to find oneself;

aurora • 30s • lover of simple pleasures "the dream of my life is to lie down by a slow river and stare at the light in the trees - to learn something by being nothing a little while..."

[dovai]

be busy. busy not checking messages. busy reading those books you never started or finished. busy having a good night of sleep. busy taking care of yourself and your skin. busy moving your body. busy helping your community. busy reflecting on your life and what you can improve. busy doing things aside from the capitalistic viewpoint of “productivity.” busy slowing down.

[urgetocreate]

John Michael Carter (American b,1950), Summer Reading, 1986, Oil on linen

[mournfulroses]

Yosano Akiko, from a poem featured in River of Stars: The Poetry of Yosano Akiko

[nostalgiaforinfinity]

here be fairies 

[mournfulroses]

Albert Camus, from a letter to María Casares featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

[dreamyeuphory]

~ Is there a better feeling than the comfort of your own room...? ~

[petaltexturedskies]

I wonder what would it be like to live in a world where it is always June? Would we get tired of it? I daresay we would, but just now I feel that I could stand a good deal of it, if it were as charming as today.

L.M. Montgomery in a diary entry dated 30 June 1902, from The Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery

[pmamtraveller]

Auguste Clesinger, 1849, “Woman Bitten by a Serpent”. Marble sculpture.

[literaryvein-reblogs]

a list of "beautiful" words for june

to try to include in your next poem/story

Ambsace - something worthless or unlucky

Boscage - a growth of trees or shrubs; thicket

Callipygian - having shapely buttocks

Deasil - clockwise

Effluvium - an invisible emanation, especially: an offensive exhalation or smell

Floruit - a period of flourishing

Gueridon - a small usually ornately carved and embellished stand or table

Ipseity - individual identity; selfhood

Jorum - a large drinking vessel or its contents

Legerity - alert facile quickness of mind or body

Messaline - a soft lightweight silk dress fabric with a satin weave

Nosegay - a small bunch of flowers

Oblectation - pleasure, satisfaction, delight

Perlustrate - to go through and examine thoroughly

Rupicolous - living among, inhabiting, or growing on rocks

Sacchariferous - producing or containing sugar

Tinctorial - imparting color

Veridical - truthful, veracious

Wakerife - wakeful, alert

Xerarch - developing in a dry place

More: Lists of Beautiful Words ⚜ Word Lists ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

[heraldic-thunderbolt]

I am a huge fan of retiring to my quarters

[thepngpixie]

DRIED FLOWERS pt. 2

[mournfulroses]

Albert Camus, from a letter to María Casares featured in Correspondance, 1944-1959

[achillesinhighheels]

Sleeping Muse

By Misha Frid

[nobodysflower]

i’m ready for june. the purest month. the friday afternoon of summer, when the world hums with possibility. when spring kisses summer on the cheek, leaves behind a trail of ferns and dew. june is packing your suitcase for a trip. june is a sprinkler in the lawn. june is goodbye and hello all at once. every day feels like the first moment after you wake up, when the dreams still stick to your skin. we wander dazed and hazy in the infant months of heat and sun. we are lovely and unafraid

[gliklofhameln]

Silver binding for an Esther scroll. Italy, 18th century.

[petaltexturedskies]

Mary Oliver, from "Life Story" in A Thousand Mornings

[pmamtraveller]

weeping willow