3/4/15

pause (III)



when on the moss-green hill the wandering wind
drowses, and lays his brazen trumpet down,
when snow-fed waters gurgle, cold and brown,
and wintered birds creep from the stacks to find
solace, while each bright eye begins to see
a visionary nest in every tree —
let us away, out of the murky day
of sullen towns, into the silver noise
of woods where every bud has found her way
sunward, and every leaf has found a voice.

― mary webb




in the midst of this work storm i'm currently living in,
a little green pause, of sunnier and outdoorsy days




have a wonderful day

♥

1/27/15

unleashing scent of wild jasmine

“i seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, 
in life after life, in age after age forever.” 
― rabindranath tagore

october, 2014.

if there's anything i miss from my childhood home
is seeing the patio's floor covered in little white blossoms,
being drunk with the sweet scent of jasmine
on rainy, hot summer nights.


the first thing i'll do whenever we move to a home with a patio or yard
will be to run to the greenhouse and get me some jasmines.


(i'm still here, i'm still busy. soon i will have some free time, i hope)




hope you have a wonderful day

♥

1/5/15

in bloom

"i am losing precious days. i am degenerating into a machine for making money. 
i am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. 
i must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news."
― john muir

october, 2014.

it's been months since i took a film photograph
and months of me neglecting this blog have passed.
i blame it on too much work,
the increasing costs of film rolls & labs,
and mostly on this little thing called instagram,
which is ever so addictive (and way, way cheaper!)


hopefully, sometime this year m. & i will be proper home owners
and all this effort will have been worth it
and things will be calmer, maybe even easier.
hopefully, i will have time for taking pictures and doing simple things;
and hopefully i'll even be able to get away from the city once or twice.
i miss the countryside
and the mountains
and the sea
and all things wild and free.
i miss them with my body and i miss them with my soul.



♥

11/27/14

pause (II)

“everybody needs beauty... places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer 
and give strength to the body and soul alike.”
― john muir

october, 2014.

a little green break from work
from days not so long past.



hope you have a wonderful day

♥

11/19/14

a sepal, petal, and a thorn

october, 2014.

a sepal, petal, and a thorn
upon a common summer's morn
a flask of dew — a bee or two
a breeze — a caper in the trees
and i'm a rose!


― emily dickinson




have a wonderful day

♥

11/5/14

happiness

“live to the point of tears.” 
― albert camus 

 


 
(beautiful video by the lovely ro ville)

october, 2014.
a few weeks ago, both vix and roville came to buenos aires
and i had the wonderful, wonderful chance to meet up with them

we talked for hours at a coffee shop
and then went for a walk to the botanical garden.
we stopped and gaze with joy at the pretty flowers,
screamed like teenage fangirls when we discovered there was free wi-fi,
took too many photos of our feet, frolicked about, stalked a few kitties,
screamed again, quite loudly, when we found a tangerine tree
and laughed and laughed until we cried.

days like these stay with you forever ♥



for a few more photos, you can check roville's post



♥


10/10/14

botanical (III)

“we are all as full of echoes as a rocky wood--
echoes of the past, reflex echoes of the future, and echoes of the soil”
― mary webb 

august, 2014

there's no film friday today
instead, some little photos of past days



hope you have a lovely weekend

♥

9/18/14

greenhouse

“those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” 
― rachel carson 



august, 2014. 

while i continue to work a lot
a short & little green pause
from days not so long past


hope you have a wonderful day

♥

9/10/14

pink

“in joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.”
― kakuzō okakura


july, 2014.
a few more from the rose garden


♥

8/27/14

winter rose

“i shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
i lift my eyes and all is born again.”

― sylvia plath

july, 2014.
every july, the annual winter pruning takes place at the rose garden.
this year we found out they're were giving cuttings away
and so we went (for a rather quick visit).

i wasn't able to gather much, and the ones i brought home did not take
but it was a lovely experience none the less

it always amazes me how small the rose bushes are pruned
and how big and full they get in only a handful of months.
nature is such a wonderful thing.

♥

8/7/14

garden (II)

“come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.”
― william wordsworth


july, 2014.
green gardens & romantic poetry
just might be two of my favourite things.

♥

7/23/14

garden

“the poetry of the earth is never dead.”
― john keats 

july, 2014.
a new grey and rainy winter day
a new visit to my favourite garden

♥

7/15/14

winter bloom

“in joy or sadness  flowers are our constant friends.”
― kakuzō okakura

june, 2014.
i always smile at flowers
whenever walking down the streets.

no matter how sad or stressed i might be,
nature always cheers me up.



ps. i highly recommend to anyone and everyone to read, at least once in their life, kakuzō okakura's the book of tea


♥

7/9/14

tú me quieres blanca

“beauty is not caused. it is.” 
― emily dickinson 

june, 2014.

i have a small collection of beautiful quotes
from books and songs, poems and thoughts.
i have share a few in my posts before,
but i think i'll try to make it a habit from now on.

and also, if you like poetry,
here's one of my favourite poems
(in both spanish and english)


♥

4/24/14

autumn garden (II)

“a garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? 
a few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.”
― victor hugo 


april, 2014.
a few extra snaps
from my favourite garden

♥

4/23/14

autumn garden

“a garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? 
a few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.”
― victor hugo 

april, 2014.
on a rainy autumn day,
i went to gram's for lunch.

after lunch we put on our scarves
and visited my favourite garden ever.
we gazed at the flowers, spotted a few tiny kittens
and frolicked about, taking pictures & talking endlessly.
when it started raining we headed to the cinema
and watched a lovely film called el sur


a calm, perfect autumn day


♥

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