the power of words.

beautiful photography by machusla burke & illustrations by birdy&me.

utterly gorgeous.

x

impossibilities.

my old primary school is getting knocked down & being rebuilt into this nasty modern building, & loads of the playing fields are getting covered. its weird, going away to uni in september, i seem to be saying bye to a lot of things. one of my friends & i went along for a look round, its crazy how all these teachers that i thought were really scary are actually so lovely, & they remembered me! it was kinda weird, i think theyre all really sad about it. it was built in 1934. ohh, & its so strange, my p7 classroom was at the end of a corridor, but they chopped off the end of the corridor so my last classroom no longer exists already. the janitor doesnt have a calendar of ladies in football shirts on the beach (haha, a little creepy, but a long running joke amongst us). the way the dining room always did (& still does) have this musky aroma of powdered mash potato & orange quarters. the little ones still think the younger boys toilets are haunted. the drain poles are still painted red (we used to play red pole tig). the nursery doesnt have a climbing frame anymore, but they do still have special beaded necklaces. the IT rooms a bit different, loads more computers. the office as i vaguely remember it- only went there in the event of a nosebleed or a scraped knee, or when we got checked for headlice & colourblindness. the tarmac where we played 'last one over' & netball. the massive tree we called 'old oaky' (although apparently it was a sycamore), but now its a tree stump, & we used to run round it pretending to be faeries & witches on invisible brooms. the gym hall, being taught drama (usually involved running around with blue & green streamers pretending to be the 'sea', was immensely fun).

i still think my primary school years were the best years of my life so far; innocent, blissfully joyous, nothing to worry about..good memories.

thank you all for the comments:) any plans for the weekend? im going to try & get loads of revision done (only a fornight till my first exam). ohh yeah, & driving test next week:s

lets eat clouds every day this summer.x

memo

love & happiness

let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom

~marcel proust

the truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also

~felix adler

you will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. you will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life

~albert camus

there is only one happiness in life, to love & be loved

~george sand

those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it for themselves

~jm barrie

sunday.

peace! peace!

he is not dead

he doth not sleep

he hath awakened from the dream of life

~percy bysshe shelley

like a thief reason sneaked in & sat amongst the lovers eager to give them advice. they were unwilling to listen, so reason kissed their feet & went on its way

~rumi

our doubts are traitors, & make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt

~william shakespeare

why not seize the pleasure at once? how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation?

~jane austen

congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange & extravagant & broken the monotony of a decorous age

~ralph waldo emerson

death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive.. the risk to be alive & express what we really are.

~don miguel riuz

it is not enough to have lived. we should be determined to live for something

~leo buscaglia

a person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world

~muhammad

we grow neither better nor worse as we grow old, but more like ourselves

~may lamberton becker

what is life but a series of inspired follies?

~george bernard shaw

but time growing old teaches all things

~aeschylus

it is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny

~simone de beauvoir

i'm glad i haven't lived in vain

~saul bellow

sorry for sudden change from cheeriness to un-cheeriness, but i found all these cool sombre grey pictures at weheartit, & the quotes seemed appropriate.

lovelyhappyfriday to all.xx

cheeryness.

daisies are my favourite flower. either that or sunflowers. & i completely love the last picture.:)