a hard day's day

and thus. 
we grope and grovel. 
we bite the dust. 
it was the prospect of a red hot soaker of a bath that purred me on. 
more of the same tomorrow, i'm afraid. 


drawing | what is that?


maggie took me on a walking trip. 
we live closeby one another and we decided to walk from my place to hers and back in a day. 

she showed me two quiet roads, to and fro. 

more than that, she recounted long gone days, 
when her dad and her, 
and her brother and sisters and her, 
and her mum and her 
roved the woods behind their homestead. 

more than anything else, she told me about loves and loss. 
it was a mild, yet humid day, somehow perfect. 
above are some pics {more here} and below please find ...

... my this week's dc challenge entry. 
what is it that i saw? 
one of many, many animal shelters! 
carole's choice of topic this weekend. 
♥ enjoy saturday & sunday ♥
river update

corner view ≈ replace

through necessity i replaced my car for two steady legs ~ walking, many years ago. {when not living too remotely, forsaking a car is doable.} on good days i replace coffee by herbal tea, i use yoghurt instead of full fat cream or gravy, and i substitute meat by double greens or meaty fish. on all days in between though, i opt for the full monty ☺. jane's corner view, francesca's hosting, anna's theme. 

drawing | inner eye

this isn't what i had in mind, which sounds pretty ironic for this week's theme. i don't even really know where it sprang from. i only know i kept going, against all odds. sus's DC theme this weekend.

corner view ≈ {slow} growth

there's a lot one can say about succulents, check any reference book on the subject.

in my case it is the only {quasi indoor} plant i can keep. or perhaps i should say love keeping.

because looking at or into a succulent, one can experience bedazzlement. 

the one on the right {crassula} is a one, which was home delivered {including all of the above sisters and bro's} just a few weeks ago. thanks, j.! besides stun, they grow slooooow. jane's corner view, francesca's hosting, cole's theme.