love heals

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The Tree and the Chrysalis

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:37:01 -0500

From the branch of an olive tree

there hung a tiny chrysalis the color of a emerald.

Tomorrow it would be a butterfly, freed from it’s cocoon.

The tree was happy to see his chrysalis grown,

but secretly, he wanted to keep her a few more years.

“So as long as she remembers me.”

He’d shielded her from gusts,

saved her from ants,

but tomorrow she would leave

to affront alone predators and poor weather.

That night,

a fire ravaged the forest,

and the chrysalis never became a butterfly.

At dawn, the ashes cold,

the tree still stood,

but his heart was charred,

scarred by the flames, scarred by grief.

Ever since then,

when a bird alights on the tree,

the tree tells it about the chrysalis that never woke up.

He pictures her, wings spread,

flitting across a clear blue sky,

drunk on nectar and freedom,

the discreet witness to our love stories.

thedailywhat: This is What Happens When Sand Gets Struck by...

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:00:30 -0500

thedailywhat:

This is What Happens When Sand Gets Struck by Lightning:

Fulgurites are natural hollow glass tubes formed in quartzose sand, silica, or soil by lightning strikes (at 3,270 °F), which instantaneously melts silica on a conductive surface and fuses grains together over a period of around one second. Photographed by Ken Smith.

"there are days when I don’t like you. there are days when I know you don’t like me. there are not..."

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 01:38:10 -0400

“

there are days when I don’t like you.

there are days when I know you don’t like me.

there are not days when I don’t love you.

”

- my roomate

boniverotica: This morning, after our passionate and tender...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:52:38 -0400

boniverotica:

This morning, after our passionate and tender lovemaking, Bon Iver brought me fresh-brewed coffee in a mug he’d carved out of the branch of a tree that fell in the wind. I sipped it while he hummed and assembled his ice-fishing gear.

When I work 40 hours at my new job the week before finals

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:55:55 -0400

When I work 40 hours at my new job the week before finals

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chasethesummersun: Mine the most left one reminds me of the...

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:08:17 -0400

chasethesummersun:

Mine

the most left one reminds me of the one i had to sell, i miss it so much

gotta love long boarders

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:01:08 -0400

gotta love long boarders

swag swag swag

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:58:56 -0400

swag swag swag

morganametrics: holy smokes. kids are the best.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:53:33 -0500

morganametrics:

holy smokes. kids are the best.

kate & max

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:19:05 -0500

kate & max

thedailywhat: Art-House Nature Film of the Day: In his latest...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:33:54 -0500

thedailywhat:

Art-House Nature Film of the Day: In his latest short film, the Terrence Malick-inspired We Were Wanderers On A Prehistoric Earth, James W. Griffiths (of Splitscreen Love Story fame) pens a visually stunning video love letter “to the incredible flora and fauna of Malaysia.”

[thanks james!]

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thedailywhat: Photo Series of the Day: Since 1999, photographer...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:38:02 -0500

thedailywhat:

Photo Series of the Day: Since 1999, photographer Jeff Harris has been snapping one photo of himself each and every day.

However, unlike the standard self-portrait-a-day projects we’ve grown accustomed to seeing, Harris started his with the explicit intention of not doing another me-on-the-couch compilation, but rather making the most out of every photo.

“I didn’t want 365 images of me sitting on the couch each day,” he told Time magazine’s LightBox. “There could have been that tendency, especially during the cold dark winter months to stay inside all the time, but this project inspired me to get out there and seek out interesting things.”

[lightbox / petapixel.]

an oasis of daylight in the lava cave

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:13:00 -0500

an oasis of daylight in the lava cave

scissorsandthread: New Year’s Day Playlist Welcome to 2012...

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:31:08 -0500

scissorsandthread:

New Year’s Day Playlist

Welcome to 2012 y’all! I hope you all had a fun NYE. For those who may have had a little too much fun, I have the perfect playlist for you!

Today’s list is from the lovely Kate of For Me For You, and it’s her favourites of 2011. If you haven’t bought the Kimbra album yet, you should stop right now and do that! And there are lots of other artists on this list that I adore, especially St Vincent, Iron & Wine, Adele, Feist, Fleet Foxes, Beirut, The Civil Wars and Lykke Li. I’ve also found some new favourites (Twin Sister!) to add to my iPod this year. If you click through to her website here, you can list to the playlist in full. I’m listening to it on repeat!

Settle Down   Kimbra

Stop   Twin Sister

Surgeon   St. Vincent

How Come You Never Go There   Feist

You And I   Washed Out

The Rip Tide   Beirut

Eleven   Thao & Mirah

Shuffle A Dream   Little Dragon

Somebody That I Used To Know   Gotye

Still Sound   Toro Y Moi

Sadness Is A Blessing   Lykke Li

Barton Hollow   The Civil Wars

Truth   Alexander

Lorelai   Fleet Foxes

He Won’t Go   Adele

Big Burned Hand   Iron & Wine

True Blue   Dirty Beaches

Origins   Tennis