AHC

I realised that I was losing my creative side. This is my comeback.

[wildethings]

“Would it be too childish of me to say: I want? But I do want: theater, light, color, paintings, wine and wonder.”

— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

[lyrics-and-music]

Ashley // Halsey

[spinelessvangogh]

undo- the 1975

[flatteryourself]

[betterlving]

favorite lyrics from everything in transit by jack’s mannequin

[elenecooke]

L.O.V.E.

[fcknatejacobs]

Truth Hurts by Lizzo in Netflix’s “Someone Great”

[elenecooke]

“I’m becoming more a vessel of memories than a person it’s a myth / that love lives in the heart it lives in the throat we push it out / when we speak when we gasp we take a little for ourselves”

[elenecooke]

How to Make Salsa Out of Anything

Strawberries? Tarragon? Rick Martinez shows us the way.

LOVE!

[thegikitiki]

Claudine Auger as Domino in Thunderball, 1965

[elenecooke]

she is wow

[elenecooke]

Travel diary: Taking back roads to Matjiesfontein | 9Lives

What could be better than an impromptu road trip to Matjiesfontein in the Great Karoo? We packed up and headed to the hotel with a few stops on the way.

[elenecooke]

Why I am still choosing to stay in South Africa | 9Lives

I love South Africa. There it is, right off the bat so you know. I love my country, I have travelled it extensively and I’ve made it my personal mission

[elenecooke]

Ode the ocean: A visit to De Hoop Collection | 9Lives

I recently paid a visit to the exquisite De Hoop Collection, just of the N2 as you head towards Swellendam and what I found was a seaside fairytale.

[elenecooke]

Breast cancer always leaves survivors | 9Lives

Breast cancer awareness month always sneaks up on me and I always try to make time to think about the thousands of women, and men, who have lost the

[elenecooke]

A tale of two cities: New York and Chicago | 9Lives

I recently had the trip of a lifetime to New York and Chicago - we travelled two of the US' greatest cities. Travel with me and 9Lives travel.

[elenecooke]

The last weekend of summer: A visit to Bern and Amsterdam | 9Lives

Full disclosure; this blog posts is a love letter to two of my favourite European cities, Bern and Amsterdam. I recently returned from a whirlwind week in

[elenecooke]

There's a BoJack Horseman quote for that! | 9Lives

I freakin’ love BoJack Horseman. It's not even a mild obsession, I am 100% without a doubt way beyond obsessed. A friend of mine recently pointed out to

[elenecooke]

Travel diary: Take a boat out on the Keurboomsrivier | 9Lives

There is something about a great body of water that just feels like a holiday. This year for my birthday, we took a trip to the gorgeous Keurboomsrivier