"'Dear beauty, try not to regret all you have left behind you,
for you are destined to a better fate.
Only do not let yourself be deceived by appearances.'
Beauty found her dreams so interesting that she was in no hurry to awake,
but presently the clock roused her by calling her name softly twelve times,
And then she got up and found her dressing-table
set out with everything she could possibly want;
and when her toilet was finished she found dinner was waiting in the room next to hers.
But dinner does not take very long when you are all by yourself.
And very soon she sat down cosily in the corner of a sofa,
and began to think about the charming Prince she had seen in her dream.
'He said I could make him happy,' said Beauty to herself.
'It seems, then, that this horrible Beast keeps him a prisoner.
How can I set him free?
I wonder why they bother told me not to trust appearances?
I don't understand it.
But, after all, it was only a dream, so why should I trouble myself about it?
I had better go and find something to do to amuse myself.'
So she got up and began to explore some of the many rooms of the palace.
The first she entered was lined with mirrors,
and Beauty saw herself reflected on every side,
and she thought she had never seen such a charming room.
Then a bracelet which was hanging from a chandelier caught her eye,
and on taking it down she was greatly surprised to find that it held a portrait of her unknown admirer,
just as she had seen him in her dream.
With great delight she slipped the bracelet on her arm,
and went on into a gallery of pictures, where she soon found a portrait of the same handsome Prince, as large as life,
and so well painted that as she studied it
He seemed to smile kindly at her."
Excerpt from Beauty and the Beast
Sadly, not my best post. At least, that's what I think. I'm just so busy and tired, which is not really that much of an excuse, but I wanted to post something, just to let you guys know that yes, I'm still alive, and no, I haven't fallen off the surface of the earth. I'm sorry for the lack of posting. I'm trying to cut back on the amount of time I spend on the Internet, so I'm thinking of only posting about 2-3 posts a week. Hope that doesn't disappoint you guys too much...
Anyway...I got the inspiration for this post from the Beauty and the Beast photo spread with Drew Barrymore in Vogue Magazine:
I've always loved beauty and the beast. The tale is so magical and dreamy. And I am in love with this editorial.
Editorial: Beauty and the Beast
Magazine: Vogue
Model: Drew Barrymore
Photographer: Anne Leibovitz
I have been tagged by Jenna, owner of one of my favorite blogs. Her backyard is AMAZING!!! It has a suspension bridge! Check it out here.
Four places I go over and over:
1. My church
2. My house
3. My computer
4. Around my neighborhood, walking my dog.
Four people who email me regularly:
1. My aunt
2. My friend
3. My other aunt
4. Random companies advertising sample sales in my area (I'm addicted)
Four favorite smells:
1. Laundry being done
2. The air right after a huge rain storm
3. Baby powder
4. Chinese food (I love lo mein so much!)
Four places I'd rather be (I'm going to do more because there's A LOT more places I'd rather be than just four):
1. London
2. Paris
3. Cairo
4. Amsterdam
5. Sao Paulo
6. Buenos Aires
7. St. Petersburg
8. Munich
9. Berlin
10. Sydney
11. Melbourne
12. Denmark
13. Milan
14. Rome
15. Can't think of any more...although if I really thought hard, I bet I could come up with at least 20 more...ahhh there's so many nice places to go in this world, how can we possibly have the time to discover all of it?
Four TV shows I watch:
1. The Office
2. Friends
3. Seinfeld (occasionally)
4. I really don't watch that much TV...I can't come up with a fourth one...
This is such a fun tag, I tag anyone who's up to it...partly because its a great tag, and partly because I'm too lazy to pick a whole bunch of people to tag...
Also, amazingly gorgeous Nita Karoliina gave me an award:
The rules are to:
1. Link the blog who gave you this award.
2. Give the award to seven other bloggers and link them.
3. Tell them that you have given them an award.
I'll pass this gem on to:
Anywhere I Lay My Head (Love, love, love that name so, so much!)
Hope you all had a nice weekend, and long weekend (to those folks living in the states). Did you do something special for your valentines?
I have this song lyric stuck in my head:
"Yours is the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you."
Does anyone know where that's from? I can't think of what song it is and its been bothering me so much!
That's it for now. Have a lovely week!
xoxo,
Micaela
