sunday scenes

Early morning shadows
blueblueblue sky
spring greens and blues
revision (yay...)

Today was an early rise, outdoor breakfast, straw sunhats, making shorts, a huge amount of laughing, reading guide books, biology revision, time with friends, daisy-chain making and ever so much sunshine.

gratitude v.3

The weather over the past few days has been pure sunshine and utter joy. It's so warm that I'm sleeping with the windows open, kicking off my duvet, and eating breakfast in the garden. I've been wearing this one pair of amazing shorts pretty much non-stop, and we've been eating light salads for dinner instead of hearty stews. It seems that a change in the weather brings out the best in everyone.


free lensing
taking goofy photographs with friends
laughing until my stomach hurts
art class
denim shorts
the new beach house album
films from the 1980's
daisy chain crowns
eating lunch outside
planning my summer
frog-spotting in the pond

light leaks and sunshine

Sometimes,
there are just those days that are so insurmountably perfect,
and it feels like sacrilege to do anything other than stand still and soak up the sunlight.
Over the past few days
(slowly but surely)
we have begun to pile up hours that soon,
I hope,
will turn into days.
Of sunshine and perfect light leaks and fleeting moments of sheer summer wonderment.
It's thislong until summer. 

friday is my favourite

You know that feeling when a Thursday feels like Friday, but of course it's not? Because it's only Thursday and you still have another day of school and the weekend is so tantalisingly out of reach? I felt that yesterday. With a friend's birthday, and a break spent eating cake and laughing, and then watching Kiki's Delivery Service that night, it felt like a good end-of-the-week day. Even if it was only a good nearly-the-end-of-the-week day.
But somehow, today felt like an even better day. More laughing at lunch, and a fun/scary drama class after school, and best of all knowing that there is a whole weekend stretching ahead of me.
Tomorrow, I'm going into town with a friend. Vintage shopping, pancake eating and boy discussing. Sunday is my dad's birthday; my brother has finished at university for the year and so he will be here. There will be cake too.
There's a couple of chores and a lot of revision lined up as well, but overall--fun times.

other favourites: a new journal, fernweh posts, free lensing, making birthday presents for friends, coffee, long talks with my mum, Neutral Milk Hotel