This is my first installment of Friday Favourites, where I share a few things that have caught my eye or I have been thinking about over the last week.
I stumbled upon this brilliant video on YouTube the other day.. it was a mash up of an interview with Neil DeGrasse Tyson - an American astrophysicist (thank you spell checker) - and by mash up, I mean the type that auto-tune people talking and add awesome music. My music tastes, like in many other areas of my life, are rather eclectic and I genuinely love the sound of this mash up! When I listen to it, I am filled with hope and a connection to the rest of the world and it's inhabitants. No one can deny how romantic and poetic it is that we are star dust.
"We are all connected to each other biologically, to the earth chemically and to the rest of the universe atomically"
If you have read my 2014 Resolutions you will know that one of them is to lose more weight. I sort of cringe every time I think about this as a resolution as it is so cliché. But it is turning more into a way of life, which is great! Really, it's all about thinking about what you're eating. Well done Tegan, point out the obvious! But honestly, it is so easy to sit there and rack up so many calories without batting an eyelid. Twirls are my currency, so I consider everything to how many Twirls they are worth. Example: a lovely supermarket sandwich will set you back about 13 points, that is 2 and a half Twirls!! My other treat on my new plan is pancakes, I adore them with a teaspoon of chocolate spread (can you tell I am a super sweet tooth?) and they're fairly low in Twirl-currency too.
The full fringe. I love how it frames the face. I am growing my hair longer, it is past my shoulders now but my fringe is so.. meh. When my hair was shorter, at bob length, I would brush it all forward and the hair would sit on my head like a mop, with no actual parting, but I find this a lot harder to style and control when there is more length on the rest of it. A restyle is required, and a fair bit of hair chopping will happen - more to come on this matter!
Oh my, granny square blankets. The one pictured (take by Yvonne Eijkenduijn) is absolutely stunning, the most perfect colours with the white around the edge of each square. I really wish I could crochet, I probably wouldn't stop making these blankets if I could - my house would be covered from roof to foundations in them. I tried to crochet once, and that was the closest I ever got to a granny square blanket. If anyone knows how to crochet and is willing to teach me, my eternal gratefulness would be yours.
What has caught your eye this week? How are you doing with your new year resolutions?
Let's get chatting!
Love from Tegan x
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