Nimavenl - Nicole's Random Ramblings

Sometimes, doing absolutely nothing is simply bliss. Relaxing at home, watching The Big Bang Theory on TV, reading a book, having a hot bath... Sometimes, an evening of doing absolutely nothing really is the best thing in the world. Forget about war, famine, disease, work, life, stress or anything else outside my happy bubble, and just relax. Bliss :)

I took this photo about two weeks ago. I walk along this footpath daily on my way to work.  This time I happened to be walking here on a day I wasn't working. As I wasn't talking or rushing or trying to get somewhere, I had my phone out and was taking photos of random things along the way. Blurry trees and traffic lights, blurry buildings in the semi-dark and well, blurry shots of the pavement as well! This photo - Sure, it's weird and blurry and strange, however I love it.  I don't know exactly why, however this image feels a bit like it's the opening frame for a horror movie. Guess that's why I like it so much - it feels like it's the beginning of something. Perhaps simply the beginning of something new and different, the beginning of a journey into the future. Or, in true horror movie style, the beginning to being eaten by a monster that jumps out of the trees just ahead. Who knows...  Just imagine what would happen, what you ...

@Nimavenl Took this photo last weekend while walking around my home town. (C) Nimavenl 2012

Can´t help but think that somehow this is very, very true! Found it here , although by the looks of it they got it somewhere else as well...

Wandering around the mall last week, I decided I needed to work on my creativity - and possibly get me a new hobby. A week later, I'm wondering why that crazy thought entered my mind. I read, I write, I do crosswords, I enjoy photography - surely those are good hobbies to have?! Source: Wikipedia My muse disagreed however, and when I saw a 1000-piece puzzle of Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night , I simply had to buy it. I honestly can't remember the last time I completed a puzzle that didn't involve words, so to say that completing this puzzle is a challenge is definitely an understatement! It's a challenge I'm enjoying, however! As of today, the outside pieces are all in place, as are the bottom left and the top right pieces. As for the rest... I have about five piles of purple puzzle pieces ranging from pinkish to almost black, a pile each with brownish and blackish pieces, another huge pile of greenish pieces, a bunch of stars ready to be fit...

Surfing around on Goodreads today, I came across a poem by Philip Larkin entitled "This be the verse". I smiled, realising I knew it as it is my mother´s favourite poem. Not sure I ever knew who penned it, or that it had such an innocent-sounding name, however! Reposted here for my mother who probably doesn't even know this blog exists, because I love you and I wish I could give you a hug and wish you a happy new year face to face. They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another's throats. Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don't have any kids yourself. Author ~ Philip Larkin Philip Larkin Official Website