The Garden Party

Here I am embracing the most perfect time of the year: :)

«The white rabbit digging a hole for Alice»

«a beautiful temple in the middle of the trees»

«the cutest animal ever...right there, in the nature, free»

«I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree (...) And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow» W. B. Yeats

«peacock´s day»

«the road taken»

«Her perfume reaches you...Eventually you'll fall for her

Down you'll go,
to where the mellow wallows» Kate Bush

«love»

«the golden-eye daisies»

«cherry blossom»

«given to fly»

«And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom» Anais Nin

«room for life»

These pictures were inspired by one special song: Avril 14th - Aphex Twin

In the warming room

«this is one of the views from the library of the university»

«the dollhouse»

«what a nice place to have breakfast during summertime»

«the beautiful tree»

I feel great when i turn off my mind during times like these just to watch this house. It´s just in front the library of my university and it is so pretty that i imagine myself living there everyday.

Posy.

«Posy»

So, by accident, i just found a blog that makes me feel head over heels for it.

I would say that her life and her pictures beautifully represent a kind of life that everyone dreams about. At least, it is what i see myself doing! :)

I love the fact that she keeps recording everything of her daily life in photos, including her handmade jobs, pics of her family, her job (as a school teacher), some facts of her past, her childhood and so on.

It is truly nice to read it when you want new and good ideas for your life!

Falling.

The cold is finally getting here together with the high and strong winds of November.

Although i find this very fascinating, i can´t wait to see my dears in my hometown again.

But at the same time i am so nervous. I don´t know what i can expect, because it´s the first time i´ve been so long away from home. I wish i could have more time there to divide myself to everybody, but i am afraid it´s not gonna be possible.

The one that i really want to be with is my beloved 14-year-old cat, who is actually very sick...this makes me very sad, because she´s like my own skin, a part of me.

Until there, in fifteen days, i will try to enjoy my friends here as much as i can, because i´m coming back only in January and stay here for another long time.

Johnny & Kate

found!

I totally fell head over feet with this pic.

How gorgeous were these two?

A room of one´s own.

I dream about a house in many colours. I believe my life dreams about colours. All of them, actually.

Since I was 15 i dreamed about having my own place - space. A room just for myself, where i could feel apart from the world outside for some moments. But i keep wondering: why is it so difficult to "conquer" our own space? This is an old time question. Virgina Woolf once talked about it, in 1929, in her famous essay A Room of One´s Own: "(...)a woman must have money and a room of her own if she wants to write fiction".

What Virginia Woof said about it is basically that everybody (in this specific case, the women) needs independency and a space to do what they want.

My case does not stand to writing fiction, but about one having his/her own space, to do whatever they want. I feel that this quote, however, fits very well in every situation. Just change "writing fiction" to "do something you love, in a space you love".

More than never i realized how much home means one´s identity. It doesn´t matter where you live or where you are. Everyone needs a place-space to "feel at home". It gets even more important if you live in cold weather places, where you spend most of your time at home.

Well, lately, in my life, i´ve been changing places a lot. First, from my mother´s house to my boyfriend´s house; then, to our own apartment and then to our room (residence hall) in Porto.

Living in this room is quite nice, although is just a room and a bathroom (and it´s warm enough during the winter!). But, it´s basically a room, and, unfortunately, you are not allowed to make any changes in this space.

As we grow older, all we keep thinking is settling down. And i don´t mean only getting married and having babies, but most important: having our own space in some place.

These pics are truly an inspiration for the time when i finally get a real home:

This is a nice place to read a book, have a cup of hot coco, talk to friends or listen to music:

I see myself having sweet dreams in a room like this one:

I could spend days and days in this home office:

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