I have had a wonderful week! On Tuesday, my Art History class (full of some of my dearest friends) walked around Coolidge Park. The weather was gorgeous and the poppies Alyssa picked for me were even prettier. Friday was Lake Winnie day! It was very fun. I love amusement parks, they're so colorful when their lights are turned on. Someday soon, I'll write about something that's interesting =)

I'll love you forever Wade...

My gorgeous uke.
"Classic Emily Face"-according to Jenny
Adorableness in a hat!

Those pictures are from the last day of co-op! I'm very glad that chapter of my life is over! At this very moment, I'm chatting with Jenny...I am so glad we're friends!

Now to explain the title... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Dz6JiaOtM&feature=PlayList&p=5B24FAD3C8DC7F02&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=19

That is Wade Johnston. Although he is NOT the strongest singer...his lyrics are adorable. And he's very pretty himself. And he's a wicked beast at the Ukulele...yay!

I would love to live here....

This is a lonely chimney I found in Georgia. I love it. If it could speak, it would have lovely stories to tell...
I love daisies. They're so simple.
My future house? We'll see.
I love how it's just sitting there, untouched...

Do you realize...summer's coming! I canNOT wait. Then I can just play my harp and frolic in the sun for hours and hours on end... Have a wonderful thursday!

Zyrtec...no thanks

I love pastels!
When I'm bored...I create!
Such gorgeous colors!


I took some annoying allergy medicine today. It made me sleepy and irritable. I'm hoping tomorrow's better. Oh, also, while driving home, I almost hit a tree. Yay! I'm off to go sleep...and dream about the summer days to come.

If you need me, I will run to you...

I've been wishing on lots of dandelions lately, especially since my yard is full of them.

I love how this one is out of focus. It's like the viewer is unsure whether the wish will come true or not.


James Yuill-my new favorite music. He's so good. He's classified as electronica folk...I think. Weird but amazing. Sunday was a good day. I got to catch up with an old friend who just graduated from college! Slowly, but surely, we're all growing up! *gasp* I need a summer job...bad...
I am too ambitious for my budget =) I have a weird ache in my head and my stomach. I think I need an ibuprofen and food. Have a lovely night =)


Em

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,

On May day (yesterday) I went out in the pouring rain and took pictures of flowers...
Yay for editing! I do love peonies!


This one is actually from the aquarium....


It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way-in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only." That is the famous opening of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. My mom has made me read a lot of good books in my lifetime, but I really appreciated her making me read this one. The whole message of this book is Redemption. The heroine's father is "Recalled to Life" and the unsuspected hero gives purpose to his life by sacrificing it. The recurring thought in this broken man's mind is "Am am the Resurrection and the Life, saidth the Lord: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die." The man faces death fearlessly, knowing that, though his life was sinful and broken, though he wallowed in his current status and could never raise himself to anything better, he would LIVE in Christ. I love that so much. I would recommend this to EVERYONE to read. It's quite a page-turner. I couldn't put it down until the wee hours of the morning for three nights in a row. The ending isn't completely happy, but it's completely uplifting and inspiring-closing with this statement (the man talking about his sacrifice)- "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to that I have EVER known." *sigh* what a gooood book!

plants

Yesterday my dad and I went to a garden and art show. We bought two tomatoe plants, a bell pepper, banana pepper, some pretty flowers, and these plants called cobwebs that are really cool. My dad picked out a neat tree I had never seen before. It's called a smoke tree, it has pretty red/purple leaves and when it blooms white flowers come out of the top like smoke! A nice old lady gave me a jade plant too.

When we got home I planted them! I can't wait for the flowers and cobwebs to spread all over out rock wall and for the tomatoes to come. They are one of my favorite fruits

The picture is of a cobweb not the kind I planted but an actual one from a spider. What is the difference between a spiderweb and a cobweb?