wedge-of-poetry

In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.

John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent

thevelvetpelican

Reblog this if you’re pro-receiving a brown paper package containing one (1) handwritten love letter, a small jar of strawberry jam from the farmers market, and a smattering of pressed flowers.

pairedaeza

Soft endearments in Urdu: jaan-e-man (heart’s beloved), bulbul (nightingale), humraaz (literally secret-sharer; confidante), pritam (beloved), jaan-e-bahar (beloved of the springtime), pardanasheen (veiled one), sona (golden one), yaar (friend/lover), natkhat (mischievous one)

harteus

small things to add to a hand written letter:

• a teabag of your favourite tea
• heart shaped note with cute drawings
• stickers on the outside of the letter, and inside
• handmade paper doll
• small print or postcard
• a sketch or a little painting or a poem
• glitter or sequins or pearls or buttons
• small candies or bubblegum
• cut out magazine pictures or articles
• folded paper, like origami
• textile like small ribbons or clothing patches
• coins or flat things found in a souvenir shop
• pressed flower or leaf

und0miels

we could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it, if it were not the earth where the same flowers come up again every spring that we used to gather with our tiny fingers (…) what novelty is worth that sweet monotony where everything is known and loved because it is known? — george eliot

lionfloss

by sashaelage