"I'm like a princess in a castle high,
waiting for a kiss to bring me back to life
but i don't want to spend my time
waiting for just another guy."

I know I'm still young but something that's been occurring to me more and more recently- in a real, not clichéd, way- is that life is short. My son is growing up fast, my college career flew by in a blur, and as amazingly youthful as I still am!;) - for some reason bed time at 9 p.m. has become a luxury in my busy little life. When did that happen? And despite the fact that my life has enough activity to fill the hours between 6 a.m. and midnight with me still not getting everything done I need to, let alone want to, I still live with that young-adult feeling that life hasn't truly begun and there's something imminent around the corner that will jump-start my real adult life. I don't want to look back at 30 and realise I spent my 20's waiting instead of living. Obviously early parenthood followed by late education has postponed the "natural" course of life events and I'm not near to being settled in my vocation. But as John Lennon said, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." And as Sheryl Crow said, "It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you got." That's enough quotage for one post, but my point is I have future plans to make and look forward to but I need to not live my life like there's this hole waiting to be filled. And I need to not just treat each day like one long to-do list and enjoy the irreplaceable and fleeting moments. And maybe sometimes, go to bed at 9. The dishes will be there in the morning...

if only kisses blown to you
would greet your lips,
while whispered words by wind
embrace your ear,
if you can't be close enough for me to kiss
may you always be in tune enough to hear
that i love you...















(hope a little harder♬)

I'm decorating for fall in my house,
listening to A Fine Frenzy and brewing cider in the kitchen.

Perfection.


Anyway, I hope you're enjoying this night... or day, wherever you are:)

My favourite season?

A U T U M N

It might be a little premature, but I'm declaring that the season has begun!

I grew up in a place that is predominantly forestland so I adore trees and leaves and when better to do so than when they're all orange and red and yellow and BEAUTIFUL?!

Things I love about Autumn:

Scarves like this one

Boots! Wellingtons, ankle boots, knee-high boots ~ whatever!
(If you know where to find any like these, let me know)


Adorable coats like this double-breasted one from Forever 21

Knitted hats

The decor like these cute pumpkins... I might do some like these this year...

...and soft lighting against the darkened sky.
I have these orange/brown flower lights in my window that I put up one year for my autumn decorating (yes, I decorate kinda like one would for Christmas- pictures to come!) and left them there because it makes me feel cozy to curl up on my couch at night and see them illuminating from the dining room.

Making treats like cookies...

...sweet potatoes (which I made today and the whole house smelled nutmeg/cinnamony and delicious!)

...candied apples...

...and caramel apple cider, which is great for my perpetually scratchy throat.
(sorry, I'm not a tea-drinker)

And the fact that the earth is coated in a beautiful bed of crunchy, splendiferous, beauteous-ness!


Belle and Sebastian have that chill, autumnal mood and I've been listening to them today. Here's a fav...

Another good song is Blackbirds in Autumn by Scatteredtrees,
which is in the playlist to your left.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!:)

in case you haven't noticed, i like sharing music with you, blog world. 'music is my boyfriend' is my most used tag in my posts. i've tried to add a playlist to this blog a few times and it kept not working. now, i got it to work! so, a lot of the songs i've featured in my posts are in there plus a few others. i will, no doubt, add to it with time. enjoy!

bend me like an Origami crane.
make me something beautiful;
i'm just paper without pain.