boy, i look so smug in that picture! :) that is me sporting a new dress from my Nana! she has the BEST taste in clothes--i love the red sash! and it is quite comfortable...just have to sew the shoulder straps up a bit. anyway, ignore the polkadotted socks. it's so cold i didn't want to remove them, even for modeling. (spring, where are ye?!?) next, we have Miss Trouble doing some posing of her own. she is precious, no? five minutes later, i had to shoo her away from Izzy's food bowl, though...ah, cats. :)
Wichita trip was fun! only two days but i accomplished a lot of relaxation. :) wonderful to see and talk with family! daniel is amazing and drove both there and back. i am un-amazing, in that regard.
Christi alerted me to the fact that one of my favorite favorite authors, Diana Wynne Jones, just passed away. :( Here is a link to an obituary: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/27/diana-wynne-jones-obituary
If you have never read any of her books, and enjoy fantasy, i highly recommend that you get on amazon (or visit your local bookstore of course!) and get you some jones! The first book of hers I read was "Howl's Moving Castle," because i was already in love with the anime-adaptation of her story. There are 2 sequels to Howl's Moving Castle, the last of which i haven't read (yikes!), but the middle, Castle in the Air, is a fun retelling of Aladdin.
here is a dinky poem composed in me noggin in the shower. to help you out, the 1st and 3rd lines are describing a marriage license; the 2nd and 4th an old, married couple. i think this is from visiting my grandparents, and from listening to Buffy: the Musical soundtrack about 4 times in the past 4 days...there's a funny song sung by a couple that's about to get married, and the things they're worried about...like growing old and wrinkly. :) if you want to listen to it, you can probably youtube something like "i'll never tell" buffy, and come up with it.
crinkled - yellowing
wrinkled - mellowing
words - unaging
beauty - changing
for better? not for ill
i love you and i always will
Nice pictures! The dress really suits you.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know there was another sequel to Howl's Moving Castle after Castle in the Air. Do you know the title?
Thanks for pointing me to the author's obituary. I was amazed to read that Diana Wynn-Jones studied under Lewis and Tolkien. Imagine what that must have been like!
thank you, rachel! the third sequel is "House of Many Ways." (only 7.20 on amazon! :) i had no idea she'd studied under them, either! and apparently neil gaiman was good friends with her, too...i don't know if you've read any of his books? i've only read a couple, but have enjoyed them! i hope you are doing well!
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