#09.08.16

Drape Bold Stripe Dress in Black/White £199.00 from Karen Millen

Before | After

I fall for you more every single day. I’ve never felt this way about anyone before. So please…don’t disappear.

Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey were remarkable in that they were the seat of power for a nation that has historically been the world power for centuries. The clock tower, which housed the bell called Big Ben, tolled the count of the hour over the busy, congested square near a thickly populated bridge. The clock’s face was golden and gleamed in the low, cloudy London light. The tower was not as tall as many photographs made it seem, but still impressive. It was broad and attached to the magnificent parliament building. The walls of the building were a sandy brown, and were covered with thorn like protrusions and geometric style shapes, inorganic but almost natural; they were extremely well connected and flowed seamlessly with the style of the building; a neo-gothic construction made to mirror the ancient gothic abbey across the busy street. There were curiously few gargoyles and naturalistic carvings on the building; it was mostly devoted to shapes in the same sharpened, sweeping nature of the thorns on the buildings. Westminster Abbey, by contrast, was much older and less seamless than he Parliament building. It was of a smaller size and of lighter material. It seemed to favor the gothic arch for its windows and doors, and it had a massive distinguished courtyard. The very walls felt older than the those of the building across, more ancient and worn. The statues in the square watched over the buildings, the streets and the pedestrians that milled below, famous figures from around the world standing near the halls where many of the rulers of Britain were buried. This square was a place of government; past and present, and was more the heart of the city, on the banks of the Thames, than even the Queen’s current residence at Buckingham Palace.

1. Feeling much better today, much clearer and able. I got the daily tidy done (and really well) early on in the day. Just how I like it. 2. Saw mumsie and sister this morning/afternoon. Lovely to see them as always. 3. Watched a film this eve, it's been a while since we've done that in the eve. Never done it once the boy is in bed anymore. It was great doing normal adult activities without a child involved.