I want to go to.....Iceland

For years I've had a bit of an obsession with Iceland and going there is close to the top of my life list.  With the gorgeous scenery, the turf houses, the blue lagoon and the northern lights, what could be more amazing?  Don't these pictures just make it look magical?

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Amaryllis

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This winter seems to be off to a slow start, no snow and unseasonably warm but today the weather is just plain icky.  It's cold, it's overcast and rainy and I'm desperately missing the sunshine and warmth of the summer months which is why I'm so incredibly happy to recently have been gifted an Amaryllis bulb.  I planted it as soon as I got it an I'm amazed at how fast it's growing.

No one else, Love, will sleep in my dreams.

 (Neruda and his Love, Matilde)

Sonnet LXXXI

And now you're mine. Rest with your dream in my dream.
Love and pain and work should all sleep, now.
The night turns on its invisible wheels,
and you are pure beside me as a sleeping amber.

Good Parts & Bad Parts

I've been sitting here trying to write this post for almost an hour, I think that probably defeats the purpose of "just write" and so now with just three minutes left before my self-imposed bedtime, I'm throwing in the towel.  I give up.  I would love to write something meaningful about my day.  Something that made this day, this Monday, different, meaningful, special... something small but something I can find significance in and today I can't.

What I can do is tell you is I talked to a friend while Lucy and I went for a long walk.  We walked for an hour and a half.  She babbled away in her stoller pausing only occasionally to exclaim "wow!" and point to the sky as a bird swoops by.  I was on the phone.  I feel guilty talking on the phone around my daughter, maybe that's strange, maybe not, but either way today I talked on the phone with my friend.  A friend I don't get to talk to often because work, children and other responsibilities tend to overide seemingly less important things, like phone calls with friends.

The Perfect Pants

With my wardrobe re-vamp in mind I recently did some good ol' online shopping and bought these fabulous new pants.  They weren't on sale, this my friends, is a big deal for me.  Virtually every article of clothing I own I bought on sale.  So this was a splurge, I got them in bright red and at first I was hesitant, I mean...can I really rock bright red pants?  They're pretty uncharacteristic of me, but when I put them on I feel pretty awesome and they're surprisingly wearable. 

 

(image via Harper's Bazaar Street Style)