Feeling A Bit Sh*t #073

Paintbrush library, Scottish sailboats, everyday moments +

Hello! It’s me. Your Sunday friend! Let’s look at some non-alarming things, shall we?

Three Good Things

1/ I’m going to try and go to a morning movie tomorrow and I’m quite excited.
2/ A man at the Preston Market, carefully wheeling his plate of sunny-side up wobbly-yolked fried eggs (and toast and coffee!) on the seat of his walking frame towards a nearby table and chair.
3/ The lady who’s just moved out from the house next door, back in their old front yard picking red and pink camellias from two very prolific bushes.

one/ “Life wearing headphones is a life missed.” - Jeanette Winterson. “Even if you have a dull job, working with your own creativity is a joy. Nobody can take that away unless you give it away. Creativity is never a waste of time. That freedom of thought, that search for expression, deepens you, revives you, alters you. Creativity may not be your full-time job but it’s not a hobby.”
two/ The beautiful work of Lily Seika Jones (above image) found via Violet Cabin.
three/ A bunch of gorgeous 1950s weddings. (Very top image.)
four/ This apartment houses a gorgeously interesting paintbrush library! (Below.)
five/ ‘Observe perpetually’ - love this from Virginia Woolf.

six/ Writing is magic: Why we should all follow our literary dreams.
seven/ “My grandmother favoured blue cheese on hot buttered toast, with a layer of plum jam. During my pirate era I made it too (it’s still a breakfast favourite) and called it the Mouldy Map, Signed with Blood. A bit gruesome, but delicious nevertheless.” - writes Nicole Cody. (Found via Joanne.)
eight/ Peaceful films and books about finding beauty in everyday moments. (A must read if you’re in the need of book and/or viewing recommendations.)
nine/ The upside of being an only child. And how to raise capable kids.

ten/ Hetty’s Kimchi Pickled Zucchini with Tomatoes (above.) Delicious Pasta alla Vesuviana looks like it should be on permanent rotation. Lemon Raspberry Cake for your next afternoon tea or family birthday? Steamed Chicken over White Rice looks cosy. This is my kind of meal → Toast For Dinner!

eleven/ Maybe you want to buy the original Gilmore Girls house (above)? Listed here. (And Princess Margaret’s old digs is also for sale.)
twelve/ This feels magical: ‘Ultra-low tides bring rare chance to walk to an island lighthouse.’
thirteen/ ‘I live alone on a tiny sailboat in Scotland.’

fourteen/ This might be one of the best train voyages in Australia - especially so because the catering looks amazing!
fifteen/ Revisiting the quiet joy of (the now 40 year-old film) My Neighbour Totoro.
sixteen/ A lovely little cottage to pore over.
seventeen/ Kottke pointed me to this interesting online collage maker this week.
eighteen/ Some of the very best greeting cards I’ve ever seen. (The one below is by Karen Brown.)

nineteen/ Forgiveness is good for your health. Who knew?!
twenty/ At home with Jane Birkin (below.)

Around the grounds

June is in her LONG HUG era. When the spirit moves her, she will wander over, reach up to request a hug, snuggle in and rest her head on my shoulder for the longest time. Sometimes she will even pat my back while she’s there. It’s the best feeling I’ve ever encountered. In non-huggy news, all my (grown-up) kids are well and good.

What books have you been reading?

I’m back on a fairly recent Kate Morton book that I put aside for some misguided reason. It’s Homecoming and I LOVE IT. I’m also in the queue at the library to read the eBook versions of Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst (1st in line for one copy.) And Whistler by Ann Patchett (57th in line for one of twelve copies.) I love reading on my phone, hence the eBook longings. I like it that I can enlarge the font, instantly look up words and avoid dog-earing pages/spilling tea on covers.

Joke of the week

What wobbles in the sky?
A jellycopter!

Meet me back here very soon, pal? Deal?

x pip

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