Semi Hiatus

Yes, you. On the other side of the screen.

Congratulations.

You made it this far. You made it all the way through 2015.

You’ve been through lots of shit, and lots of awesomeness.

You’ve changed, you’ve grown.

You tried new things, you saw a lot.

You were sad, you were happy. 

You were worried then carefree, stressed then relieved.

You could have gotten married to someone very special.

Or made a friend that now means the world to you.

Or gotten a promotion in your work. Or finished college/high school.

You might have changed someone’s life for good, and you don’t even know.

Anyway it is, or was, I’m proud of you.

Yes, you. On the other side of the screen.

Congratulations.

You made it this far. You made it all the way through 2015.

You’ve been through lots of shit, and lots of awesomeness.

You’ve changed, you’ve grown.

You tried new things, you saw a lot.

You were sad, you were happy. 

You were worried then carefree, stressed then relieved.

You could have gotten married to someone very special.

Or made a friend that now means the world to you.

Or gotten a promotion in your work. Or finished college/high school.

You might have changed someone’s life for good, and you don’t even know.

Anyway it is, or was, I’m proud of you.

Keeper is a position in the Wizarding sport of Quidditch. There is one Keeper per team, and it is their job to guard the three goal posts attempting to stop the other team’s Chasers from scoring.

i know it gets dark early now and the tired is setting in and everything sort of feels blank and hazy and you want to spend ages staring at walls thinking of nothing

Leighton House was the London home, studio and 30 year long project of the Victorian artist, Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830-96). Designed by the architect and designer George Aitchison initially in 1864, the project was completed in stages and took on  a relatively organic process as the two friends Aitchison and Leighton worked together. The house ultimately served as both Lord Leighton’s studio and own, personal gallery and reception, where even Queen Victoria visited in 1859. It is one of the very few Victorian artist’s house studios open to the public within the UK.

Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Leighton House is Lord Leighton’s collection of over a thousand beautiful, Islamic tiles decorating the interior walls and giving the house its notable Orientalist aesthetic. In particular, The Arab Hall, where Lord Leighton’s collection of highly decorative polychrome tiles, mostly from Damascus in Syria dating from the 15th to 17th century as well as 19th-century tiles made by William de Morgan are, is perhaps the building’s main focus.