je deteste les examens

Taken on my macbook during PE.... not one of my better days, but hey, exams are over tomorrow!

Photographic pluses: warm light, happy me:)

ever-ascending

This is Simon. If you will remember Oliver, Simon is altogether quite different. He is quick, clever, and sometimes skittish. He is often rather lazy, but still frolics about after birds and such to pass the time. He does not like to have his picture take at all. Oliver loves it. The ham.

Photographic pluses: the colors are bright, the picture sharp. The cat's gaze is direct and his eyes are vividly green.

ay, to life itself

Photographic pluses: The light is warm and strong, the colors are vivid, and the shadows sharp.

"Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business."

Henry David Thoreau
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862)

what we were dreaming of

C'est moi!

Photographic pluses: the contrast is sharp, the light soft and melancholy, the framing simple.

to watch his woods fill up with snow

I'm going to be decadent and post TWO today:

Beautiful snow.

You know what is simply magical? The fact that the grass can live and execute photosynthesis and grow and what have you without any help from us. As such, the fact that we have to learn about their incredibly complicated and brilliant means of survival is completely pointless. They will continue to grow and flourish and whatever whether we know how and why they do it or not. And whether we do well on our ridiculous biology exam is completely immaterial to the little spring of grass there. So why take it? 

Photographic pluses: the light is bright on the snow/ice, so it sparkles. The picture is zoomed in close, so everything is very detailed. 

This was the reason for our two-hour delay.

Photographic pluses: interesting angle, soft light.

Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.

Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
US poet (1874 - 1963)

j'adore l'espagnol

It snows! It's beautiful, but I really need to have school tomorrow and not have to make up exams the next week. REALLY A WHOLE LOT. But it is pretty. 

Photographic pluses: the contrast between warm and cold light is stark, and the water/snow on the branches shines. 

you'll never have to be alone

Photographic pluses: I took it from down low, so the bookshelves fill the whole frame. Rose is looking up, and she looks excited. The light is warm and bright.

in your blue serge pants

Photographic pluses: the glass is reflective and has a warm color tint. The light is bright but soft. 

better stop before it goes too far

Photographic pluses: the light is warm, and it creates a beautiful silhouette. 

leaving me all at sea

The high today was below freezing. The world is hard and icy.

Photographic pluses: The colors are soft, but the flowers have a harsher contrast that makes them stand out. 

to grab pieces as they speed by

Photographic pluses: The colors are strong, and the reflections and overlaps add dimension.

no greater joy

This is Rose. 

Photographic pluses: The frame is filled with her face, and her expression is not posed. The colors are warm and light.

intended to teach us

This is Oliver. 

My mother considers him chronically obese, but I think he is just on the rotund side. He is a fascinating cat, who enjoys sleeping under stools and lying upside down, has fur on the bottom of his paws, which he frequently slips and slides on, and allows my sister to put doll clothes on him. 

The photographic pluses:

Nothing but the rug shows, so it looks uninterrupted. The green eyes are very clear and rich with color.

the age of miracles hadn't past

A foggy day. It was rather mournful. But not altogether horrible. I love the mystery of fog. It makes everything look foreign and exciting. 

what man has done man can do

C'est opera glasses. Men's. 

Opera glasses. Women's. 

Lovely, aren't they? The glasses, I mean. I was aiming at the whole "they don't make things that way anymore, what a time it was, little dalin'" sort of vibe. 

However, I googled them, and they still make pretty classy opera glasses. Roughly $100. Though they were all on sale. Not many people seem to be buying opera glasses.

Funny. 

glimpse of the blaze

My brother. While playing the Wii. It makes him rather cantankerous.

even when it isn't raining

My wellies!