end of the week link-up

hello friends, i just quickly wanted to wish you a happy weekend! i don't have a lot of time on my hands - had an exam yesterday, one this morning and one more next week. think of me on monday at 5 - then i will be as free as a bird! 

but for now, here's some weekend inspiration:

this quote on one of my most beloved blogs.

this playlist of happy songs to make your day perfect.

this post about books and people who love them. yes, yes and yes.

last year in scotland 

colourful and tasty

i have been reading a lot about nutrition lately, the bad effects of sugar, how the pH of food affects our health and about good and bad carbs. i don't really know to what extent it is realistic and practical to be able to consider all this in my every day diet, but i do know that eating vegetables makes me feel very happy, especially if they come in many different colours! 

so yesterday i made some quinoa salad.

it's super easy, just cook the quinoa, add some oil and balsamic and then cut up tomatoes, cucumber,  spring onions, radish, olives and some peppermint. i added some feta cheese, just experiment and throw in whatever suits your fancy. 

enjoy!

best time of the year

one of my favourite things to do is writing. 
when i sit down with pen and paper, that is when all the chaos in my head suddenly makes sense. writing somehow makes me able to express what i think and feel and wonder. the things i experience become more real, deeper, when they are captured in ink. 
when i write regularly, i am happier and calmer. giving outlet to creativity somehow nourishes yet another idea and makes room for more inspiration.
sadly i often don't find the time in the midst of my everyday life to sit down and to wait for the words. 
but yesterday i wrote some haikus about spring, that i wanted to share with you. i love haikus. they are just perfect for a little revision break. 
one in english and one in german...  

again it is the season
that keeps my smiling for no reason
spring

ein regentropfen
lauer wind in meinem haar
englischer frühling

have a lovely, creative, inspiring day! 

dazzled by the sun

tuesday tunes

every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.             -goethe

here is one little song. 

it makes me ridiculously happy and gives me this feeling of being excited and full of anticipation. for future projects. for the summer. for freedom.

i hope you all have a great day filled with poetry, art and sensible, encouraging words.

hello, hello

good morning dear readers,

apologies for my absence around here! as i am in the midst of my exams my life mostly consists of revision at the moment. however, as you can see i started changing around some things in the design of the my little blog. (procrastination, ahoi!)
i've been thinking about blogging lately and would love to spend a bit more time doing it, so for this week my aim is is it to spread a bit of happiness and inspiration every day around here - i'm sure it will help me survive my exams.

happy monday! 

what life looks like around here at the moment...

what is love?

Yoi, che cose e amor? asked Cherubino in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. 'Tell me, you know, what is this thing, love? Cherubino was still a beardless adolescent and did not know the answer, but he took it for granted that there was one. So have most other people, and many of them have tried to give it, but the most noteworthy feature about all their answers is how thoroughly they disagree. Sometimes, it seems, they cannot be referring to the same phenomenon, or even to related ones. After a while one wonders whether there is something wrong with the question itself, or whether perhaps it employs a word of no fixed meaning and can have no answer. 

- Morton M. Hunt 

via tulips and lattes

some tunes to start the week with

music makes everything better.

here some of my current favourites.

deep breath and... focus

via ocean depths on tumblr

but as for me,

i watch in hope for the lord,

i wait for god my saviour;

my god will hear me.

-micah 7:7

spring

is the time of

plans and projects.

-leo tolstoi

versailles 2012