Thursday, 31 March 2011

Be Silly!

"This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four."
(Quote by Mark Twain, 1894)


I completely agree with that quote! So today is April Fool's Day and I'm busily finding stuff for my costume. Right now I've found a suit jacket, a shirt, black jeans and brogues. Doesn't sound very interesting but then I add a pipe, magnifying glass and then, wait for it, a deerstalker! 'Can you guess what it is yet'? ;) 






That's right I'm being Sherlock Holmes on April Fool's Day! Did you dress for April Fool's and what was it? Comment below! :)




Nell x

Monday, 21 March 2011

The Circus

Ladies and gentlemen,
Boys and girls,
Step right up, step right up.
Come closer, you won't believe your eyes,
Behind this curtain,
Witness something you've never seen before,
Heard before, dreamt before,
The most amazing show on earth!



I saw the trailer for 'Water for Elephants' yesterday and it looks soo good! There's something about circuses that seem so other-worldly if that makes sense. Also the trailer reminded me a little of 'Big Fish' which is one of my favourite movies. :)





I hope that the next post will be longer so until next time,


Nell x

Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Little Folk

Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren't go a-hunting 
For fear of little men;
Wee folk, good folk,
Trooping altogether;
Green jacket, red cap, 
And white owl's feather!

'The Fairies' by William Allingham

It is one of my absolute favourite poems.


- Artwork by John Bauer - 

Until next time,

Nell x

Thursday, 10 March 2011

When we were Young

When I was One,
I had just begun.
When I was Two,
I was nearly new.
When I was Three,
It was hardly me.
When I was Four,
I was not much more.
When I was Five,
I was just alive.
But now I am Six,
I'm as clever as clever,
So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.


By A.A Milne

Nell x

You're never fully dressed without a smile


Smiling is infectious,
You can catch it like the flu.
Someone smiled at me today,
And I started smiling too. 
:)

Happy wanderings,
Nell x

Sunday, 6 March 2011

A Childhood Wish

"So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land!"




I believe in fairies.

Nell x

Saturday, 5 March 2011

In the Month of Madness

"Have I gone mad?" asked the Hatter. His expression was tragic as if his mind had been stretched to breaking point. Calmly Alice put her hands on either side of his worried face and in a reassuring voice answered.

"I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers but I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are."

The Hatter smiled, his large green eyes united with their spark of eccentricity once again. 


Right now I know how the Hatter feels...being different to everyone else that I know hurts sometimes but this quote is a reminder that being different isn't always a longterm curse and has it's advantages. Besides I'd rather be the Mad Hatter then a playing card any day! 

This post is for my oldest, truest and bestest friend in the world! Thank you for your crazy ways, wit and sense of humour which have provided so much fun over the years! Thank you for all those camping adventures, spaceship flights and trips to Hogwarts! 

Nell x

Wednesday, 2 March 2011

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: The Amazons


They were an army of Amazons: tall, striking and fierce. Their long hair was tied sharply behind their ears in a manner that extenuated their sharp cheek bones and bright red lips. Yellows, browns and reds all mingled together like autumn leaves on a breeze. They had been dressed in identical tailored black suit jackets with strange black leotards beneath and high, black heels on their long, lean feet. Their expressions were sphinx-like as they towered above their admirers. With an otherworldly air they followed their leader, the tallest of them all, to the end of the raised path: the catwalk.

They certainly looked feline with their eyes outlined heavily in kohl, the ends of the black war paint tailed away towards their elfin ears. The kohl seemed to distort the natural shapes of their eyes, forcing the pupils to narrow, the lids to come closer and the whites to lengthen in an animalistic way. Their mouths had been painted a poisonous-looking red and worn in a defiant, haughty style. Their whole presence echoed of chicness, of something no other women on Earth could ever achieve. Their walk was a walk of confidence with their angular hips out, shoulders back and legs straight. Music boomed like tribal drums into the ears of their admirers and the women stalked down the black, lacquered pathway past the flashes of cameras and the awed gasps of the people below them. Their leader reached the end of the walk and struck the pre-arranged pose. Like a signal in battle her soldiers stopped behind her and struck the same pose. The effect was astounding: the audience went wild and the cameras flashed blindingly out of the darkness. No emotion escaped the leader’s arresting face. This was their territory and at her feet was their pray. The leader turned on her heels leaving behind her a bewitched world staring, mesmerised, at her swiftly retreating back. The spell had been cast…


Another experimental story about a picture from weheartit.

Happy wanderings,

Nell x