these are hard times for dreamers

Giver of hearts, lover of owls, not good at bios. Selfie blog just because: rozeyverse

[flowerytale]

Jane Austen, from a letter to Cassandra Austen

[rozeymindedfuzz]

Rainbow on my refrigerator grocery list.

Blessed be the protein drinks and dishwasher pods.

[maviyenot]

[sandmandaddy69]

[rozeymindedfuzz]

~ A local weather person here said we're going to be in hell the next few weeks. Refreshing honesty. It's so hot. God bless air conditioning. I wish us all the best.

~ Filed under no one cares but I watched Obsession and must ask why with the obsession (har har) with this movie? The main actress was good but I was irritated from start to finish with everything else. Clearly this movie was not for me. On the flip side, I was really into the Ready or Not sequel so my tastes are...I don't know. Not good? We like what we like.

~ Dealing with a very sick family member is stressful. This is not news, but every day it seems like something new is happening and I feel so bad but there's only so much you can do and it's just an on going stream of worry and sadness mixed with hopefulness and looking forward to better days. Plus watching everyone else in our circle go through their own range of emotions. Lot of deep breathing and aiming for positive distractions.

~ Things like being 87 days away from the New Zealand trip. More serious planning and research has been happening as it gets closer. It is going to be an absolute whirlwind of two weeks because this will not be a lazy adventure. It will be constant exploring. I'm planning to keep a small journal with me at all times so that I can continuously jot down what's going on because by the end I feel like I'm not going to remember anything. Except hopefully very clearly recalling I had an amazing time.

~ My company's summer staff event is next week. They're going to Top Golf. As soon as I received the invite, I declined it. Then a few weeks ago I received a reminder to RSVP, so I declined it again. Then I got a direct email yesterday from the event coordinator asking to please let them know if I'm coming and I replied with serious keelhaul, I will not. Especially if it's going to be a thousand degrees outside. I might finally snap. I wouldn't mind hanging with some of my co-workers but I have zero interest in pretending I'm happy around anyone in management. My bitterness, it thrives! Plus golf.

[boringkate]

When I was a kid watching tv was idiot coded and nerds read books, but now scrolling shortform videos is considered braindead behavior and watching tv means you're some kinda intellectual. You might think this shifting assessment of media's consumers might make readers into absolute super geniuses, but no. Only perverts read now.

[theonion]

Terrified Introvert One Away From Bingo

[scorpionlafemme]

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

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[mournfulroses]

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Margaret Llewyn Davis, featured in The Selected Letters of Virginia Woolf

[frailbug]

[rozeymindedfuzz]

The Santa Elena Canyon Trail is one of the most popular trails in Big Bend National Park. For good reason - you get a captivating view at the end and you're treated to shade and cooler temps in the canyon.

It's labelled as an easy trail and mostly it is but I'd add the caveat that it's only easy if you're able to climb about the equivalent of 8-stories in temperatures hovering near 90F for the first part of the hike. And that was in the morning. Anyone that tries to tackle that trail in the afternoon is...not smart. You could tell there were people that weren't prepared for that climbing surprise but, once you got past that, there were just some minor inclines to contend with and it's an out and back trail so the walk back is mostly going downward.

Like I said, the end is worth it and, once you reach the top, the view from the side of the canyon looking back isn't too bad either.

My favorite part about hiking is how friendly people are. All the 'hellos' and 'good mornings' and 'happy trails' that you get when you walk past people is just incredibly nice and an enjoyable change of pace. People are never that kind in passing on a city sidewalk but stick them on a path out in nature and there are just so many smiles. Plus there are always people coming back from the end that like to be encouraging and promise you the hike is worth it. I like hiking people.

The wall on the left is Mexico and that's the Rio Grande flowing through. Lots of people were crossing the river (it wasn't deep) to go stand on the other side and wave as they proclaimed they were in Mexico.

I didn't go to Mexico. But I stared at the cavern wall while we rested and snacked and enjoyed the breeze for a while.

[nature-travel-photography]

Santa Elena Canyon, Texas - Author: VelvetfCravee

[mysharona1987]

[rozeymindedfuzz]

I had to look this up because what the hell? That's horrifying.

From every article I found, though, she did not want to be known publicly. I don't blame her.

[rozeymindedfuzz]

Storm rolling in.

It's dark and loud clapping thunder keeps shuddering the house.

Big bada boom.

[asofteredge]

hey everyone, just curious:

what is everyone's criteria for blocking people?

[rozeymindedfuzz]

There's something in the tumblr air. Are they sending out 'we miss you' notifications to people who haven't been here in a while?

I've seen so many mutuals either posting or just peeking in to like things the last couple days who I thought had long forgotten this place. Of course, I never unfollowed you because my devotion is for real and for true.

It's just very random. There's a 'nature is healing' joke in there somewhere.