We could never have loved the earth so well
if we had had no childhood in it. ~George Eliot,
The Mill on the Floss, 1860.



Most of us would like to return too a time
when we had few if not any worries at all.
This collection is a celebration of childhood;
childlike art and the art of innocence.



I hope you enjoy this collection and it brings
happy memories and thoughts to you. About a time
where everything fascinated us and the world was
full of magic and adventures.



Good or bad our childhoods shape who we are
stay with us in a good or bad way and remind us of who we are.
No matter what the world throws at a child
their imagination remains and there's a everlasting beauty in the world.

Please show your appreaciation to the artists
and their works that are featured here by faving and commenting their work if you enjoy this article and also articles can be faved too.

Staying forever young & believing in magic & dreams
{For the moments when our smiles were genuine
and we truly believed we could do anything}

What we remember from childhood we remember forever -
permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen.
~Cynthia Ozick

~ Adventures ~



~ Daydreaming ~



~ Magical ~



Childhood is a promise that is never kept. ~Ken Hill

Growing Up & The Loss of Childhood
{For the vulnerable moments when
childhood isn't always happy}

~ Memories ~



~ Escaping ~



~ Not Wanting To Grow Up ~



It is never too late to have a happy childhood. ~Tom Robbins



A child develops individuality long before he discovers taste.
~ Erma Bombeck

And finally a couple by myself:


They are idols of hearts and of households; They are angels of God in disguise; His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses, His glory still gleams in their eyes; Those truants from home and from Heaven They have made me more manly and mild; And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child. ~ Charles M. Dickinson, The Children.