Not enough people look up to the sky
For a long time, I've believed that people don't look up enough. There are some awesome things in the sky, and sometimes in buildings too.Umbrellas hanging trinkets from a dreamerThe cloud that is the essence of a wishThe silhouette of a passing dragonOr just some pretty flowers and things.
Also I've been cooking lots still, making up my own recipes and stuff, as well as juicing my own orange juice etc. It tastes so much better than any store bought stuff. And it turns out I can cook chicken! I just roast it in the oven with nothing but salt, peppers (they are really nice peppers!) and a drizzle of oil for that golden skin. I've cooked so much that I might need to post about my springtime delights soon!
Trendy Terrariums
I am not a hispter, and here are my hispter plants to prove it!
I think this last one looks like a green fuzzy spider primed to strike. It's so cute! :)
Terrarrrararararrium
Granite Island, The Wind, and the Beginning of Proof
I love things that are packed full of jam, pickles, and other kinds of action. So this weekend I took a trip down to Victor Harbour and Granite Island.Everyone told me it'd be cold, but for all the 10°C - 14°C, it wasn't all that cold. I attribute this to my Rhodes and Beckett attire and the fact that Sydney has worse winters by far.It was wet, cold and windy but I didn't mind at all - I was loving it! However the farmer's markets weren't faring as well - I saw a few tents tip over - so they had to shut down early. I didn't get my chance to spend money here, which was a good and bad thing, since I probably won't visit again... ever?It also meant the horse drawn tram wasn't in action to Granite Island, but that was okay as I discovered it wasn't a horse-drawn carriage. I was anticipating some good old, old fashioned horse carriages, but the picture advertising it depicted a giant bus-like thing drawn by horses, so I was disappointed without actually being disappointed. Instead I got to walk along the giant bridge-thing to the small island with big rocks and penguins that didn't show!
So there were a bunch of giant rocks at the top/one side of the island, and I really wanted to climb on the highest one but it was too slippery and I'm a chicken. So I stood on a mini-rock and had a fight and an argument with the wind - which was really, really strong. And I lost both! It stole my voice when I tried to shout at it, then it almost succeeded in toppling me multiple times. So I shouted "HELLO TO THE END OF THE WORLD" with the direction the wind was blowing, and I think it liked that. It was very exciting! So now I know why I like the sun: it's powerful and makes fun of me, but at least it's not a big meanie like the wind.
Aaaand an obligatory food post of a cute little bar called Proof which I have to go back to, mainly because they have lobster rolls with kewpie (!!!), snails, blood sausage + egg toasties, jamon iberico, house pickles and other assorted goodies! So all I have to show on my first visit is this mind-blowing chocolate mousse. It was extra dark chocolate mousse, topped with liquidy custardy stuff (I forgot what they called it), served in a cocktail glass. AMAZING. Well worth the $9!
It is a very classy bar. That Eleven card is what they gave me in exchange for holding my credit card ransom as I opted to open a tab for myself :D It was exciting because I've never done that before!!!
The Ephemery
Welcome to my dream word, The Ephemery.Lose yourself in time, in blurred reality;Live and re-live your life in pursuit of enlightenment…In no hope, the darkness consumes you;In freedom, the chaos releases you.All leads to end.
Sestina - "Tides"
Sestina – “Tides”
Stumbling awkwardly, reacting at reality,Fumbling in the stark darknesswhere the only guide is: the chime of timethe pain of flight through lifethe held breath of the gamble as we chance that danceThrough all that is eternal. Walk slowly, gain certainty through senses in the eternalRealms that render such resplendent reality.Walk slowly, with poise, confidence, then gracefully danceand dash with daring through the darkness,Weave, weft, warp in the loom that is lifeand ties into the threads of time. Rise high and fly – it is timeFor elation and euphoria of the experience in the eternalFlight of fleeting life.From lofty levels, look what is left in all reality,The harshness of darknessEntrances, one glance and the dance- What dance?Freeze the timeIn frigid darknessUnchanging eternal.This is the cold reality,Fragility of life. What is life,But a dancethrough realityand time:A journey of light through eternalDarkness. Embrace the darkness,Melt the soft snow, and let it breathe life.Embrace the ebb and flow of the eternal,Quick, slow – quick quick slow- and danceThe dance of timeEntwined with reality. Define the darkness to your dance,Tune your life to the tick of timeAnd eternal bliss becomes reality.