victoria's blog

beard hat and seal pelt

beard cap

seal pelt

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The Devil's Pool at Victoria Falls

Every September and December people are allowed to swim in the Devil's Pool

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A Hilarious Blog

Check out this awesome girl's blog called stylerookie. She's 12, she's become obsessed with fashion, she considers it an art form, she's a genius, she wears these insanely creative outfits to school and everyone thinks she's insane but she doesn't care (check out this hilarious post), she's famous in the blogosphere, she reminds me of Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes in that she is very precocious, and also Rory from Gilmore Girls because she has a lot of pop culture interests.  

Rodin at the Met

The hand of God. I love this. 

The myth of Cupid and Psyche. Tempted into looking at her husband she has never seen before as she sleeps, Psyche sees a God. But wax from the candle she is holding drips on his chest, and Cupid angrily flies away and leaves her. Also the story line of "East of the sun, west of the moon", and "Snow White and Rose Red," no? 

wow. the sneer. clinging.

The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is about longing. In this sculpture, there is still hope that they'll be together again, because Orpheus still has his eyes covered. However, they are almost free from the stone, which means Orpheus must be about to look. This is a very moving sculpture. It reminds me of the Mirror of Erised, another very moving myth from J.K Rowling. There is a mirror that shows you what you most desire, but it's dangerous to look at too long, because you'll waste away looking in the mirror. Harry sees his dead parents, and Dumbledore says he sees a pair of socks. What does Dumbledore really see in the mirror??

Eternal Spring.

Can't Stop

can't stop reading it

Light Filled Houses

Some cool pics from the really cool site called desiretoinspire, a house and interior design blog, with tons of images to scroll through

 

This blog is better than a book

I feel really lucky to have discovered this famous blog called the nieniedialogues. It was written by a very young mother raised by mormons in Utah, and it's about her life with her husband whom she is obsessed with and her four very young kids. She is kind of like Anne of Green Gables. If you just check it out a little, you will be hooked. But very sadly, she and her husband are in the hospital recovering from 3rd degree burns, hers over 80% of her body, after a private plane crash. You can read about it in this article about her from nyt.com

Her daughter's birthday

Caption: "There was a deer in the apple orchards. Apparently, I was really excited!" (wow)

Her husband. Click here to read this post about him. 

Cookie Cutters

Wow, I need these. You can make custom silhouette cookie cutters of people. This looks like something out of Martha by Mail. I could see Martha selling a set of random people. It would be so fun to decorate these cookie characters. The world needs a successor to Martha by Mail!! 

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Now This is A Treehouse!

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Prearranged Arrangements

For her birthday, the author of this really amazing blog received 52 envelopes with money for flowers and a love note from her husband, one envelope for every week in the year. She gets flowers and makes arrangements like this one.