Sometimes when the days get dark and cold and your life is overfloating with things you need to do maybe all you should be doing is turn off the lights, light some candles and sit in your bed or on the floor while having a glass of wine and dream about your future - which is closer by than you might realize.

 

And look forward to Christmas.

 

Autumn

I haven't posted anything on this blog in a really long time now. And I have to admit that I've sort of missed it. But what can I say, I'm a busy person. There are too many things in this world trying to control me. Too many demanding things. Or maybe not too many, just many. They can't be too many because I have the power to choose most of those things, and I won't let too many things control me. No more than I can handle, anyway.

 

What have I been up to lately? Welcoming the autumn, of course. Welcoming the autumn by doing ordinary autumn things. Like reading Voltaire's Candide Ou L'optimiste, catching up on the latest Neighbours episodes, drinking way too much tea and coffee, (not) party, hunt animals for warm winter clothes, watch more Neighbours, catch up on political stuff that I don't really understand...and so on. And also rebuilding my igloo for the winter (yes, here in Iceland we actually live in igloos - unfortunately, they always melt in the summer. But what'yo gonna do 'bout it? Start from scratch and build a new one, of course). And while doing all that, I also make time to watch Neighbours once in a while.

 

These photographs are from around this time last year. I took them myself and I'm quite proud of them. I think they're pretty, and I didn't retouch them at all - they're all natural.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is your favorite thing about autumn?

Have you started looking forward to Christmas yet? I haven't (yet).

Flora

Brooke Fraser - Saving the world

"Expect problems and eat them for breakfast"

People say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It's even supposed to help us prevent getting heart disease. It also makes us happier and gives us the energy we need to start the day. I like to agree with these people, because I love breakfast. I usually wake up extra early to cut down some fruits and make tea. Then I sit in my bed and enjoy eating over a good book or my computer - or just looking at the lovely trees and weather outside, with the lovely tunes of my favorite artists in my ears.

My favorite fruits to have with my breakfast are melons and mango. The other day I had watermelon. Today I had cantelope melon. I love the sweet, fresh taste of fruit in my mouth. It feels like summer. It feels like the sun shining inside me, even if it's raining outside. And the natural sugars give me a great kick into the day ahead. It truly does.

Today I woke up early. I slid into an oversized t-shirt and went to the kitchen. The sun welcomed me with it's bright light, shining through the numerous windows all around my livingroom and kitchen area. I put the cattle on and while waiting for the water to boil, I went out to the balcony. There's nothing better than feeling the warmth of the sun on your body. It tickled my nose too.

You can never really expect to have a great and flawless day. But it's great to know that no matter what, you can always have a great start of the day. And that gives you hope for the rest of  the day to be great too. It gives you a posisitve outlook on the tasks ahead. No matter what, you'll always have breakfast. Even if it's just a cup of coffee and a banana. The first thing I eat every single morning is a banana. No exceptions. Except if we forgot to buy bananas. That's an extremely unlikely situation. I can't even believe I thought of it.

My genious brothers even wrote my name on the last banana. They know who it belongs to.

Have a lovely day, and an even better breakfast.

Paris: Versailles

My dream came true when I got to go to Versailles while we were in Paris. It was beautiful. Very large and a lot of gold. And quite old too. It was amazing. Especially the gardens outside.