Telegrams from Tuesday

A weekly post for OhmySkye! Dedicated to my favorite little puppy and the half-price watercolors I bought the other day that have kept me company all weekend.

So late tonight because I've been busy with this little lady and a broken boyfriend -puppies and sprained ankles make any day more difficult, but I wouldn't trade these two for the whole world. Expect an outfit post in the next few days and my birthday is on Saturday! so I'll be gone this weekend. The Emily Dickinson poem can be found here. XO.

Sometimes I'm Scholarly

     Our date last week was joyful- we stopped at Starbucks for a cafe mocha and a frappuccino for the boy and then drove to a park to stargaze. With our new-found astronomy knowledge thanks to our lab, we located Orion, the Pleiades, and others that I forget because, well honestly, it was really cold and we had Miss Pip with us. I would have loved to have actually taken pictures, but again, it was really cold. And dark. And did I mention it was cold? We snuggled for a bit and then headed home to chose this weeks date: Visit the Cummer Museum and Gardens! Except now we may have to reschedule because this week has gotten quite busy. I'd like to be able to make a picture-heavy, thoughtful post for every date, but sometimes life just gets in the way. (But isn't this what it's all about? Making sure we have such a wonderful time in real life, together?)

     Anyway, I wanted to post a link to another blog I'm contributing to for my Placing American Lit class. Our focus is on ecocritism and the environment in, as the book title so perfectly says "environmental writing since Thoreau." My first post is about our Week Three date! Click here! Go forth and read! The other authors are all students and their work is nicely done. Hope you find this interesting and informational. Here's a picture of Pippa to make you smile in case you think ecocritism sounds boring:

One ear sticks straight up, but the other hasn't popped up yet!

Now to finally make dinner... XO.

Week Two of the "52 Dates of 2012"

Build a fort and read stories with a flashlight. 

Cuddling and reading Child of Faerie, Child of Earth

     Our second weekend of Twenty-Twelve and our first date jar pick was a success! We had some tea for breakfast, looked at English Major Armadillo memes, and then commenced the fort building. We read poems and a story and just cuddled for a little bit. A very nice Sunday morning, if I do say so myself.
     Pippa even joined us and cuddled, then proceeded to eat our Date Jar after we had picked out next weeks date.

Date jar and Miss Pippa

Next week!

     Next week (Week Three): Find a pretty park in the city. We may use our astronomy assignment/date on Saturday as this one, since we'll be going out to the middle of nowhere for a dark sky observation. We haven't decided yet, but I'm excited either way.
     Also, slightly unrelated, we made an ah-may-zing meal last night. Pesto pasta with fresh baguette and lemon parsley tilapia. It was... so good, I can't even describe how good it was in words. Maybe just "mmmmm" and "yummmm" and "Oh my gosh I'm so full but I want more!" Definitely something we're going to put on our menu again and again.

So delicious!

     I (only sort of) apologize for making you drool. I can't top it tonight, so we may just be eating soup and cereal and normal college kid food tonight. We're also going to go out and see Beauty and the Beast 3D in theaters tonight (!) and I cannot wait. I've been singing all day today. That's after watching football though, which is coming on in a bit. All in all, it's a really good Sunday, and we have tomorrow off, too! XO.

Let the Wild Rumpus Begin!

Where the Wild Things Are- Maurice Sendak

I'm on a sort of Maurice Sendak love-kick at the moment. The boyfriend is out for the night (official rugby business aka it's his 21st birthday) and I've got lots of time alone in my big bed to read picture books and google all kinds of amazing-ness. In my Illustrated Book class, which I'm loving, we talked about a few Maurice Sendak books today; "Dear Mili", "In the Dumps With Jack and Guy", and partially "Where The Wild Things Are". And it took me till the end of the day to realize how much I abso-positive-lutely adore Sendak and his works. "Dear Mili" is so touching and heart-wrenching. "In The Dumps" makes you really think, something you don't expect from a children's book. "Where the Wild Things Are" is just well, amazing. And on top of this list I have to add a little gem I found years ago at a Goodwill- "Pierre- A Cautionary Tale". 

Pierre- Maurice Sendak

This book is so adorable, you wouldn't even believe anything could be this precious. It's teeny tiny and very sweet, and it has a special place on my bookshelf.

Dear Mili- Maurice Sendak (It's out of print but please please find it and read it, it's wonderful and the pictures are gorgeous.)

I guess what this post is really about is my absolute adoration for anything Sendak does. His spunk and disregard of the rules make me love him even more. I'll leave you with this quote to brighten your day:

"Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children's letters - sometimes very hastily - but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, "Dear Jim: I loved your card." Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, "Jim loved your card so much he ate it." That to me was one of the highest compliments I've ever received. He didn't care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it." - Maurice Sendak

And that my dears, is why Maurice Sendak renews my faith in children and our humanity. XO.