bright sunshiny day

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day
I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is that rainbow I’ve been praying for
It’s gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day
Look all around, there’s nothing but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothing but blue skies
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day

a cor do invisível

cozy... and absolutely lovely

Oh my! I just feel like having them
in a couple of different colours...

green

The Tao of Arugula

To achieve a harmonious life, the Taoists propagated a curious recommendation: wu wei, or do by not doing. In our action-oriented society, not doing something is under-appreciated. Of course, not doing isn’t the same as doing nothing. Wu wei is the art of taking the right action at the right moment to allow what is to be, in all its glory. For the modern cook, however, it isn’t easy to prepare a satisfying meal from ingredients that are watery, unripe and tasteless because they’re shipped from afar or come from a can or the freezer.
Thankfully, there’s arugula, which allows us to experience the wu wei principle immediately. It’s as simple as cutting it and putting it into your mouth. If you’d like to glean more lessons from arugula, grow it yourself in a pot or in your garden. Once the plant has formed rosettes, snip off the top, leaving a height of one inch (three centimeters); it’ll grow back. Those spicy leaves are good with just about anything. Sprinkle them over your salad, soup, pasta or stir-fry dish. If you’ve missed the right moment to act, not to worry. The little flowers are also edible. And if you missed your opportunity to harvest the flowers, allow the plant to form seeds and try again. Where else would you find such a friendly teacher who gives you so many second chances?

From Care2

blue

Eu não sei se vem de Deus do céu ficar azul
Ou virá dos olhos teus essa cor que azuleja o dia
Se acaso anoitecer e o céu perder o azul
Entre o mar e o entardecer alga marinha
Vá na maresia buscar ali um cheiro de azul
Essa cor não sai de mim bate e finca pé
A sangue de rei até o sol nascer amarelinho
Queimando mansinho, cedinho, cedinho
Corre e vá dizer pro meu benzinho
Um dizer assim o amor é azulzinho

full circle

It takes a crane to build a crane
It takes two floors to make a story
It takes an egg to make a hen
It takes a hen to make an egg
There is no end to what I'm saying
It takes a thought to make a word
And it takes some words to make an action
And it takes some work to make it work
It takes some good to make it hurt
It takes some bad for satisfaction
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
Ah la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la
It takes a night to make it dawn
And it takes a day to make you young brother
And it takes some old to make you young
It takes some cold to know the sun
It takes the one to have the other
And it takes no time to fall in love
But it takes you years to know what love is
And it takes some fears to make you trust
It takes those tears to make it rust
It takes the dust to have it polished
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la
It takes some silence to make sound
And it takes a loss before you found it
And it takes a road to go nowhere
It takes a toll to make you care
It takes a hole to make a mountain
Ah la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la life goes full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la life is meaningful
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la it is so meaningful…

summer came earlier

Sonhos de uma noite de verão

Há quem diga que todas as noites são de sonhos. Mas há

também quem garanta que nem todas, só as de verão.

No fundo, isso não tem importância.

O que interessa mesmo não é a noite em si, são os sonhos.

Sonhos que o homem sonha sempre, em todos os lugares,

em todas as épocas do ano, dormindo ou acordado.
William Shakespeare

time lines

along with forever goes my mistake ao lado do sempre está o meu erro
and stuffed into never lies yours o que tem recheado o nunca é o teu
shall we make it right just for now? que tal a gente acertar só no agora?