When the roses fade and I'm in the shade

[lizblackdog]

My favourite seasonal flowers have arrived, all down Woodbury Avenue.



I love them for every reason you can think of. They bloom at a time of year I like, when spring is still fresh and wet and green and the year hasn't had time to get hot, stale and sticky. They're beautiful and delicate and tiny and enchanting, they have a gorgeous and controversial scent that many people hate and compare to cat's pee, and they grow in extravagant abundance on a dirt-common shrub that roots happily in walls, alleys, hedgerows, farmland and woodland. They're also edible and delicious. This year I may even get off my arse and remember to make elderflower cordial.

in other news: PMS sucks donkey balls. I could live with it quite happily if it just made me angry and cranky, but it never does. It turns me into a soggy spitball of self-pity. Do you know how hard it is to type anything that makes sense when a good half of my brain is wailing "nobody luvs me yr all meeen no one ever comments waaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!" ?

For fuck's sake. CHEER UP EMO GIRL PARTS.

Comments

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I used to amuse myself by making cranes out of one inch squares of that foil paper that comes out of the tops of cigarette packs. I bet yours are bigger than that.

...I have no idea how long folding a thousand might take, though, and so i hesitate to volunteer for the whole lot in case it's actually impossible for obe person to do. But I can certainly do several hundred, i should think, and if that goes quickly enough you can send several hundred more.

and yes, I do understand. Everything you felt and said made perfect sense in the time and context you said it. Ot still does. Just the contrast between what you felt then and how things turned out amused me.
love you too! all of you!

[ulva.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't expect you to do the whole lot! :eek: And "several hundred" is a bit... unspecified. :p Inbox me your address and I'll ship off... lets see, 200 for now? Would that be ok? I'll send them so you get them next week.

I started folding today. I have 3 measly cranes on the kitchen table; that's all I managed today in between the laundry, cooking and generally tidying up, while catering for Anders' and Tove's needs, since he was the one in charge of her. The 10 a day approach suddenly feels very unrealistic. LOL!