From these delicious blurs...

I'm Samara Jane. Twenty-seven years old and just diving into the unknown waters of a vast universe. Artist, writer, book-lover, Romantic. Driven by passion, encouraged by a dream, finding hope in life and chasing beauty around every corner.

[hazytreasures]

Impossible Parallels...

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ~

“Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.’ ‘I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman ~ 

“It was then that Richard began to laugh; he couldn’t help himself.There was hysteria in there, certainly, but there was also the exhaustion of someone who had managed, somehow, to believe several dozen impossible things in the last twenty-four hours, without ever getting a proper breakfast.” 

[kayla-wasnt-here]

Speak the truth.

[hadeestown]

me: [watching my friends slowly get consumed by a musical im recently obsessing over]

[sunrisewallpapers]

Art

•please like or reblog if you use

[hazytreasures]

ULTIMATE UNF

[herpoeticmind]

“I feel like a time traveler: June, July, August. Summer dissolves in my mouth and I can’t remember what it tasted like.”

— Zoë Lianne, “Erasure”  (via soie-et-cafe)

[anthropologyofwater-deactivated]

when oscar wilde wrote “there are moments when one has to choose between living one’s own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands” i felt that

[trasemc]

NASA has released new images of Jupiter, taken by the Juno Spacecraft.

[justgot1]

Van Gogh was actually a homesick Jupitarian

[hazytreasures]

Dear Future Sammy,

I decided a note to future me (you?/us?) was appropriate for this 1000th tumblr post. I wanted to impart some little wisdom to you that has filled my heart in the late weeks. If there is anything that I want you to remember in your future life, it is to maintain even a glimmer of the perspective I have recently acquired. The world is SO beautiful. Of course this doesn’t sound particularly profound, but I wish so deeply that you will be able to hold on to these vibrant colours. The brilliant spectrum in every simple little thing is literally breathtaking and I want you to take a moment to breathe deeply, close your eyes and recall the sensation of a gentle breeze in the imperfect silence. I know life is hectic and things can seem utterly impossible. But I hope even this small whipser from the past will be able to breathe some fire into you. Look at me, I’m assuming you’re all sombre and lifeless! That’s a laugh! If you’re anything like I am now you will be as sunny and passionate as ever! And I am sure that you shall be! I have no intentions of letting you lose any of this wonderful overwhelming negative capability! Oh yeah, I just referenced a bit of Keats for ya ;) Right, so anywho dearest me, I want you to keep this message somewhere on your desktop or in a folder so you can open it in a few years or even in a few months and remember to stop spinning and breathe. Life is far too precious to spend it worrying and regretting. Stop tip-toeing and jump into the ice cold water sometimes…you never know, it could be refreshing! So now I am going to end this note to me/you/us and take advantage of a late class by sleeping! I love the idea of getting mail from the past in a few years!! Mayhaps I shall handwrite some as well and hide them for you to find ;) Keep smiling!! :D

**Note for followers: I challenge you to follow my lead and write your future self a message of inspiration, entertainment, motivation, scolding, praising, nostalgia, personal history or just for a good laugh! Throw something into the future and let it find its way back to you when you need it most :) Live in the moment friends! This life is all you’ve got so make sure you LIVE and give your future selves a kind reminder of that as well ;) Happy writing! Or not, it’s your life! Do what you want with it! :D Love & hugs from me!

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Dear Past Sammy,

You threw this glimmering gem out into the future and it found me when I needed it most. On a dark day, when things seem impossible, this post of all things reached out to me from the past to grab me by the shoulders and give me a gentle shake. Life IS beautiful and amazing, and incandescently unexpected. It is far too precious to waste on stress and worry....and I suppose now is the time for jumping into the cold refreshing waters of possibility. The universe works in mysterious ways, and hearing this important advice from my own young heart is absolute proof of that cosmic wonder.

So thank you, past me. I am not somber or lifeless, but I did need your words to breathe some forgotten fire into my soul.

Off I go to create and live and jump into cold water. I hope future future me (us?) finds her way back to this uplifting nudge when she needs it most.

[booklover]

““It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.””

— Vincent van Gogh (via goodreadss)

[docorwho]

M E R R Y  C H R I S T M A S 

[azriona]

It’s not Christmas unless this giftset has appeared on your dash at least five times.

[syrenpan]

It’s back 💕

[lizawithazed]

it’s not christmas without wilf on your dash 

[hazytreasures]

LMFAO LITERALLY ME 

[bob-belcher]

[hazytreasures]

Precious dorky angel <3 

[dearemma]

For when a young lady is to be a heroine, something must and will happen to throw adventure in her way.

[hazytreasures]

Throw some adventure my way, Jane <3 

[retrogamingblog]

[hazytreasures]

MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD!!!! *SOBS* 

[finita--la--commedia]

– Kahlil Gibran (1883 – 1931), in a letter to Mary Elizabeth Haskell (1873-1964), November 10, 1912 in “Beloved prophet; the love letters of Kahlil Gibran and Mary Haskell and her private journal“

[hazytreasures]

Huh.

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Meet Master Maestro and Lady Novella <3 

You hear people say things about their pets like ‘I’m not sure who rescued who’, and I always thought it was uber cheesy, but oh my golly, did these little purr machines ever brighten up my life in ways I didn’t know I needed. My first wee muffin was Maestro, this majestic ginger king with such a loud personality. I fell in love with him the moment I scooped him up in my arms. Every night since we brought him home he hops up on the bed and snuggles up right on top of my head. It was cuter when he was teeny, but over the past few months he has been rapidly taking over the entirety of my pillow....which I would mind except for the fact that it’s too damn cute to shove him off. His name is an homage to my passion for music, but my goodness does it ever suit him. He is such a vocal chap, I have never heard such pipes on such a small creature! 

While Maestro is silly, loud, and in everyone’s face, my little lady Novella is the complete opposite. She was a rescue from the humane society, and once again, the moment I held that teeny wobbly ball of fluff against my heart, I melted into a puddle on the floor and knew she would be coming home with me. Her name suits her as well as Maestro’s suits him, as she is newest and smallest story in my life, and loves to snuggle up on the bottoms of my book shelves. For her first week with us, she was nowhere to be seen, hiding under couches and beds and fleeing at the sight of us....but soon enough Maestro won her over and they became the best of friends and now she is the biggest cuddle bug I have ever seen. Every time I sit down, she senses that there is a warm empty lap available and zooms over for a snuggle. 

I am certainly enamoured with my precious kitten fluffs and am forever grateful that the universe brought them into my life. For anyone contemplating bringing a teeny fur ball into your home, I support it wholeheartedly. The entertainment, love, and endless cuddles are so worth any extra cost, messes, or trouble they may cause. 

[pagewoman]

Cottage at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, England

[hazytreasures]

Mmmmmmmm yes. 

[hazytreasures]

This is my Maestro ❤