lilac.

lately, i've realized that my need to feel deeply has trickled out somewhere along the way like little rivulets of golden dust and i find myself thinking, "what's the point of feeling so much and caring so much?"

instead my emotions are replaced by those evoked by highlighted clouds, wild birds, giggles and girlfriends.

After a silence of several minutes, he came towards her in an agitated manner, and thus began —
“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
Elizabeth’s astonishment was beyond expression.

-Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

i hope your week will be showered with smiles and good-times and loveliness! (:

xxx

p.s. Harry Potter 7 pt. 2 comes out in about two and a half weeks' time! gagaga.

tangled.

hello unicorns!

the lovely Anita has awarded me with the Stylish Blogger Award! (: what a delight.

As part of the conditions I am to:

• Link back to the blogger whom had given you the award and thank them 
• Write 10 interesting facts about yourself
• Award four recently discovered blogs that you love
• Contact these bloggers and notify them about their achievement

these are the 10 facts about me! hahah i am sooo lazy to think them up so i'm using ones similar to those that i put up on my tumblr. :3

1. one of my front teeth is actually chipped (and capped) from when i fell from my bike 7 years ago.
2. i snort when i laugh! though i try not to, it's turned into a habit. ):
3. i kiss all my dogs at the same spot in between their eyes.
4. i collect postcards, dried leaves, flowers and other useless, delicately beautiful things.
5. my camera is named Flo, as in Florence. (:
6. my parents have been divorced since before my mind could hold and keep memories.
7. my favorite numbers are 7, 3 and 13!
8. i plan to dye the ends of my hair a really pretty colour after i end high school so that i'll have mermaid hair!
9. i love the scents of vanilla and Marc Jacobs' Lolita. (:
10. i often wonder about life from as many perspectives as i can.

aahhh it was so hard to pick! but the bloggers i will award are:

galatea, Kit, sublimelite and Ash & Belle Blog.

these are some of the most recent blogs i've fallen in love with! hehe, they are all such wonderful ladies. (:

xxx

la vie en rose.

i edited these photos with my very first (real) curve that i created weeks ago which i named after my Golden Retriever who went for a surgery today. ): i really hope he'll feel better soon.

please do keep him in your thoughts! xxx

i hope you all make somebody smile, inspire and find beauty and comfort in all places this week. ♥

running around, leaving scars.

the first photo was when my friend and i baked apple and pear crumble for the first time, it was scrum-diddly-yumptious! and the second was when i went to a Japanese restaurant and the rest were taken in Perth. (:

hope you're all have a great week so far! xxx

holly and phoenix feather.

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
-Albus Dumbledore

to read;

(my first two gifs!)

• Kimberley (dreaming with open eyes) is such a talented and lovely lady! ah. she is a dancer and a photographer and i think that her art is simply beautiful. i love reading about her lovely weekends with her friends and boyfriend and nature. the way she photographs nature is stunning! <3
• Anita (Infinity On High) is yet another uber talented young photographer. i mean how can you not look at her photographs and drool?! her photographs make me feel calm and at peace and those are some of the best feelings photographs can evoke in you!
• Hilda (HILDA GRAHNAT) was one of the very first photographers whose blogs i started reading when i got my Canon digital camera last year! her photographs are insanely inspiring and really changed my views and ideas on photography. her photographs and shop has been featured in several magazines all over the world, lucky lady!
• Eliza (restless hearts) has such a beautiful soul. she writes poetry so melancholy and lovely that i want to hang on to every word. her eloquence is amazing and her photographs are haunting and magical.

sparrow-tree.

i watched Pirates of the Carribean 4 and Kung Fu Panda 2 yesterday with my dad! (: and after, i shopped and got One Day and two tshirts. hehe they are so lovely i want to keep them forever.

it turned gloomy in the evening and i walked down the short road i live on and found hidden efflorescence. (: aren't they so delicate and pretty?

when the sundown mosquitoes started buzzing around i went home and indulged in Austrian chocolate goodness, mmm.

(love you all!)

xxx