HAD I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
W.B. Yeats (1865–1939)
"He Wishes For the Cloths of Heaven"
from The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Dr. Seuss - How Did It Get So Late So Soon?
How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before
it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the
time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
Theodor Geisel
also known as Dr. Seuss
It's night before
it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the
time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
Theodor Geisel
also known as Dr. Seuss
The Answer
Well done to Dermo, the 'poem' below is actually from an Apple ad from 1997! I was surprised when I read that at at first because, well it was quite a skillful poem. I expected some comments about me being crazy...but...thanks for not writing that, people!
I think I'm going to post more poems because I found a good site that has a handful of really nice ones.
I think I'm going to post more poems because I found a good site that has a handful of really nice ones.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Task for today...
Do you know where the quote below came from? Leave me a comment if you do. Warning: be prepared to be branded a geek if you know the answer! All will be revealed in a few days time!
Monday, June 26, 2006
Here's to the Crazy Ones
Here's to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels.
The troublemakers. The round
pegs in the square holes - the
ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules and
they have no respect for
the status quo. You can praise
them, disagree with them,
quote them, disbelieve them,
glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing that you
can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
The misfits. The rebels.
The troublemakers. The round
pegs in the square holes - the
ones who see things differently.
They're not fond of rules and
they have no respect for
the status quo. You can praise
them, disagree with them,
quote them, disbelieve them,
glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing that you
can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Cute...
I hope Karen doesn't mind me stealing this and putting it up here! I just thought it was really sweet and a cool picture! I think it's an ad for converse or something!
Friday, June 16, 2006
Paris Photos
Well, our Flickr account is now up and running. So for Paris photos click on this link: www.flickr.com/photos/paris2006/
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Well I've finally mustered the energy to recount some things from Paris - I'm off work sick today (I know it sounds suspicious since I'm only back from my holidays, but I really am, I almost threw up in the shower!!). Some highlights from our trip:
Brian who wanted us to spend an hour in the park with him (we didn't by the way)
Antonio who made fun of my french but he said my name nice so he's forgiven
The old man on the train who was a source of all knowledge, showing us where Diana had her accident etc, but who then told us to 'have lots of white children' :-?
Our friends from America/Mexico who said we were the first girls they had met who didn't like to go clubbing
Sudden gusts of wind at Versailles which almost blew up my skirt - it took three of us to hold it down!!
Ok they were the funnies, now for some of my favourite places:
Versailles/Palace of Versailles. If you are in Paris for any more than a few days you HAVE to go here. The house is amazing (where the Treaty of Versailles was signed) but the gardens are the best. Versailles itself is also nice although we didn't see much of it. It takes a whole day but it's so worth it!
The top of the Eiffel Tower. I didn't like the journey on the lift much but the top was great, espcially the view. I don't understand why people propose up there though (aparently Tom Cruise did), I didn't find it that romantic, it was quite industrial looking! Romantic would be a cruise on the Seine (which we also did and it was fab too!)
The Metro. It's fantastic and so easy to use. We are now experts having taken at least two journeys a day so if you want to know how to use it, just ask me, Gayle or Lisa!
The Hobby Horses at Sacre Couer, they were just so old, and double-decker too!
Galleries Lafayette: our local department store was amazing. My favourite shop of all time, I spent most of my money there! To be honest our wee area (the Opera) was much better for shopping than the Champs Elysees (although you still have to go there for the experience). The Champs Elysees mainly consisted of cafes, car shops, cinemas, at the most 5 designer shops and about 6 or 7 shops like Virgin Megastores and Gap.
My other favourite shop was Sephora, a wee perfume/makeup/bodycare shop. When I say wee, it was actually massive (at least the Champs Elysee one was) and they sold every brand even Stila and such, but their own brand was the best, very reasonable as well!
Where I didn't like:
The restaurant where we ate on Sunday night, Lisa's chicken had blood in it and the waiter was very rude. I can't quite remember the name but I'll tell you where it is if you're going to Paris - avoid it like the plague!
Climbing up to the dome of the Sacre Couer. Don't attempt if you dislike any of the following: narrow enclosed spaces, winding staircases, dark places, dusty places, grafitti, spiders. To be fair i didn't actually see any spiders but it will be your constant thought if you are scared of them. I almost had a panic attack on the way up i think, and the stairs just kept going up and up! The view from the top was good and I took the time to recover and take some photos before running back down!!
Brian who wanted us to spend an hour in the park with him (we didn't by the way)
Antonio who made fun of my french but he said my name nice so he's forgiven
The old man on the train who was a source of all knowledge, showing us where Diana had her accident etc, but who then told us to 'have lots of white children' :-?
Our friends from America/Mexico who said we were the first girls they had met who didn't like to go clubbing
Sudden gusts of wind at Versailles which almost blew up my skirt - it took three of us to hold it down!!
Ok they were the funnies, now for some of my favourite places:
Versailles/Palace of Versailles. If you are in Paris for any more than a few days you HAVE to go here. The house is amazing (where the Treaty of Versailles was signed) but the gardens are the best. Versailles itself is also nice although we didn't see much of it. It takes a whole day but it's so worth it!
The top of the Eiffel Tower. I didn't like the journey on the lift much but the top was great, espcially the view. I don't understand why people propose up there though (aparently Tom Cruise did), I didn't find it that romantic, it was quite industrial looking! Romantic would be a cruise on the Seine (which we also did and it was fab too!)
The Metro. It's fantastic and so easy to use. We are now experts having taken at least two journeys a day so if you want to know how to use it, just ask me, Gayle or Lisa!
The Hobby Horses at Sacre Couer, they were just so old, and double-decker too!
Galleries Lafayette: our local department store was amazing. My favourite shop of all time, I spent most of my money there! To be honest our wee area (the Opera) was much better for shopping than the Champs Elysees (although you still have to go there for the experience). The Champs Elysees mainly consisted of cafes, car shops, cinemas, at the most 5 designer shops and about 6 or 7 shops like Virgin Megastores and Gap.
My other favourite shop was Sephora, a wee perfume/makeup/bodycare shop. When I say wee, it was actually massive (at least the Champs Elysee one was) and they sold every brand even Stila and such, but their own brand was the best, very reasonable as well!
Where I didn't like:
The restaurant where we ate on Sunday night, Lisa's chicken had blood in it and the waiter was very rude. I can't quite remember the name but I'll tell you where it is if you're going to Paris - avoid it like the plague!
Climbing up to the dome of the Sacre Couer. Don't attempt if you dislike any of the following: narrow enclosed spaces, winding staircases, dark places, dusty places, grafitti, spiders. To be fair i didn't actually see any spiders but it will be your constant thought if you are scared of them. I almost had a panic attack on the way up i think, and the stairs just kept going up and up! The view from the top was good and I took the time to recover and take some photos before running back down!!
Flickr address
Ok, we've got a flickr address (there's nothing on it yet so don't be rushing to check it!!). But when we do post our photos the address will be: www.flickr.com/photos/paris2006
Our Fantastic Holiday
I just got home from Paris yesterday, it was amazing! There's too much really to write about in my blog but I'm sure I'll tell you all about it when I'm talking to you! The plan is to put all our photos together and create a joint flickr site about our Paris trip (with captions!), so I will let you know when that's up and running. I'll put a wee taster photo up here tho!
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Bushmills Photos
Ok, so this is actually being posted on 14 June but just to keep things in chronological order (that's a big word for my blog!) AND SO THE PARIS STUFF GETS AT THE TOP, I put this date on it!! So here we go, the photos from our wee birthday North Coast trip:
You might not be able to see it but I'm wearing the sparkly thing from our icecream in my hair! This was saturday night in Morellis, was far too cold and windy to go near a beach!!
I really enjoyed my icecream sundae, even though I only ate a third of it!!
Sunday morning at the beach
I love the beach...
doing the Baywatch run... (shoes in tow!)
Lisa and Gayle at the wee cafe in Ballintoy - believe it or not there were more photos of lisa than this one, but she deleted them before they reached my computer.
Me and Gayle in the cafe
This wee dog was so funny! We had stopped in Cushendun after navigating Torr Head (not as scary as people made it out for the first half of the journey, but there were some hairy moments when passing cars on a hill later on!). Anyway the pooch trotted alongside us as we were driving out of the harbour, the poor wee thing was struggling to keep speed with the car but it kept going till the end of the road. Bless!
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