Words

LISTEN.

this bitter earth, well, what fruit it bears

what good is love, that no one shares

and if my life is like the dust, that hides the glow of a rose

what good am I, heaven only knows

Lord, this bitter earth

yes, you can be so cold

today you're young, too soon, you are old

but while a voice within me cries

i'm sure someone will answer my call

and this bitter earth, may not be so bitter after all.

[left photo, right photo]

dinah washtington/ max richter

'this bitter earth/ on the nature of daylight'

Words

"If you can't do what you imagine, then what is imagination to you?"

I just love these photos, I feel like the combination of them perfectly represents the imagination.

1. 'IMG_8256' by Jason Benjamin

2. 'The Fair' by Marie's Shots

3. 'Peacock' by Marie's Shots

4. 'Old Labels' by Marie's Shots

5. 'Elephants' by Marie's Shots

6. 'Ramsey' by Bakinbitz74

7. 'Cupcake2' by Marie's Shots

(There are numbers on the photos, and I know they're tiny but if you click on the photo it should enlarge. Sorry about that!)

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Vintage photos of my hometown: Orange, California. Happy Friday!

You can find the rest of my favorites here.

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Enjoy!

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Happy Friday everybody! I'm tired and a little cranky but hopefully a nice dinner with nice company should remedy that quickly! Oh and p.s., I've been dreaming of Paris recently and a lot of other things I probably shouldn't be thinking of... can you tell?!

You can view the rest of my favorites here.

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A quickie, because being on the verge of death (no, not the swine flu but rather a horrendous combination of a simple cold and lack of sleep) does not allow the presence of a long-ie. Enjoy!

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Oh, pretty, pretty Tartlette: the queen of beautiful food and beautiful photography. I always wonder how she does it... hopefully it won't remain a mystery for too long!

You can check out the rest of my favorites here.

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I guess it's a pink friday today. I adore the picture below, its my favoritist of the favorites!

"The happy cupcake face" by Right Moon

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Short one: thank GOD it's FRIDAY!

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I'm still absolutely loving Abby Try Again! As I was wandering her store, I also found her blog, then meandered my way to her Flickr profile... I absolutely died while looking through her images. There's something about them that's so dreamy! Anyway this FFF came a little late due to extreme exhaustion from Finals week. But yay! I am finally done!

Meander her photostream yourself here.

Or her shop here.

Or her blog here.

You can check out the rest of my favorites here.

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Seashores and seascapes, basically what I've been dreaming of ever since Finals week has started. Waiting till they are over, then hauling my ass to the beach! 

You can find the rest of my favorites here.

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YAY finally it's Friday. I've been trying to fight a cold this entire week so now that the weekend has come I can get some much needed rest, not much though since Finals are coming up. Talk about bad timing! Happy viewing!

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As you can see, I am a woman obsessed. They are so beautiful to look at and even better to eat! If it weren't for school, I'd probably be baking these things for all the days of my life. Once things start to settle, and time frees up, I am going to attempt these again. Just you wait!

You can find the rest of my favorites here.

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Hope everyone had a great week! Hopefully I'll get back to the kitchen soon.

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A friday of cupcakes from stefHope. Enjoy!

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Completely smitten with smitten kitchen. It had me at hello, what can I say?

Her photostream here. Her recipes here.

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Happy FFF everybody! As you can see, I am still obsessed with Bokeh which predominantly takes over my favorites this week. But the top row of photos is from my best friend, CC, check out her photostream here.

To locate these pictures, peruse through my favorites section here.

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My most recent Flickr favorites:

P.S. I kind of copied this FFF idea from Slow Like Honey, but shhhh... don't tell!

Bokeh Obsessed

With my Canon 30D, I also decided to buy a 50mm lens (mainly for the fact that it was the only other lens I could afford at this point in time). I wouldn't let the price fool you, it is a great lens. It works very well in low light and give you lots and lots of Bokeh. It's a simple and modest lens but that's what I like about it. There's not too much fuss but its gives unbelievable pictures. But let's move on to my obsession with Bokeh. If you don't know what that is, Wikipedia defines Bokeh as a word derived from the Japanese that is "a photographic term referring to the appearance of out-of-focus areas of an image produced by a camera lens."

And if words failed to explain what Bokeh is, here are some of my favorite Bokeh images that I found while wandering on Flickr:

"Golden Days" by moaan

"Bubble Blizzard Bokeh" by betie bet

"The Wishing Bokeh Fountain" by krashingmotions

"Cosmo & Bokeh = Love" by .kels. (a little busy)

"Mad Crazy Bokeh Tree" by Kristybee