wrapped up in blankets and books

“she wanted—what some people want throughout life—a grief that should deeply touch her, 

and thus humanize and make her capable of sympathy.” 

 ― nathaniel hawthorne

(books: the scarlet letter & howards end)

i've spent the better half of the past week sick in bed
covered in layers of cotton and wool,
sneezing and drinking lots of tea.
also reading. a lot.


i really wish for the flu to go away,
but i cannot deny that, while sickly and annoyed,
this little time off work has been quite great.



new film photos as soon as i'm week enough to go to the lab!



have a wonderful day,

♥

montevideo (II)

pocitos, montevideo . uruguay

after finishing our errands on carrasco
we took the bus to pocitos and walked about


♥

montevideo (I)

punta carrasco, montevideo . uruguay

a few weeks ago, we crossed the river and went to uruguay.
it was a short trip of only a day and half,
and even thou we went because we have errands to do,
we still managed to wander around and take a lot photographs
(yes, i might have gone a bit overboard over at instagram)


♥

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

♥

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

♥

pink

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

― kakuzō okakura

july, 2014.
a few more from the rose garden


♥

just a minute in august

i've been busy with work and missed the last two just a minute
i'm busy still, but didn't want one more month to go without

everything around is starting to bloom
birds sing and leaves grow.
spring will soon be upon us,
you can sense it in the air.

reading relatos, lev tolstoy
listening to birds chirping by my window
watching utopia
working quite a lot
embroidering a little every day

have a wonderful day!

♥

ps. today is pixel's third birthday ♥
oh, how quickly does time pass!

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.

♥

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.

♥

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

♥

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


♥

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)


♥

entre días (V)

august, 2012.
homemade bread & french toasts
rainy days and little handmade presents

chocolate afternoons

august, 2012.
for some unkown reason
i find myself taking more & more vertical pictures.


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chocolate & nutella mug cake, for two

original recipe here

ingredients

♥ 4 tbsp self rising flour

♥ 3 tbsp cocoa powder

♥ 3 tbsp nutella

♥ 3 tbsp milk

♥ 1 tbsp sugar (i used vanilla sugar)

♥ 1tbsp oil (the original recipe calls for olive oil, but mine is sacred so i used canola instead)

♥ 1 egg

method

combine all the ingredients together in an big, big cup.

whisk together with a fork until combined and smooth.

if you have a microwave, microwave it for about a minute.
if you don't, like me, then bake for 15- 20 minutes in a regular oven.

let cool, sprinkle with some powder sugar & enjoy with someone you love.

un día en andalucía

"if you look the right way, 

you can see that the whole world is a garden."

– frances hodgson burnett

august, 2012.
an afternoon with mel., spent playing and frolicking
with the bees and the orange trees, camellias & tiny blossoms.


the earth is waking just in time for spring.
you can hear it in the songs the birds sing,
you can see it on the leaves.