"Wir Schwestern zwei, wir schönen, wir schönen.."

Today I attended a friend's opera recital, and it was absolutely beautiful! I find it hard to believe that such a voice could come out of her cute little face, haha. x She performed this song with another talented girl, and now it's become a bit of an obsession of mine:

Johannes Brahms, Die Schwestern (Op. 61, No. 1)

My friend also hugged me four times, and was super excited to see me! (Which kind of surprised me a little). We only ever really saw each other for Russian class, and now that she's finished her Russian minor, I don't really see her anymore. We aren't best friends or anything..but I felt like I was a little friend-acquaintance who showed up and I feel like it meant a lot to her, even if we aren't very close. I don't know, maybe I'm just imagining it or thinking too much about it, but either way it just felt really nice. x

My cameras have been temperamental lately, the batteries keep bursting out of one and the other doesn't want to have nice lighting and also blurs every photo..but! Luckily I like black and white blurry portraits, I get to make ghosts out of people.

Myself and Timothy.

(There were pictures that looked more ghost-like which I love, but he was getting dressed and I don't think he'd like them all over the interwebs, even if there's nothing inappropriate about them).

Anywho, I hope February is good to you! Ta-ta!

xx

2014 reading list!

Happy New Year's Everyone! 

It's a new year, so I spent my last day of 2013 planning my reading list:

 

 

 

 

Since I won't be going to Russia this summer like I had hoped, I think I'm allowed to spend my Christmas money on some of these lovely books (I'm very excited!). There's a few by Haruki Murakami; I've never read him, but I have this feeling I might like him a lot. 

You can find my goodreads account here, if you'd like to see more of my reading interests.

I hope you make the new year as kind as can be! Be soft and let go of your bitterness. Just warm up a bit, and love. x

Holiday Hullabaloo

So much has happened this past week or so, so I'll try not to make this too long..

I found a vintage Velvet tobacco tin for my sister, an almost-antique sketchbook of Washington Irving (the author of Sleepy Hollow, I believe), and then I crocheted a few coasters for Timothy and his brother for their apartment! (I know it's a basic granny-square, but for some reason I have a hard time with these sometimes).

I also crocheted a scarf/headband/turban using this pattern! I used the wrong kind of yarn I think, so it doesn't look exactly like the picture..but it's so warm and cozy and I'm very proud of it!

My sister has also been doing my hair a lot this break, and this is one of the few hairstyles I've had. I don't know what she did, but all I know is it's got a fishtail braid in it.

(And this is my baby Ginger, sleeping by the Christmas tree). x

Timothy's gift to me this year was a trip to Asheville, in the mountains! We went to the arboretum (they had a few flowers and a lego sculpture exhibit) and puttered around downtown for a little bit (there was a bookstore that also sold wines and champagnes! It was magical). We didn't have time to see Chimney Rock or the Biltmore mansion-castle, but we had tons of fun getting lost everywhere. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the trip:

(photos from the arboretum)

(downtown)

(He fell asleep at the hotel, you turn off the lights and he goes out with them!)

I have a bunch more, but I think I should stop before I get carried away.. Hope you all have a wonderful new year's! x