busy.

Yoli said...

Yes, that is my beautiful Scorpio.

Susie of Arabia said...

I love that first quote!!!

Anonymous said...

superbe photo!
à bientôt

Anonymous said...

Ah, reminds me of the days in which we realize that we sound like our mothers.

Jen Laceda | Milk Guides said...

Yoli, this is a bit of a coincidence. I just wrote an 'ode' to my mom at my blog!

rochambeau said...

Oh yes! What a beautiful photograph and the words by Garrison, so true!
xox
Constance

Renee said...

He is totally a pat of butter that is melting very fast.

So true.

Is this your little girl? If so, she is beautiful.

Love Renee xoxo

Yoli said...

Yes Renee that is our captor. :)