There’s no place like London

Most people already knew that of course, but when Johnny Depp starts singing it, I consider it to be true. Been to see Sweeney Todd in London, loved it & am very happy that YouTube offers me the opportunity to listens to the songs over and over again.

Right, so, London. What can I show you… A detail of the Victoria & Albert Museum

Furthermore, we went to Hampstead Heath & encountered these trees, views & skies. There’s supposed to be an even better view, but that we didn’t reach. Well, something left to do for next time.

I did do a tiny amount of traditional sightseeing as well (basically just got on a bus (the one we weren’t thrown off) & drove by Westminster & Trafalgar Square & I actually took this picture for the sky and not for the abbey, hihi).

What else? O right, what do you think of this bag (I’ll transcribe it)

“This bag can be re-used, re-used, re-used

This bag is biodegradable

This bag is one small solution

This bag is mine”

Well, I guess that was about it. Or did you want to see this as well: Sunday morning at my parents

Now, all there’s left to say for me is

Check!

Now that we have officially left behind the saddest day of the year, at least according to a certain psychologist, we can look forward to brighter days. That’s why I chose to pick another lay-out for my blog, and it is called “Almost Spring”. Now, usually I already start smelling that spring is in the air on the third or four day of January, which makes for a long wait. But let’s make it a pleasant wait.

& what cd be more pleasant than another jolly beautiful morning at my door. Well, window.

Ok, no need to remind me, I KNOW that I’m posting a shitload on views from the room, but I’m absolutely allowed to, cuz I’ll only be waking up here for a couple of days (and then I’ll harass you with the views from my new room). Well, we discussed lately that it would be a nice kind of experiment to take a picture every morning and see the seasons and the world change. Don’t worry, I’ll never find the discipline to do so.

Let me show you what I crafted in between working on my papers and getting frustrated by it:

I was actually shopping on Etzy to find a new wallet, but then I figured that it would be cheaper if I made it myself, plus it would be in my possession way sooner. I’m not sure about the size and I could have done it w/ a bit more attention to detail, but I think it’s a good first shot. I find myself quite content (yes, for the fans among us, whose line is this?).

Alrighty, I’ll go writing again now. One more paper to go and it has to be finished today. And then I’m off to London, hurray!

Morning!

Ah.. don’t you just love waking up to a view like this one:

or this…

or this…

I do! It usually makes me a happy and awaky girl when I see such a thing. Unfortunately, this morning, it looked like this:

And it made me rather depressed. True, the clouds do look sort of ok, and storm & rain can be very nice. But this kind of dreariness for a couple of days is tiresome.

But I decided to remedy this kind of dreariness and the essay frustration. Cuz the trick for writing decent stuff, or at least feeling ok about it, is that you start w/ making yrself a happy girl and only then, when you’ve accomplished that, you may start writing.

So, I had leftover-pancakes for breakfast, and after an hour’s work, made myself a decent cuppa coffee and had some piece of apple pie (not home baked, but delicious none the less) to accompany it & create a decent Sunday 11 o’clock moment. Even improved by the fact that I can once again properly sit on my couch, which has been hiding under piles and loads of clothes and stuff basically for the last couple of months.

And then I dusted off a neglected-for-far-too-long good old friend, who first was so mad that I’d forgotten all about her that she refused to cooperate. Luckily, she decided to forgive me after not to long.

What a beauty, eh? And the next sight also made me pretty happy

Oh, the potential of beautiful things that can be created with these. Now, I just used a black thread to shorten my jeans (finally, have been needing to do that ever since I bought them to weeks ago.. it feels so good to actually DO things).

Then it was back to my books and screen once again, while listening to my second-favourite radio guy and the roaring wind around my flat. It’s a beautiful day despite the dreariness. & when I maybe feel tired again in a couple of hours, I’ll just let my favourite childhood hero, who entered the world of YouTube recently, comfort me once again:

Adios amigos! (y amigas?, hmm, should brush up my non-existent knowledge of Spanish.. I do know it’s a pro-drop language though)

Holiday ReCap

So, here I find myself with the right computer and an internet connection, almost by miracle, cuz I’m suddenly once again connected.

So, here goes. During the holidays, I spent some time in my hometown & when I went to run a few kilometers I managed to get lost. Well, not really, but I had forgotten that there were no short ways back from the point I found myself. Anyway, I ended up w/ pleasant views, & since I basically had all the time of the world, I wasn’t really bothered.

One of the views I particularly enjoyed was this farm that I’ve always wished to live in:

Ah.. It’s good to be home! And more goodness came from the animals that woke me in the morning to rise & shine:

Thanks be to my nephew who slept in another room for a couple of night.

Now, the last visit of the holiday brought me to another nice way of waking up: leaving the house in the morning, running for a couple of minutes to find myself watching these scenes:

Well, basically, that was it for the holidays. And a very good two weeks they were! It all ended w/ a Sunday afternoon like the ones I want to have when I’m older: playing chess in the pub.

Right, no more procastinating my Procrastination essay (while Middlemarch is playing, hihi)

Holiday Gone

Right, so, ehm, this has been a while. But I have a good excuse, cuz though my holiday-stay-away-from-the-screen-days are over, I’m facing technical problems (which basically means that my internet connection is finito) so my internet hours are still limited. Which is not entirely a bad thing, though it is for blogging. Anyway, I still had some picture & word-sharing to do (& my deepest wish is that this public computer likes me enough that it allows me to do so).

Let me see, what have I got… Oh blast, computer doesn’t do thumbnails. Let me see in another way.

Only to find out I left the pictures on my laptop. Which isn’t here.

Oh well, I guess that sums up my one and half week retreatless: technical problems, patience and searching for solutions. Oh, and writing papers.

But I’ll not end on that note. Cuz there’s much more truth and usefulness in happiness. Oh yes! So: I’ve been holding on to pieces and bits of retreat, by doing nice things & making things & relaxing & reading fun stuff and watching lots and lots of House of Elliot & Monarch of the Glen. But most and true happiness comes from the fact that I will be moving in a couple of weeks. Hurray! & though I’m sad to part from my majestic views & sunrises, the view I get in return is still quite ok. But you’ll be seeing that whenever I find myself on a computer with an internet connection and the right pictures available.

Bye!