OhmySkye

Singing siren songs.

[ohmyskyexo]

"Do you suppose she's a 🌻wildflower?" -Lewis Carroll Mamma got me the prettiest book by Katie Daisy for my birthday. It makes me want to run off to the mountains, swim through creeks and hike through wide open fields of flowers. Explore the seashore collecting shells. Plant vegetables in my backyard and let my toes get muddy as I water them. Listen to mockingbirds croon, and stare off into the sunset. It's funny, sometimes the books with the least words are the ones that make me feel the most. And now I'm ready for Spring and daydreaming about Summer. Happy Sock Sunday (a little late)!

[ohmyskyexo]

"He was the fantasy of every girl in the country. He was so far out of her realm, her world, that she should have stopped thinking about him the second the door had closed. Should stop thinking about him immediately. Should never think about him again, except maybe as a client -and her prince. And yet, the memory of his fingers against her skin refused to fade." I finished Cinder tonight and it was such a dream, I can't wait to order Scarlet. The Lunar Chronicles are everything I'd hoped they'd be. Sci-fi fairy tale is definitely a perfect genre for me. Cyborgs and royal balls and accidental love? Stars! 🤖❤️

[ohmyskyexo]

Happy International Women's Day! Some of my favorite literary (and real life) women have taught me that it's perfectly acceptable to be gentle and kind while also being strong and brave. You can love florals and pink, and also enjoy sci-fi and adventuring. You can wear skirts or pants or nothing at all. You can be motherly, or not. You can be a rebel, or not. You can thrive on literature and still stand up for yourself (and punch Draco in the face). You can find yourself by running away. You can fall in love and marry, or not. You can be traditionally feminine, or not. And none of these choices make you any less good or valuable or worthy of love. Because if International Women's Day teaches us anything, it's the idea that women and girls can and should be anything they please. Don't ever let the world dim your light. 💖✨🎀

[ohmyskyexo]

My feelings on Streets of America being demolished soon in Hollywood Studios. Though to be fair, I am crazy excited for what they'll do with the new Star Wars section after crying through what were probably my favorite fireworks ever. I love these pretty streets, but I might just love playing in Naboo or Jakku more...

[ohmyskyexo]

"I wanna be where the people are. I wanna see, wanna see 'em dancing -walkin' around on those... What do you call 'em? Oh! Feet!" 🐠💙

[ohmyskyexo]

Saw Pride & Prejudice & Zombies last night, so today I'm channeling my inner Lizzy Bennet. Some days you just really need a story about monk-trained Regency-era women who stomp brains in with heeled booties while wearing pretty dresses and falling in love. 👒⚔🌸 (Hoop was a gift for Jenna, who would definitely marry Parson Collins.)

[ohmyskyexo]

Souvenir (n.) -a thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event. / Late 18th century. From French, for a remembrance or memory. 📗🐝💚

[ohmyskyexo]

It's weird and a little sad that this post today made me uncomfortable, having to name my best features. It's not that I don't love things about myself, just that I think we're conditioned (especially as women) to downplay the things that make us special (more so, perhaps, if those things are traditionally feminine). We should be proud to say we love ourselves. // I love my hair, my eyes, my curves. I love my exceedingly optimistic and romantic views on the world. I love my way with words and empathy. I love my intelligence and kindness. 💕 #radicalselflovejanuary #mybestfeature

[ohmyskyexo]

"Tyger Tyger burning bright, In the forests of the night: What immortal hand or eye, Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?" 🐯 William Blake will always hold a special place in my heart, if only because I truly started to fall in love with literature during Romantic Brit Lit (and then solidified that love in Medieval Brit Lit). I adore this poem, especially, because sometimes you need reminding that tigers exist, and you don't have to be the lamb. #radicalselflovejanuary #favouritepoem

[ohmyskyexo]

Best. Trip. Ever. See these smiles? This was *after* five nights of camping in tents with deflating air mattresses. Soaking our bandannas in ice water just to stay cool. Not knowing whether we were getting tan or just dirty (mostly dirty). 5$ ice cold showers. Throwing up my breakfast as we took the tent down. Hiking an extra five minutes just to find the magic flushable toilets. Bawling our eyes out to too many songs. Falling asleep to bass in the distance. All that, and still smiling as we drove off the Farm. // Bonnaroo with my Mammaroo was the craziest, most wonderful few days I've ever had. We're opting out this year for other adventures, but I can honestly say that week was life-changing. 🌈🌺👒☀️ #radicalselflovejanuary #bestdayever

[ohmyskyexo]

Took myself on my favorite kind of date tonight -coffee in hand, surrounded by books, quietly contemplating life and eavesdropping on everyone around me. ☕️📚💙 #radicalselflovejanuary #radicalselflovedate

[ohmyskyexo]

"There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be. It's easy. All you need is love." I am a firm and positive believer in L O V E, forever and ever. 💕 #radicalselflovejanuary #lifemotto

[ohmyskyexo]

I look like a tiny snaggletooth snow bunny and my mother looks like a beautiful wintery goddess. I miss snow! ☃❄️💎 (Colorado circa 1998ish) #radicalselflovejanuary #tbt

[ohmyskyexo]

Raise your wands. ✨💛 Thank you and #ripalanrickman.

[ohmyskyexo]

These choose-your-favorite prompts are always the toughest because I have so very many favorites, especially favorite artists. But if I were forced to choose, I'd probably pick Beatrix Potter. Her entire life is inspiring -how she never gave up on her art and storytelling, her passion for science, how she donated most of her land and works so the public could enjoy them, her thirty year marriage, the way she dreamt a little bit bigger than everyone else around her. (People have been calling me Skye Bunny since I was born, so I also have a slight affinity for rabbits.) 🐰🌸🐭🌿 #radicalselflovejanuary #favoriteartist

[ohmyskyexo]

"Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true." 🌈 ❤️💛💚💙💜🌈 #radicalselflovejanuary #rainbow

[ohmyskyexo]

It's pretty cliché, but the ampersand (&) is my favorite punctuation, and pink is my favorite color. 🌸👛🎀💕 #radicalselflovejanuary #bookstack