#first summer

[mumblelard]

the neodymium microcosmos or the anticipation of received forms

last week was the seventeenth anniversary of my first post in this place and after three thousand one hundred thirty-seven posts, i am pretty sure i'm still not doing it right

my kids and my girlfriend came over friday night and we drank pink lemonade tequila spritzers and ate pizza and shared this week's stories. it was a really nice night

yesterday, a cover of thirteen by big star came on the radio, and i was barely able to explain to cassidy how that song always makes me cry just before i lost my voice

last night i dreamt of quitting, i dreamt of a magazine cover with red stars on a blue field and no words, and i dreamt again of walls filled with pastel fauna absent menace or comfort

today, i am spending the day with finn and fall and they have surprises in store!

this week spans bloomsday, the solstice, the full moon, and midsummer

i'm spending next weekend in the mountains up near the gorge and my anticipation grows

[petsharknado]

Read Pg. 59 | Read from the Beginning

[nzrowesglobetrotterchallenge]

Dear Diary

Today we celebrated the annual festival of light. This is my favorite time of year.

I did see Dad and Myles, though Dad wouldn't even talk to me. Not that I went out of my way to go see him either...

I gave Myles a hug and wished him a happy new year. Then I tried (with some success) to not let it ruin my good times too much.

I'm really looking forward to what the next year will bring. Adventure here I come!

[nzrowe]

Summer in Mt Komorebi

[nosti-hate]

They're just chilling ⛱️

[merrymagicalmenagerie]

Me? Writing? Nonsense.

Ginny couldn’t take the crying anymore. She tried, she really did, to make the tiny tot happy but he was having a fit and she couldn't figure out why. Giving up, she returned Teddy to his grandmother and stepped outside, making a beeline for the pond. Dipping her toes in the water of the cool pond might help ease her headache; a ritual that was used often lately. 

She was so lost in the bird song that she almost didn’t hear the faint *pop* at the apparition point. Unbothered by the new arrival, Ginny laid back on the ground, toes still in water. They can deal with the crying baby, whose wails carried out all the way to the water's edge, even if muffled now. 

The kitchen door opened and a minute later, the crying suddenly stopped. Surely someone wouldn’t use a silencing charm on a baby, would they? Not that she’s thought about it, not at all. Curiosity getting the better of her, Ginny dried off her feet and walked barefoot back to the Burrow kitchen. 

The room was silent. Her mother and Andromeda were sitting at the table, mugs in hand, exhausted. Seeing the question in Ginny’s eyes, Andromeda silently pointed toward the sitting room, a faint smile on her lips. As quiet as a cat, she tiptoed in when the hushed voice of someone who was not supposed to be there cut through the silence. 

“The incy wincy spider climbed up the water spout…” She dared to take a peek around the partition, longing to see the voice that was gently singing to the baby. Harry wasn't due to be off his shift for several more hours. They even had an early date planned for the morning, breakfast at a cute cafe Ginny found when exploring the streets around Grimmauld Place. 

“Down came the rain and washed poor incy out!” a soft coo escaped the previously inconsolable Teddy, purple face returned to its normal complexion, as Harry gestured downward as he sat on the couch in front of the baby swing. Ginny was stock still, watching the sweet scene unfolding in front of her, not risking taking even a breath lest she disturb them.

Harry lifted his hands toward the ceiling not too far above his chest, fingers spread wide. “Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain…” It was as if the sun itself shown out of the very scene of Harry singing to Teddy. Impossibly bright, warm, and endearing. Ginny couldn’t see his face but she knew he was smiling too, if judging by Teddy’s reaction. 

“And Incy Wincy spider climbed up the spout again!” This time, Harry danced his fingers up Teddy’s stomach, neck, and side of his face as he shrieked and laughed. It was infectious, the way Harry made the baby laugh. Ginny caught sight of Harry’s own smile as he wagged his head back and forth for the baby’s amusement; it radiated a happiness that she had never quite seen before. 

Something stirred inside her. Before she could linger on that particular thought, she walked fully into the sitting room, kissing Teddy gently on the head before sitting down next to Harry. “Hey Gin. Got done early, case closed.” She wanted to ask him more details but he captured her face in a soft kiss, thumb brushing gently over her cheek. 

Maybe, maybe this wouldn’t be so bad, she thought. They have days, months, years to talk about it but right now, sitting in front of Harry’s infant godson, Ginny was sure that she wanted this. A future. Harry by her side, their child in front of them, as they share a quiet moment. As long as she was with Harry, the future seemed impossibly bright. 

[aterfish]

i love ways the word 'halfa' can be interpreted

[illusioncanthurtme--art]

Physically? I am sitting in my bedroom. Mentally? Spiritually? I AM DEAD ON THE FLOOR!!!!! THESE TWO HAVE KILLED ME!!!!

(Another drawing! This was originally attempt #1 at drawing stan, and then fiddleford just showed up. Kinda feels like them five minutes after the above acting like nothing happened though, so it works sdjkgkjfshj)

[thebelchers]

[ionomycin]

hunters

[pnfc]

not on my A game honestly

[petsharknado]

Read Pg. 58 | Read from the Beginning

[whitexswan]

[adventures-of-scarlett-ford]

Meet Scarlett Ford

New to the Wakaba neighbourhood of Mount Komorebi, eighteen (and a bit...) year old Scarlett has arrived with little but a bicycle, tent and suitcase.

Scarletts current ambition is to travel the world, becoming rich along the way wouldn't hurt either. 😉

[nzrowesglobetrotterchallenge]

Summer - Fall in Mt. Komorebi

✓ Eat food at a Festival

✓ Take a selfie with Yamachan

✓ Collect a Simmie (or, like, seven)

✓ Swim in the Wakaba River

✓ Soak for a long time in a Hot Spring (she fell asleep, LOL)

✓ Wear a festival costume

✓ Go sledding (though Naomi prefers her snowboard)

✓ Eat food using chopsticks (she's quite the cuisine connoisseur and earned the chopstick savvy trait; but she is a Komorebi native...)

✓ Socialize at the Onsen Bathhouse

✓ Make a wish on a forest spirit

✓ (Go for a slow walk and) Become emotionally mindful

✓ Complete the Mt Komorebi Sightseer Aspiration and earn the Worldly Knowledge reward trait.

✓ Knit for 5 hours (and then some..)

✓ Start 3 knitting projects while inspired

✕ Knit on a rocking chair

✓ Achieve level 4 knitting skill

✓ Knit while listening to music (as long as earbuds count..)

✓ Sell a knitted object on Plopsy

[whatdoyouseemartin]

people are sleeping on just how funny the image of dr seward playing with a lancet while he's proposing to lucy is. for reference, here's what lancets (often used as a bloodletting tool, wink wink) in the 19th century would have looked like:

lucy says he's doing this 'when he wanted to appear at ease' like ah yes, our very suave suitor sits on his own silk hat and then proceeds to toy with an incredibly sharp medical tool to y'know. appear very cool and charming in front of the girl he's in love with. add to that he's playing with it 'in a way that nearly made [her] scream' so he is patently not doing a very good job with it. congratulations to jack seward for having the universal experience of fumbling in front of your crush while desperately fidgeting with something to look cool.