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Jumat, 02 September 2011

Things of beauty...

Hello there. Returned with a shock to normal life; it's incredible how quickly those holiday vibes fade in the place of normal. I like normal, there is a regularity to it that feels right. The adjustment for the Boos is harder though; they have to get back into home mode and particularly school mode - starting the middle of next week. We must all get ourselves together and do the September 'starting fresh' season. I like this time of year...bouquets of sharpened pencils at the ready.

I feel, after all of my soul-searching, that I have the makings of a plan. I needed a plan. It heralds me getting back to normality in a wider sense; work, family, schooling, friends. I am reaching the conclusion that whilst times have been hard and I have felt decidedly without direction, it's been necessary for me to get where I am now.

via pretty stuff

Blake Lively in US Glamour

via 100 layer cake

via dust jacket attic

via 100 layer cake

via Dust Jacket Attic

Have a lovely relaxing weekend!

Jumat, 04 Maret 2011

Beauty, better late than never...

It's travel day so we prepare to leave France and come home. Still slightly aching from using ski muscles but yes feeling rather relaxed and happy. We had wonderful sunshine for the last two days so had that contrast of sitting outside a ski cabin, eating lunch in the bright sun, stripping off layers of ski wear as it was so warm.

It's been a great time away; as ever a break from the norm is thought-provoking so I shall return home with my mind full of plans and reveries. Most of all though, it makes me want Spring to arrive now that we have had winter snow days. Time for those daffodils to bloom.

Off to pack now (oh-so-much laundry when I get home) but here are some beautiful things to tide us along...