La vie en rose

Private Parts by Sarah Kay

2011-12-06T14:26:00.002+01:00

The first love of my life never saw me naked - there was always a parent coming home in half an hour - always a little brother in the next room.
Always too much body and not enough time for me to show it.

Instead, I gave him my shoulder, my elbow, the bend of my knee - I lent him my corners, my edges, the parts of me I could afford to offer - the parts I had long since given up trying to hide.
He never asked for more.

He gave me back his eyelashes, the back of his neck, his palms - we held each piece we were given like it was a nectarine that could bruise if we weren’t careful.

We collected them like we were trying to build an orchid.

And the spaces that he never saw, the ones my parents half labeled “private parts” when I was still small enough to fit all of myself and my worries inside a bathtub - I made up for that by handing over all the private parts of me.

There was no secret I didn’t tell him, there was no moment I didn’t share - and we didn’t grow up, we grew in, like ivy wrapping, moulding each other into perfect yings and yangs.

We kissed with mouths open, breathing his exhale into my inhale - we could have survived underwater or outer space.

Breathing only of the breathe we traded, we spelled love, g-i-v-e, I never wanted to hide my body from him - if I could have I would have given it all away with the rest of me - I did not know it was possible.

To save some things for myself.

Some nights I wake up knowing he is anxious, he is across the world in another woman’s arms - the years have spread us like dandelion seeds - sanding down the edges of our jigsaw parts that used to only fit each other.

He drinks from the pitcher on the night stand, checks the digital clock, it is 5am - he tosses in sheets and tries to settle, I wait for him to sleep.

Before tucking myself into elbows and knees reach for things I have long since given up.

Click here to watch Sarah Kay perform it.

Pretty little things for Sunday

2011-10-02T21:40:00.002+02:00

The Sunday sun awakes me
In perfect calmness it lets me be
Windows open, birds are free
This is life, here lies the key
Peace of mind and happiness
I am me, I am blessed
Why worry about the little things
When I have all beauty that life brings
Rays of sun, singing birds
Flowers in bloom and poetic words
Love for life is all I need
Love your life and you'll be free

-Poem: Shar Pherai-
-Images: weheartit-

The Tea Party

2011-07-03T14:09:00.005+02:00

Steam rises from a cup of tea
and we are wrapped in history,
inhaling ancient times and lands,
comfort of ages in our hands.
-Faith Greenbowl-

Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage. -Catherine Douzel-

I'm sending you love and tea,
To warm your winter's day.
Think of me as you pour your cup
And all the good things we would say.
If we could be together now
Instead of miles apart,
We'd sip our teas and memories,
The sweet warmth fills the heart.
-Susan Young-

I wish we could sit down together,
And have a cup of tea,
But since we can't
When you have this one,
I hope you'll think of me.

My copper kettle whistles merrily
and signals that it is time for tea.
The fine china cups are filled with the brew.
There's lemon and sugar and sweet cream, too.
But, best of all
there's friendship, between you and me.
As we lovingly share, our afternoon tea.
-Marianna Arolin-

I had a little tea party
This afternoon at three.
'Twas very small-
Three guest in all-
Just I, myself and me.
Myself ate all the sandwiches,
While I drank up the tea;
'Twas also I who ate the pie
And passed the cake to me.
-Jessica Nelson North-

If I could take your Troubles,
I would toss them in the Sea.
But since I can't, I'm sending you,
My favorite cup of tea.

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
Here is my handle, here is my spout
When I get all steamed up, hear me shout
Just tip me over and pour me out!

-Images: weheartit-

Things I love

2011-04-27T20:24:00.029+02:00

I love green tea with honey,
anything that smells like cinnamon
or vanilla,
music,

books,
writing,
ballet,
fashion,
photography,
art,
candles,
nights on the couch cuddling,
sweet and gentle kisses,
helping people
and cheering them up,
children,
cute old people holding hands walking in the park,
my little book of secrets,
and most of all I am completely in love with Love

Images: weheartit

Poem of Farewell

2011-02-03T19:09:00.004+01:00

“I don’t know if I loved you too much or too little,
But I do know I never will again love like this.”

And

“I’m left with your smile asleep in my remembrance,
And my heart that keeps telling me I never will forget,
But as I’m left alone and knowing that I’ve lost you,
I’m beginning to love you more than I ever did.”

And finally

“I say goodbye and perhaps with this farewell,
My most beautiful dream is dying within me.
But I’m saying goodbye to last for all my lifetime,
Even though all my lifetime I’ll keep thinking of you.”

This poem by Cuban poet José Angel Buesa was posted on my friend Marianna her twitter. I loved it so much I just had to do a post about it. I love when the people I know can inspire me! Hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did!
Images: weheartit

The 'Seven Wonders of the World'

2011-01-04T16:37:00.006+01:00

1. To See

2. To Hear

3. To Touch

4. To Taste

5. To Feel

6. To Laugh

7. And To Love.

-Author unknown, from What do you perceive as the seven wonders of the world?-
-Images: weheartit-

Love....what else?

2010-10-17T21:49:00.003+02:00

"The love we give away is the only love we keep." Elbert Green Hubbard

"Joy is the experience of knowing that you are unconditionally loved and that nothing - sickness, failure, emotional distress, oppression, war, even death - can take that love away." Henri Nouwen

"I love you for the part of me that you bring out." Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"Life without love is desolate." M. K. Soni

"Love never dies. Neither do your deepest dreams." Julie Donner Andersen

Images: weheartit

That's love: Story of Lo & E.

2010-09-06T21:12:00.004+02:00

Her: I went to the doctors, they wanted to give me some medication to calm me down, because I have a lot of chest pains on the left side. But I don’t want that, so I’ll wait and see.
Him: So it’s your heart then…
Her: I don’t know, it’s burning right now
Him: I’d give you mine, but you’d probably put it in a blender
Her: No I'd put it in a box
Him: And then?
Her: I'd finally have your heart and keep it with me till I die
Him: That's kind of sad
Her: No, that's Love
Him: You could've surgically inserted it next to your heart, so we would beat as one.
Her: Just laying next to each other listening to each others heartbeat, can make them beat as one too
Him: That's sweet
Her: Yes, maybe someday….

Story of Lo & E.
They wanted to, but they never gave each other a chance.
And so another Love story dies.

A kiss, and all was said

2010-08-04T19:28:00.001+02:00

How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill? A kiss, and all was said. ~Victor Hugo

Just because I have a Sweet Tooth!

2010-06-20T09:58:00.006+02:00

Sweet tooth,
Dear sweet tooth,
You make life complete
As I taste all these goodies
So yummy to eat

-Images: weheartit-

Total eclipse of the heart

2010-05-05T13:02:00.006+02:00

(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit lonely and you're never coming round
(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears
(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by
(Turn around) every now and then I get a little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes

(Turn around, bright eyes) Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around, bright eyes) Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight and I need you more than ever
And if you only hold me tight We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right 'cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (all of the time)
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight, forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love, but now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do... a total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life, but now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say... a total eclipse of the heart

(Turn around) bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around) bright eyes, Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time (all of the time)
I don't know what to do, I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart

-Images: weheartit-
-Song: Bonnie Tyler - Total eclipse of the heart-

Pretty little things for Sunday

2010-03-28T17:08:00.006+02:00

"This is our purpose, to make as meaningful as possible, this life that has been bestowed upon us." -Oswald Spengler-

-Images: weheartit-

Pride and Prejudice

2010-03-23T21:43:00.021+01:00

I can't believe I have never done a post of my fav movie. I can't tell you how many times I've seen it, but everytime I watch it I fall in Love all over again. Hope you will too!

Mrs. Bennet: Netherfield Park is let at last. Have you heard who has taken it?
Mr. Bennet: I have.

Elizabeth Bennet: Which of these painted peacocks is our Mr. Bingley?
Charlotte Lucas: He's the one on the left. And on the right is his sister.
Elizabeth Bennet: And the person with the quizzical brow?
Charlotte Lucas: That is his good friend, Mr. Darcy.

Mr. Bingley: I have never seen so many pretty girls in my life!
Mr. Darcy: On the contrary, you were dancing with the only handsome girl in the room.
Mr. Bingley: She is the most beautiful creature I have ever beheld! But her sister Elizabeth is very agreeable...
Mr. Darcy: Perfectly tolerable, I daresay, but not handsome enough to tempt me.

Elizabeth Bennet: I wonder who first discovered the power of poetry in driving away love?
Mr. Darcy: I thought that poetry was the food of love.
Elizabeth Bennet: Of a fine stout love, it may. But if it is only a vague inclination I'm convinced one poor sonnet will kill it stone dead.
Mr. Darcy: So what do you recommend to encourage affection?
Elizabeth Bennet: Dancing. Even if one's partner is barely tolerable.

Elizabeth Bennet: Mr Darcy? I'd more easily forgive his vanity had he not wounded mine. But no matter. I doubt we shall ever speak again.

Elizabeth Bennet: Are you too proud, Mr. Darcy? And tell me, would you consider pride to be a fault or a virtue?
Mr. Darcy: That I couldn't say.
Elizabeth Bennet: Because we're desperately trying to find a fault in you.
Mr. Darcy: Perhaps it is that I find it difficult to forgive others, or their follies and vices against me. My good opinion once lost is lost forever.
Elizabeth Bennet: Oh dear I cannot tease you about that. What a shame for I dearly love to laugh.

Mr. Darcy: May I have the next dance, Miss Elizabeth? Elizabeth Bennet: You may. Elizabeth Bennet: Did I just agree to dance with Mr. Darcy? Charlotte Lucas: I daresay you will find him to be very amiable. Elizabeth Bennet: That would be most inconvenient since I have sworn to loathe him for all eternity.

Mr Darcy: Why do you ask such a question?
Elizabeth Bennet: To make out your character, Mr Darcy.
Mr Darcy: And what have you discovered?
Elizabeth Bennet: Very little. I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly.
Mr Darcy: I hope to afford you more clarity in the future.

Mr. Darcy: I, do not have the talent of conversing easily with people I have never met before.
Elizabeth Bennet: Perhaps you should take your aunt's advice and practice?

Mr. Darcy: Miss Elizabeth. I have struggled in vain and I can bear it no longer. These past few months have been a torment. I came to Rosings with the single object of seeing you. I had to see you. I have fought against my better judgment, my family's expectations, the inferiority of your birth, my rank and circumstance. All these things I am willing to put aside and ask you to end my agony.
Elizabeth Bennet: I don't understand.
Mr. Darcy: I love you. Most ardently. Please do me the honour of accepting my hand.

Elizabeth Bennet: Sir, I appreciate the struggle you have been through, and I am very sorry to have caused you pain. Believe me, it was unconsciously done.
Mr. Darcy: Is this your reply?
Elizabeth Bennet: Yes, sir.
Mr. Darcy: Are you... are you laughing at me?
Elizabeth Bennet: No.
Mr. Darcy: Are you rejecting me?
Elizabeth: I'm sure that the feelings which, as you've told me have hindered your regard, will help you in overcoming it.
Mr. Darcy: Might I ask why, with so little endeavour at civility, I am thus repulsed?
Elizabeth Bennet: And I might as well enquire why, with so evident a design of insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your better judgment.
Mr. Darcy: No, believe me, I didn't mean--
Elizabeth Bennet: If I was uncivil, then that is some excuse. But I have other reasons, you know I have.
Mr. Darcy: What reasons?
Elizabeth Bennet: Do you think anything might tempt me to accept the man who has ruined, perhaps forever, the happiness of a most beloved sister? Do you deny that you separated a young couple who loved each other, exposing your friend to the world for caprice and my sister to derision for disappointed hopes, involving them both in misery of the acutest kind?
Mr. Darcy: I do not deny it.
Elizabeth Bennet: How could you do it?
Mr. Darcy: Because I believed your sister to be indifferent to him.
Elizabeth Bennet: Indifferent?
Mr. Darcy: I watched them most carefully and realized his attachment was deeper than hers.
Elizabeth Bennet: That's because she's shy!
Mr. Darcy: Bingley, too, is modest and was persuaded she didn't feel strongly for him--
Elizabeth Bennet: Because you suggested it!
Mr. Darcy: I did it for his own good!
Elizabeth Bennet: My sister hardly shows her true feelings to me. I suppose you suspect that his fortune had some bearing?
Mr. Darcy: No! I wouldn't do your sister the dishonor, though it was suggested...
Elizabeth Bennet: What was?
Mr. Darcy: It was made perfectly clear that an advantageous marriage...
Elizabeth Bennet: Did my sister give that impression?
Mr. Darcy: No! No. No, there was, however, I have to admit, the matter of your family...
Elizabeth Bennet: Our want of connection? Mr. Bingley didn't seem to vex himself about that--
Mr. Darcy: No, it was more than that.
Elizabeth Bennet: How, sir?
Mr. Darcy: It was the lack of propriety shown by your mother, your three younger sisters, even on occasion your father. Forgive me. You and your sister I must exclude from this.
Elizabeth Bennet: And what about Mr. Wickham?
Mr. Darcy: Mr.. Wickham?
Elizabeth Bennet: What excuse can you give for your behavior towards him?
Mr. Darcy: You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns.
Elizabeth Bennet: He told me of his misfortunes.
Mr. Darcy: Oh, yes, his misfortunes have been very great indeed.
Elizabeth Bennet: You ruin his chances and yet you treat him with sarcasm.
Mr Darcy: So this is your opinion of me. Thank you for explaining so fully. Perhaps these offences might have been overlooked had not your pride been hurt by my honesty...
Elizabeth Bennet: My pride?
Mr. Darcy: ...in admitting scruples about our relationship. Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your circumstances?

Elizabeth Bennet: And those are the words of a gentleman. From the first moment I met you, your arrogance and conceit, your selfish disdain for the feelings of others made me realize that you were the last man in the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry. Mr Darcy: Forgive me, madam, for taking up so much of your time.

Elizabeth Bennet: [refusing to visit Pemberley]He's so...he's so rich.
Mr. Gardiner: Oh, heavens Lizzy! What a snob you are! Objecting to poor Mr. Darcy because of his wealth! The poor man can't help it.

Mr. Darcy: [after he sees Elizabeth at Pemberly, and follows her outside] Miss Elizabeth!
Elizabeth Bennet: I thought you were in London.
Mr. Darcy: No. No, I'm not.
Elizabeth Bennet: I'm so sorry to intrude. They said that the house was open for visitors, I had no idea....
Mr. Darcy: May I see you back to the village?
Elizabeth Bennet: No! I'm very fond of walking.
Mr. Darcy: Yes! Yes, I know.

Elizabeth Bennet: And what a beautiful pianoforte!
Georgiana Darcy: My brother gave it to me. He shouldn't have--
Mr. Darcy: Yes, I should've.
Georgiana Darcy: Oh, very well, then.
Mr. Darcy: Easily persuaded, is she not?
Elizabeth Bennet: Your unfortunate brother once had to put up with my playing for a whole evening.
Georgiana Darcy: But he says you play so well!
Elizabeth Bennet: Then he has perjured himself most profoundly.
Mr. Darcy: No, I said "played quite well."
Elizabeth Bennet: Oh, "quite well" is not "very well." I'm satisfied.

Mr. Darcy: You must know, surely you must know, it was all for you. You are to generous to trifle with me. I believe you spoke with my aunt last night and it has taught me to hope as I had scarcly allowed myself before. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings had changed, I will have to tell you,

you have bewitched me body and soul and I love...I love... I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.

How I love to cuddle!!

2010-03-10T20:48:00.008+01:00

Cuddling with you makes me smile when I'm sad.
Cuddling with you makes sense when nothing needs to be said.
Cuddling with you keeps me warm from the cold.
Cuddling with you from now till we grow old.
Cuddling with you is what stops time.
Cuddling with you is when I feel that you are mine.
Cuddling with you makes me feel like a woman and a girl.
Cuddling with you is what I love most in this world.

-Poem: Lo Pherai-
-Images: weheartit-

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T22:02:00.006+01:00

Happy Valentine's day darlings! Not only for lovers, but for everyone you love! Eventhough everyday should be equally special ;) X.o.x.o.

-Images: weheartit-

I am.....

2010-02-02T20:17:00.000+01:00

Words of Love

2010-01-16T14:56:00.004+01:00

-Images: weheartit-

Pretty little things for sunday

2010-01-03T20:43:00.002+01:00

"Live everyday with passion. Realize that you have one life to live. Feel every moment intensely and make it all worth it!" -Lo Pherai-

-Quote: Lo Pherai-
-Images: weheartit-

2010!!!!

2009-12-31T22:00:00.003+01:00

Lovelies!

I'm leaving 2009 behind me and all the drama that came with it. 2010 means a fresh start. To stop wasting time and energy on things and people that don't deserve it. To surround myself with only positive people that are working towards a better future instead of staying stuck in the past. You can't change what happened, but you can try to make the best of what's yet to come.

I wish you all the best. Health, happiness and Love. And please remember the less fortunate and try to help where you can. It takes one person to do just a simple little thing, to make a difference. Remember more often how blessed you are and try to appreciate the little things that are right in front of you, if you just open your eyes.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big kiss and hug X.o.x.o.

Lo

Cupcakes!!

2009-12-17T22:12:00.004+01:00

If I were a cupcake,
What flavor would I be?
Chocolate or vanilla
Swirled marble maybe

Coated all in frosting
Satin smooth and creamy
Melting in the heat of
Dreams so hot and steamy

My flesh would be soft
Like a sponge but firm
Waiting to be unwrapped
When it was my turn

A dessert to be sure
One that filled a need
A cupcake is perfect
Quenching growing greed

And when desire mounted
And lust had found it's peak
We'd hear a moment of silence
When indulgence wouldn't speak

I'd break down to nothing
Life eating every crumb of me
Finger licking good, I guess
One of those sweet sweet memories

If I were a cupcake,
What flavor would I be?
Chocolate or vanilla
Swirled marble maybe

-Poem: Mary BrytEyz Ball-
-Images: Weheartit-

Pretty little things for sunday

2009-12-13T16:13:00.004+01:00

Love this Life, every moment. Every sorrow & joy, every disappointment & smile. It's all so fragile. Celebrate the moments!

-Images: weheartit-

2009-11-26T18:57:00.007+01:00

Photo's by Ann Inghard. I am in love with all her pictures, that's why I uploaded so many of them. I simply could not chose! But this is my selection of personal favs. For the rest of her pictures check out her flickr here.

Love letter

2009-11-13T16:27:00.004+01:00

25 College Street

My dearest Girl,

This moment I have set myself to copy some verses out fair. I cannot proceed with any degree of content. I must write you a line or two and see if that will assist in dismissing you from my Mind for ever so short a time. Upon my Soul I can think of nothing else - The time is passed when I had power to advise and warn you again[s]t the unpromising morning of my Life - My love has made me selfish. I cannot exist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you again - my Life seems to stop there - I see no further. You have absorb’d me. I have a sensation at the present moment as though I was dissolving - I should be exquisitely miserable without the hope of soon seeing you. I should be afraid to separate myself far from you. My sweet Fanny, will your heart never change? My love, will it? I have no limit now to my love - You note came in just here - I cannot be happier away from you - ‘T is richer than an Argosy of Pearles. Do not threat me even in jest. I have been astonished that Men could die Martyrs for religion - I have shudder’d at it - I shudder no more - I could be martyr’d for my Religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that - I could die for you. My Creed is Love and you are its only tenet - You have ravish’d me away by a Power I cannot resist: and yet I could resist till I saw you; and even since I have seen you I have endeavoured often “to reason against the reasons of my Love.” I can do that no more - the pain would be too great - My Love is selfish - I cannot breathe without you.

Yours for ever
John Keats

Pretty little things for sunday

2009-11-01T16:50:00.003+01:00

Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living,
But the child who is born on the Sabbath Day
Is bonny and blithe and good and gay.

-Images: weheartit-

2009-10-29T19:55:00.008+01:00

"I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days—three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain."
-John Keats, Letter to Fanny Brawne, July 1, 1819-

"The earth laughs in flowers."
-E. E. Cummings-

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.-

‘Just living is not enough,’ said the butterfly. ‘One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower’.
-Hans Christian Anderson-

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
-George Eliot-

-Images: weheartit-

Pretty little things for sunday

2009-10-18T13:36:00.005+02:00

Wish you all a lovely sunday! Let go of all the things in your head, relax and enjoy the little things you have!

"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?"

-Images: weheartit-
-Quote: Oscar Wilde-

Love & Life

2009-10-03T15:08:00.009+02:00

Love

Love is an untamed force.

When we try to control it, it destroys us.

When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us.

When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused.

And yet...we can't live without it

Life

Join with those who sing songs, tell stories, enjoy life … because happiness is contagious.

Join those who walk with their heads high even when they have tears in their eyes.

Love and life....you can't have one without the other.

-Quotes: Paolo Coelho-
-Images: weheartit-

Stay true to your heart

2009-09-27T17:28:00.004+02:00

The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

-Quote: Søren Aabye Kierkegaard-
-Image: weheartit-

Rest in peace granny my love

2009-09-12T18:32:00.004+02:00

Blaka rosu now ye gwe
Tjari mi go na ini yu ati
A wansi san psa mi sa memre yu
Ini a dipi fu mi ati
Sonte prakseri den neti
Mi tu ai trowe watra
Na tap a doti pe mi nanga yu
Pe mi nanga yu ben bosi brasa

Black rose now you're gone
Bring me along in your heart
Whatever happens I shall remember you
In the deapths of my heart
When I think about you at night
Tears fill up my eyes
At that place where you and I
Where you and I kissed and hugged

Rest in peace my love. One day we will meet again.
But untill that day comes I shall remember and miss you.
You were an angel on earth and now you're an angel in heaven.
May God rest your soul.

18-11-1929 / 23-08-2009

-Surinamese song: Lieve Hugo - Blaka rosoe-

Song of the flower

2009-08-18T21:01:00.009+02:00

I am a kind word uttered and repeated
By the voice of Nature;
I am a star fallen from the
Blue tent upon the green carpet.
I am the daughter of the elements
With whom Winter conceived;
To whom Spring gave birth; I was
Reared in the lap of Summer and I
Slept in the bed of Autumn.

At dawn I unite with the breeze
To announce the coming of light;
At eventide I join the birds
In bidding the light farewell.

The plains are decorated with
My beautiful colors, and the air
Is scented with my fragrance.

As I embrace Slumber the eyes of
Night watch over me, and as I
Awaken I stare at the sun, which is
The only eye of the day.

I drink dew for wine, and hearken to
The voices of the birds, and dance
To the rhythmic swaying of the grass.

I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath;
I am the memory of a moment of happiness;
I am the last gift of the living to the dead;
I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.

But I look up high to see only the light,
And never look down to see my shadow.
This is wisdom which man must learn.

-Poem: Khalil Gibran-
-Images: weheartit-

Once upon a time

2009-08-02T21:09:00.002+02:00

There once was a little girl who never knew love until a boy broke her heart....

Springtime reminds me of you

2009-07-15T21:37:00.009+02:00

The trees and the flowers bring back all those hours
And the springtime reminds me of you

The song of a bird recalls every word
And tells of the joys we knew

Though we laughed for a while, too soon we had to part
And your song and your smile are forever in my heart

For the blue of the skies is the blue of your eyes
And the springtime reminds me of you.

-Song: Springtime reminds me of you by Maurice Winnick & his Band (vocals : Al Bowlly)-
-Images: weheartit-

When I fall in Love...

2009-07-08T21:52:00.002+02:00

When I fall in love it will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before its begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When I give my heart it will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you.

-Song: Nat King Cole: When I fall in love-
-Images: weheartit-

Michael Joseph Jackson 1958-2009

2009-06-28T14:36:00.003+02:00

R.I.P. Michael. I love you with all my heart and always will. Words cannot describe the loss for this world, but you will continue to make it a better place from heaven. Nobody can hurt you anymore, but you will live forever. Love always...

Rest in peace
King of pop Michael Jackson 1958-2009

Sometimes words speak just as loud as actions

2009-06-15T20:12:00.002+02:00

-Images: weheartit-

My Little House Of Dreams

2009-06-05T17:19:00.004+02:00

My little house of dreams! It stands
Upon a hill o'er meadowlands,
From whence, at dawning, faint and sweet
Comes a lambkin's plaintive bleat,
And meadow larks' shrill pipe, in tune
With all the scents and sounds of June.
My house of dreams! Where order reigns
Behind its glistening window panes.
Shady its trees, its garden fair
And best of all, my love is there,
With shining eyes and calm, sweet face,
The benediction of the place,
And peace and joy and heaven's light beams
Within my little house of dreams.

-Images: weheartit-
-Poem: Louisa Cooke Don-Carlos-

It's oh so quiet

2009-06-01T11:23:00.002+02:00

It's oh so quiet
It's oh so still
you're all alone
And so peaceful until...

You fall in love.

-Images: weheartit-
-Song: Bjork-

Liz Ham photography

2009-06-01T11:06:00.005+02:00

Liz Ham photography

2009-05-27T22:33:00.006+02:00

Liz Ham takes beautiful pictures. I will upload more of another session tomorow or the day after. These photographs are so serene, soft and pretty. I love it!

-Images: Liz Ham-

Leighton Meester - InStyle March '09

2009-05-26T22:32:00.005+02:00

Gossip girl star Leighton Meester looks absolutely stunning and sweet in the March issue of InStyle magazine. Leighton wears some pretty impressive designers in pretty soft colours: Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Jean Paul Gaultier, Luisa Beccaria, Roberto Cavalli and Akris.

Fairytale princesses

2009-05-24T13:09:00.005+02:00

-Images: first 4 = Couture memoirs by Paolo Roversi for Vogue Italia-
-Images: others from weheartit-

Alexa Chung - Harpers Bazaar UK may '09

2009-05-22T18:49:00.004+02:00

Julia Restoin Roitfeld - Harpers Bazaar

2009-05-17T16:35:00.002+02:00

Julia Restoin Roitfeld, daughter of fashion powerhouse Carine Roitfeld (Editor-in-Chief of the French Vogue) did a photoshoot with Harpers Bazaar UK. And the photographs are stunning. The effects, colours and wardrobe are simply beautiful.

-Images: Harpers Bazaar UK-

Chanel N°5 - Audrey Tautou

2009-05-16T19:14:00.010+02:00

Following in the glamorous footsteps of Nicole Kidman and Catherine Deneuve, French actress Audrey Tautou is the new face of the iconic fragrance Chanel No. 5.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who worked with Tatou in Amelie, the mini film portrays a brief sensual encounter between a man and a women who brush past each other on a night train.
Filmed in a railway station in Nice and on the Bosphorus in Istanbul, it was inspired by a scene in the Oscar-nominated film A Very Long Engagement. With the beautiful song I'm a fool to want you from the great Billie Holiday.

To see the entire stunning and romantic ad go here.

-Images: Starbucks and Jane Austen-

The Vanities Girls

2009-05-14T15:18:00.011+02:00

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Isla Fisher

Alice Braga

Mila Kunis

Rachael Taylor

Summer Glau

Meagan Good

Malin Akerman

Lymari Nadal

Leslie Mann

Kristen Stewart

Kristen Bell

Kate Mara

Jurnee Smollett

Jess Weixler

Hayden Panettiere

Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Freida Pinto

Emily Blunt

Carla Gugino

Carice van Houten

Amanda Seyfried

Alice Eve

Alexa Davalos

Vinessa Shaw

Since 1992, Vanity Fairs Vanities section has opened with a full-page portrait of a promising young star. In September 2006, they tweaked the format: the Vanities opener now features an up-and-coming actress in a 50s-style pinup shot. These shapely ingénues are on the cusp of fame or have just hit it big; they have names you need to know and faces you won’t have trouble remembering. Here’s a look at all the bombshells who’ve struck a playful pose in the new retro style.

-Text: Vanity fair-
-Images: Vanity fair-

These were some of my favorites, for more go over to vanityfair.com

Happy Mothersday!!

2009-05-10T20:29:00.004+02:00

Who fed me from her gentle breast,
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses pressed?

My Mother.

When pain and sickness made me cry,
Who gazed upon my heavy eye,
And wept, for fear that I should die?

My Mother.

Who dressed my doll in clothes so gay,
And fondly taught me how to play,
And minded all I had to say?

My Mother.

Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?

My Mother.

And can I ever cease to be
Affectionate and kind to thee,
Who was so very kind to me?

My Mother.

-Poem: My mother - Anne Taylor-
-Images: weheartit-

The honey trees - Orchard

2009-05-10T00:58:00.003+02:00

you were the coal
she was the fire
that warmed your skin
and all within
memories to hold
her trembling fingers
held all they'd known
as she went on

oh, sweet orchard
shade the growing light
holding softly to my weary eyes

thousands of all
hunger inside
these withering eyes
too tired to cry
a face, hiding so silently
burns to know
the love that grows here

oh, sweet orchard
let forgiving strands of light
break my silence
burn the night
oh, sweet waters
flow with love for me inside
cast me quietly unto morning's light

oh, burn through the night, burn
oh, love burn through the night

Song: The honey trees - Orchard-

-Images: weheartit-

Simple perfection

2009-05-07T19:02:00.008+02:00

Life can be a dream full of unexpected treasures
The little things become big pleasures
The warmth of the summer sun
The innocent child in you that freely runs

Run easily like the breeze
Like a spirit that's free
Like in love is all you need to be
Like the beauty that is you and me

-Poem: by me, Lo Pherai-

-Images: weheartit-

Erin Fetherston - Peace, love & ice cream

2009-05-06T20:08:00.006+02:00

It was peace, love and ice cream
Flowers and tambourines
Butterflies high
In the clear blue sky
And the summer breeze
And we knew how to breath
Freedom

With tears full of laughter
happy ever afters
and stories to tell
oh, we told them so well
in the glow of the fire
we sang the songs
of freedom

It’s time to relive all the memories
Catch every day in a frame

Sing with me
Na na na na na…
Let us go back in time
Just for a minute to 69
Come sing along with me
Na na na na na…
Let us go back again
We’re praying this time it will never end
Come sing along with me

It was peace, love & ice cream
We laid down in the grass
in the garden of Eden
we hoped it would last
but than time took away
the moment we faced
Freedom

It was peace, love & ice cream
With Flowers & tambourines
Na na na na na
It was peace, love & ice cream
We laid down in the grass singin’
Na na na na na
It was peace love and icecream
We sat down by the fire singin’
This is our chance to go back again
Come sing along with me

As promised the black and white photographs of Erin Fetherston by Ellen von Unwerth. So adorable, simply beautiful.
In between I've added lyrics from the song Peace, love & ice cream by Sandy Dane.
I thought the cute lyrics matched the photographs.
Enjoy!

Erin Fetherston

2009-05-04T14:03:00.004+02:00

I have found my new favorite designer!
Erin Fertherston on this picture above to the left makes the most adorable and cute designs I have ever seen.
Little dresses and shorts in soft pretty colors.
Every outfit is as sweet as candy! And I want it all!

Here are a few of my favs from the spring summer 2009 collection with each design looking like a delicious cupcake!

As the cherry on top her website features the most beautiful photos taken by Ellen von Unwerth.
And two stunning videos called Dreamy wander, with Zooey Deschanel and Dollhouse.
You can check out the videos in my sidebar.
Part of the photographs are in black and white and the others are in color. I'll post the ones in color right now and the black and whites I'll post tomorrow or the day after.

Coco avant Chanel

2009-05-01T16:47:00.006+02:00

Anybody that knows me, knows that I have 1 obsession in life, and that is CHANEL!
So ofcourse when I heard about this movie, Coco avant Chanel, I could not wait!
Then I saw these absolutely gorgeous pictures from the movie of Audrey Tatou as Gabrielle Chanel, and my heart rate went bananas.
And to top it of I saw the trailer which has given me dreams about the day that i will see this movie.
In France the movie premiered on April 22nd, but here in NL I will have to wait till the 28th of May.

Coco avant Chanel tells the story of a young Gabrielle Chanel that sets the face of 20th century fashion with her vision on it. The movie follows the style icon from her start in a little accessory shop to the ever so fabulous glamour of the Parisian houte couture.
Check out the trailer here.

Miss Dior Cherie - Paris Vogue

2009-05-01T10:27:00.004+02:00

I've added a few of the magazine scans from Vogue Paris about the making of the Miss Dior Cherie commercial. There were a few more pages about Sofia Coppola as well, but I thought I'd stick to the making of the ad. Enjoy!

Miss Dior Cherie

2009-04-28T20:35:00.015+02:00

Moi Je joue!!!
I am completely in Love love love with the Dior ad for Miss Dior Cherie!
It makes me think of spring, summer, love, romance, innocence and my first love...Paris!
The pictures and video are so playful, colorful and joyful that I had to share them with you!
And don't forget to check out the super adorable interactive website here

The young Victoria

2009-04-27T13:17:00.012+02:00

I came upon this photoshoot that Emily Blunt did for Vanity Fair.
And I absolutely loved it! I adore the entire Victorian look.
It makes me dream away.....
The photoshoot is inspired by her new movie, The Young Victoria. It is a British costume drama film based on the young life of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Have a look at the amazing trailer here.

I also wanted to share a poem with you by Elizabeth Barrett Browning who was considered
as one of the most important poets of the Victorian era.

How Do I Love Thee?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth, and breadth, and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for right:
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life - and if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

Cute yet naughty

2009-04-10T15:22:00.004+02:00

-Images: weheartit-

Morning lullabies

2009-04-10T14:51:00.005+02:00

It's a beautiful day!
The sun is shining against my window while a small breeze dances outside my room.
It's a day filled with pretty things, I can feel it.
I smell cinnamon and vanilla.
I taste lemon with honey tea.
I see ballet shoes on the floor and a white little dress hanging against my closet.
And in the background I hear morning lullabies.
It's gonna be a beautiful day with every minute an unexpected little surprise!

Yesterday I woke up With your head on my arm
My hand was numb Circulation gone
But I dared not move the pretty sleeping one

The sun had painted Patterns on your face
As you breathed Sunday air
You rolled onto My open arm
I became your pillow; you let me smooth your hair

I will sing you morning lullabies
You are beautiful and peaceful this way
I know you have to close your eyes on everyone
Let me help you, I'll sing you to sleep With morning lullabies

Let me lie in the curl Of your body tonight
And I will hear you tumble into sleep
I will watch you heal, I'll watch you heal with me

I will sing you morning lullabies
You are beautiful and peaceful this way
I know you have to close your eyes on everyone
Let me help you, sing you sleep With morning lullabies

I know you have to close Your eyes on everyone
Let me help you I'll sing you to sleep With morning lulla-bye, bye, baby
Close your eyes and I will sing you Morning lullabies
And I will sing you Morning lullabies

-Song: Ingrid Michaelson-
-Image: 1 - by aleksandra on DeviantArt. 2 - via Loveology-

La vie en rose

Private Parts by Sarah Kay

Pretty little things for Sunday

The Tea Party

Things I love

Poem of Farewell

The 'Seven Wonders of the World'

Love....what else?

That's love: Story of Lo & E.

A kiss, and all was said

Just because I have a Sweet Tooth!

Total eclipse of the heart

Pretty little things for Sunday

Pride and Prejudice

How I love to cuddle!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I am.....

Words of Love

Pretty little things for sunday

2010!!!!

Cupcakes!!

Pretty little things for sunday

Love letter

Pretty little things for sunday

"The earth laughs in flowers."-E. E. Cummings-

Pretty little things for sunday

"With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?"

Love & Life

Stay true to your heart

Rest in peace granny my love

Song of the flower

Once upon a time

There once was a little girl who never knew love until a boy broke her heart....

Springtime reminds me of you

When I fall in Love...

Michael Joseph Jackson 1958-2009

Sometimes words speak just as loud as actions

My Little House Of Dreams

It's oh so quiet

Liz Ham photography

Liz Ham photography

Leighton Meester - InStyle March '09

Fairytale princesses

Alexa Chung - Harpers Bazaar UK may '09

Julia Restoin Roitfeld - Harpers Bazaar

Chanel N°5 - Audrey Tautou

The Vanities Girls

Happy Mothersday!!

The honey trees - Orchard

Simple perfection

Erin Fetherston - Peace, love & ice cream

Erin Fetherston

Coco avant Chanel

Miss Dior Cherie - Paris Vogue

Miss Dior Cherie

The young Victoria

Cute yet naughty

Morning lullabies

"The earth laughs in flowers."
-E. E. Cummings-