#223: Red flowers
‘In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.’ – Okakura Kakuzō, The Book Of Tea
Category: The Other Livvy
#222: Wenlock
‘Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn’t bedone, all it takes is an imagination.’ – Michael Phelps, USA gold medalist in swimming Another photo from London 2012…
#221: 10 Things I Hate About You
‘I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stareI hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me… Continue reading #221: 10 Things I Hate About You
#220: Numbers
‘He loved numbers, their patterns and secrets, the way something complex could be reduced to something simple. In mathematics, unlike life, there was always a solution, a definite answer.’ – Lisa Kleypas, Scandal in Spring
#219: Flower
‘I love you like the plant that does not bloom and carries in itself, hidden, the light of those flowers,’ – Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
#218: Olympic rings
‘This ability to conquer oneself is no doubt the most precious of all things sports bestows.’ – Olga Korbut Photo taken at Tower Bridge in 2012. Safe to say that I am *super* excited about the next 2 weeks…!
#217: Camel
‘I want to spit back at a camel and ask him what he’s so sour about.’ – Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
#216: Greyfriars Bobby
‘Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks.’ – Roger A. Caras A statue of the famous dog that I saw on a trip to Edinburgh roughly this time last year…
#215: Cottage
‘I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them…I advise everybody who is going to build, to build a cottage.’ – Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
#214: Harrods
‘The idea of a slow approach to the luxury of leisure drove him wild.’ – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Offshore Pirate