oh what a day

snow! and lots of it!! how to celebrate??

waiting for spring, but these snowy days are the best winter days yet!

 

“Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.“

some shovel and others take pictures (and record history)

this cute couple with the pink umbrella caught my eye

“Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart“

Victor Hugo

my flickr addiction

never fails to brighten my mornings

sunday morning thought

"Education is a wonderful thing, provided you always remember that nothing worth knowing can ever be taught."

oh oscar wilde, you were a genius

 If today was your last day and tomorrow was too late

 Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
 Would you live each moment like your last?
 Leave old pictures in the past?

 Donate every dime you had?

And would you call those friends you never see?
Reminisce old memories?
Would you forgive your enemies?
And would you find that one you're dreaming of?
Swear up and down to God above
That you'd finally fall in love if today was your last day?
If today was your last day...
could you say goodbye to yesterday?

 _________

I can't help but think that i've changed over the past few years.. i've put up too many walls around me, because every time i let someone in, my own vulnerability consumes me. i wish other people's opinions and actions didn't affect me so much. i remember people who have come and gone, and i wonder what has become of them... i want to be friends with those whom i've lost contact with, some have shown me how to love and to live and to be carefree. maybe if i had the chance to go back in time i would do things differently. what would've happened if i had made different choices? what if? what if i hadn't broken up with an ex boyfriend, what if i tried harder to keep that childhood best friend, what if i knew back then what i found out too late?

scenes from my city

this has been pretty much the story of my life

Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray


Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I'd pray
I could break away


I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I loved
I'll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away


Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jetplane
Far away
And break away


Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging with revolving doors
Maybe I don’t know where they’ll take me
Gotta keep movin on movin on
Fly away
Break away


Break away
Break away

Humans, not so humane

http://abcnews.go.com/video/video?id=9671990

it's amazing that this stuff goes down on a regular basis, even at some of the most reputable farms. disturbing and extremely cruel

i think that sometimes, no matter how rational our thoughts are, we need to be reminded that we're fine just the way we are. on those days when we make all the wrong decisions and say all the wrong things, on bad hair/skin/outfit/weather/whatever days, and just plain bad days, it's easy to lose sight of ourselves and of what actually matters. so be glad for the good times and laugh off the bad times because life's sweet and the best is still yet to come

city in motion

will it ever cease to amaze? I don't think that's possible. last night I was taken aback by a bright and clear view of the Manhattan skyline from the BQE, so I just had to take a picture.. but with the car in motion and a far from perfect camera on hand, this picture is simply just a symbol

people are transient, art is timeless