Happy midsummer!

Ever-bloom

Today is the longest day of sunshine

All nature is blooming and glowing

in its summer's best

So am I

^^

Wedding under the stars

Pao & Karen

xxx

An invite was laying on the table for me this evening.

I knew inside it was no ordinary invite

And it wasn't.

I was momentarily teleported to be among the stars

A wedding invite that was a hand sewn book

Fit for a Queen.

Queen Karen.

How sweet she has found her King.

An intergalactic union takes place soon.

And I shall be there

Dressed to linger among the trees

&

Under the stars 

xxx

Father's Day

Kelvin Aik & son, Jovan

The show stealer in today's Sundaylife was - no, not the opening article on custom made rings, and nope, not the usually mind-blowing recommendations of Ms Tan Hseuh Yun, but. A family. 

A simple family with father, mother and son. Father, Kelvin Aik, is paraplegic, mother is an occupational therapist and son, Jovan, is a 2 year old. 

The pictures and narration were by Nuria Ling. And she did it beautifully. There was so much love permeating through the pictures - and this one just did it for me. A lot of humbling thoughts came through which is only what a brilliant article can evoke.

Celebrating the extraordinary fathers (and mothers) - including mine!

Do take a look yourself: Wheeling with Dad

Sunshine, freedom, and a little flower

"Just living is not enough,

one must have sunshine, freedom, and 

a little flower"

- Hans Christian Andersen

Buds & Blooms

There is hope in a bud,

realisation in a bloom :)

Meeting

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed"

 - Carl Gustav Jung

Le beau Jardin

Keep discovering :)

Tell me

I was having lunch at a huge table all to myself

and when I looked up, I saw this note.

It says:

Tell me about yourself -

Your struggles,

Your dreams,

Your telephone number!

Do tell me  :)

I should be so lucky

I came across this while book browsing. I can't recall the title and author (although I really ought to give due credit to this one) If only our math teacher made it this interesting for us. The lesson takeaway is?

Be lucky ^^

Glad that I am so!

When I look into your holiness

When I look into your holiness
When I gaze into your loveliness
When all things that surround
Become shadows in the light of You
When I found the joy of reaching your heart
When my will becomes enthralled in your love

I worship you
The reason I live is to worship you.

Evergreen

This is a place I keep falling in love with over and over again.

Heal your body, mind and spirit

Consider the fragility of a bloom

Rest together on a bench beside these flowers

There is always something new to discover

I want to keep discovering with you
Yes, with you

Insight into ♥

Have you ever wondered if it is possible to love someone you've never seen?

Insight

I have often wondered about it.

And today, I got the answer.

Got a link from P this morning
it's a heartwarming article on Cheil's Samsung Photo Exhibition.

Pictures were taken by blind students from Hanbit School.
I really like the pre-condition set by the principal.

Read it here

If the blind does not need to see to love,

neither do I :)

Faith

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

- Hebrews 11:1

Botanical gardens (night)

"Everything is blooming most recklessly,

if it were voices instead of colours,

there would be an unbelievable shrieking

into the heart of the night"

Rainer Maria Rilke

A place that is always magical.

Glowing last lights

Simply Good

There's a secret hidden inside this place.

It's called "Simply Bread"

Cluny Court

I love long windows

I love trees trying to peek in

Order:

Two Eggs Scrambled

With avocado side

+

Orange Pekoe Tea

Got any rivers?

Got any rivers you think are uncrossable?
Got any mountains you can't tunnel through?
God specialises in things thought impossible.
And does the things others cannot do.

Be lifted up

Everyone needs a lift, sometimes.

Take care P.

1 Peter 1:8

"Whom having not seen,
ye love;
in whom, though now ye see him not,
yet believing,
ye rejoice with joy unspeakable
and full of glory"

Peaches & Pink Guava

australian white fleshed momo

pink guava

I ♥ peaches and I cannot lie.

I could eat them all day and still want more.
And I got my parents hooked on it too :)

Supermarket is stocking pink guavas now,
they look like mini watermelons, do they not?

The flesh is soft and taste is rich.

Mmm..so good!

Alice in Wonderland

The quirky Yayoi Kusama has collaborated with Penguin to come up with her illustrations for Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland"

I really love those spots and dots and how well they come together!

Coming out twenty-fifth april twenty-twelve!

Stills from here via Blackeffiel