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Today was a strange and unusual morning, I was in a hurry to get a son ready for kindergarten after persuading him to go without his brother for a few hours and promising him all the presents in the world in return.
The usual morning routine has been disrupted, hundreds of messages from chat rooms since morning (it is Monday after all). My thoughts are all over the place, I'm thinking about work, not forgetting my coffee cup for it's photoshoot (haha).
Of course, in such a situation, I had to forget something and... it was the headphones.
And it was such a good thing. I forgot how much I love listening to the city! The passing cars on the small streets, the sounds of people walking, the scraps of their conversations.
The birds in the park, it seems like spring is really coming early this year. The crackling of ice on the puddles beneath my feet (I didn't miss a single puddle, sorry kids ๐ฅฒ).
Sometimes it's so helpful to listen to the city and to yourself...
It was a lovely morning and meeting ๐๐
Just the way I like it... I think sometimes our laughter was the loudest in the cafe ๐ฅฒ๐
Something that warmed my heart this morning...
"Honey," my close friend from another city sends a video for me, "if you don't have sunshine today, this is for you..."โ๏ธโบ๏ธ
I'm smiling โ๏ธ
Men are rushing in with flowers already today... I know, what International Women's Day is about, but let tomorrow be another reason for a bouquet when there are so few bright colours around...
Let's be kinder ๐
It seems that I haven't written a line for today (or yesterday). Sigh...The focus of my attention has drifted.
It seems that I was so eager to take a photo of something that I shoted the process of making cookies while my cat sat patiently watching me near her empty bowl.
It seems that everything smells of lavender - my kitchen, my shirt and my fingertips.
It seems like a pretty good idea... ๐
My inspiration ๐ฉท Part 18 ๐
I'll never get tired of writing about it... โจ
All morning I've been wandering my thoughts through the text of my latest chapter... To finish it, I think I poured three cups of hot tea to keep myself awake... Somewhere in the beginning of the editing I ran out of chocolate and realized I had to rely on myself ๐
I haven't yet read through the whole thing completely, as a reader, without being distracted by mistakes. I worried about whether I had succeeded in describing the depth of the dramatic moment the story had come to...
But when I read this morning, "OMG, I couldn't sit still reading... You've outdid yourself... My heart shattered into a thousand pieces..." I realize that it wasn't all in vain.
If you don't write for the sake of evoking such emotions and gently touching people's hearts, then I don't know what you do it for... It's pure pleasure ๐ฉท
And once again my favourite phrase, "the tastiest food is the one I didn't make" ๐ โบ๏ธ
Saturday โ๏ธ
The main thing is to go away for coffee and get some work done๐
Do you need a ride, Honey?" my friend asks me.
"No," I refuse and explain with a smile, "I'm walking, I haven't walked today, especially look how sunny it is..."
It had been snowing since the morning and the sky was grey....
It took me half an hour to get home, I couldn't get my phone out of my hands and of course I left my gloves somewhere (hopefully at guests and not in a taxi).
I hesitantly froze near the icicles, they were so beautiful in the sunshine, but this ugly lattice ...
"Take this photo, girl, look, what a nice sunny shot," a woman in a green coat said to me, smiling and passing by. I smile back and think, "Well, really, without that lattice there would be no beauty at all..." โ๏ธ๐
So, the last week of winter โ๏ธ
Everyone here is so tired of winter, even though it hasn't been too frosty and snowy this time... Still...
I've been called to guests, celebrating "Maslenitsa"โ๏ธ
Must wear something Russian ๐
Well, that was heartwarming โ๏ธ๐
Just morning โ๏ธโ๏ธ
Good morning โ๏ธ
It seems like magic, but this February is really spoiling us with sunshine... I don't count sunny days anymore, which means there are really a lot of them ๐
In comparison, there were only...one... sunny day in January ๐
So, of course, now it's bliss...โจ
Just morning at home โ๏ธ
Breakfast from my childhood or my favourite joke that "the tastiest food is the one I didn't make" ๐ ๐
Almost without a voice... I don't think that's happened to me for years... It's an interesting feeling when all you have left is a whisper.
In a coffee shop, a barista I knew heard me whispering and said, "My goodness, how did you get such a cold?" I shrugged and smiled โบ๏ธ
I was advised milk with honey but no, no, no ๐ฅฒ Decided to replace it with a hot cappuccino with lavender syrup ๐
That's the sweetest thing anyone could have wished for me this morning when I ordered my coffee...๐ฉท
Or a post about how hours of walking in the cold end with a sore throat and a missing voice. Well, I'm going to listen more and talk less โ๏ธ
It's definitely a good morning now, with coffee โ๐ค
I seem to have been to this coffee shop quite often, but only today I noticed another entrance, this little, cute door โบ๏ธ
Please bear with my photospam while the sun is out ๐ soon it will be gone and I'll be back to posting once a day with a sarcastic caption ๐ฅฒ
A few random morning photos โ๏ธ
Have a nice day โบ๏ธ
I had three meetings today and I knew about them the day before because I knowingly agreed to them ๐ฅฒ
When I woke up I knew I was going to be late everywhere, it happens ๐ฌ
A good friend picked me up in the morning, we stopped at a flower base to pick up an order. I don't think it's necessary to describe the bustle there that day and the number of red roses I counted ๐
Coffee and a work "date" and I'm off to pick up the twins from kindergarten in time for a walk in the park with other friends.
We're 5 minutes late ๐ .
I was also invited to another friend's house with all my sons that evening and the night before I had said something like this: "I'll be there, but I'll just sit and nod, I'm not good for much more than that!" I was assured that my presence would be enough! ๐
Of course, I did most of the talking๐ฅฒ
Anyway, now I'm sitting on the sofa in silence, lazily editing my text, and I won't get up even if aliens come. Honestly ๐
Has today taught me anything? No โบ๏ธ
Will I continue to behave like this? Yes ๐ฅฒ
Lovely meeting in the morning, you wouldn't know but it was for work โบ๏ธ And still for love, cause I don't drink coffee with random people in the morning ๐
The coffee shop treats you to delicious cookies๐
And this is the cutest "Valentine's card" I've ever received ๐ # Hey,Arnold ๐ฉท
Just morning ๐
๐ธSome random breakfasts over the past couple of weeks๐ธ
... Especially after having guests late the night before. My social battery is low, but I have to admit that the conversations over a glass of wine were fascinating. It started with a discussion about the latest filming of Bulgakov's novel, then Oscar nominated films and ended with gossip and our laughter, so much so that my husband went into the other room with round eyes ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ...
Good morning โ๏ธ (one day there will be sunshine photos here, yes ๐ฅฒ).