Nimavenl - Nicole's Random Ramblings

Decisions, decisions... What Photo Challenge topic shall I choose for this week's challenge? It's been a warm week. Thankfully not as hot as in other parts of the world where people are suffering, however summer is definitely here. Probably not 'here to stay' as the warm weather is being called a 'heat wave' but I'm enjoying it while it lasts! Last night we got to enjoy sudden summer showers and an amazing display of thunder and lightning, also due to the warm weather and very gorgeous and 'magical' - nature really is amazing and beautiful! While "Summer" would probably be the most logical topic for this week's Challenge, I'm considering other options as well. Options such as Rain, Sunshine, Heat Wave and Ice Cream. Although "Ice Cream" would probably be too expensive seeing I'd have to buy all the ice cream before being able to take photos of it! There's even a sarcastic voice in my head telling me this week...

I've been spending a lot of time writing, lately. For my blog, not so much. For my story - a ridiculous amount. It's not a story I want to publish, however it is a story I want to write. Because I like the story and because I want to get to know this world I'm developing in my imagination. For years, different story-related ideas have been going through my head - the look of a dress or garment, the view from a certain location, the interior of a room, the way words sound in a to-be-discovered language. They're all snapshots from a world I'm trying to create and 'seeing' them (in my imagination) can sometimes feel as if Real Life is a dream and Storyworld is reality, leaking through into Dream Country. What I want is to create an entire world with its own countries, continents, weather patterns, customs, habits, religions, languages, building styles... I want to create a detailed world where everything is different from our world yet still familiar and hu...

Around Alkmaar 01 A photo posted by Nicole M. Verhaaf (@nimavenl) on Jul 22, 2012 at 2:38pm PDT