This week's pearls

So I'm starting a new series on this little blog of mine. Each week, I'll be bringing to you little pearls that have made my week. Maybe you might like to join in and share yours. Call it an experiment in positivity or just an appreciation of all those little things in life that are beautiful.

1. Starting with this beautiful urn - I pointed it out last week & said that I loved it. So yesterday he comes home "I bought you a present", just because. Best. Boyfriend. Ever! 

2. Patterns - something I love about this time of year is brightening my day with colours and scarves. I like pattern combinations and I'm not afraid to show it.

3. Strolling through Fremantle amidst chilly sunshine 

4. Cuddles on the couch with this guy!

5. Reading - constantly! 

6. Quiet, cosy nights in. 

7. Unbelievable sales at Harbour Town!

Reading - finally!

Over the last couple of months I have struggled to find a book in my stack that really captured my interest. I've picked up a few different books, persevered for a few pages, picked them up again, forgot where I was at, lost interest, picked them up again, reread the same few pages and then pretty much given up. That's not to say they're bad books just... not what I'm in the mood for right now. And then I picked up Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Noone Writes to the Colonel and by the first page I was hooked.  I've not read one of his books before but have been meaning to read this one for quite sometime. Already I want to read more of his work and can see me wanting to add to my already large 'stack' once I've finished this one.

It's a short book, more of a novella really so I'll probably be having the above dilemma again in another week. But for now, I'm happy reading. My only regret is that I started it on a day when I couldn't just sit in a corner and devour it over several cups of tea. Such a travesty!

Are you reading anything fab at the moment? I'd love to hear if there's a book you think I absolutely must read.

Still I rise

Let's not do that thing where I say it's been a while since I've posted.

It's boring. 

Let's just rise. 

Rise like Maya Angelou did, out of everything and get on with it. 

Last week the world lost a truly incredible writer and mind and a truly incredible voice for humankind (it is coincidence my rhyming here, I tell you). I've been watching videos of Maya over the last few days and she has certainly lifted my spirits as she did for many people all around the world for decades.

So today I think, no one can say it better than Maya - so here's a piece of my favourite poetry in spoken word. May you rise to see another day and may you sass it all the way.