Hibernating

[dolorosa_12]

What a difference a few days make! The previous weekend was blissful and sunny, and warm enough, even in the evening, to sit outside. Although it was still colder than it had been in Australia, Matthias and I spent the Friday night drinking cocktails by the river with ienthuse, as the darkness fell, and as what appeared to be the entire population of Cambridge crammed into the small park, drinking beer, cider and Pimm's from plastic cups. Then, on the Sunday we walked out to Madingley — a walk of one-and-a-half hours there, and the same to get back — stopping at Coton on the return journey, revelling in the glorious sunshine. Everything was floral and blue skies and sunbathed, as my photoset should indicate.

And then this weekend will be rainy, preceded by two days of rain, and followed by two more. It's cold, and wet, and the outside world is very uninviting. This is clearly going to be a time of hibernation, spent doing canon review for nightonficmountain, drinking tea, reading books, and cooking things that can be roasted. I'm definitely going to leave the house as little as possible!

This weekend also seems to be the perfect time to watch the 'emotion picture' accompanying Janelle Monáe's Dirty Computer album, as many of my friends seem to be doing! If you've liked the music and videos she's released so far from this album, I'd recommend doing the same!

As for me, I'm going back to burrow under my pile of blankets...

Comments

[monanotlisa]

Love your photoset! Glad to hear you've had a spring-y time.

[nymeth]

JANELLE <3 <3 <3

[eglantiere]

i hope you have a cozy time with your hibernation and reviews, and it includes at least one blanket nest :D it sounds sweet, in any case...

[dolorosa_12]

Well, this weekend hasn't been particularly spring-y — just freezing and rainy!

Glad you liked the photoset. Cambridge does flowers well.

[dolorosa_12]

I KNOW!!!!!

I've literally just finished watching the film/video clips, and it is just incredible. Everything was perfect — so powerful and political and furious and dystopian, and such amazing, amazing music. It made me cry in places. Such a brilliant, brilliant album.

[dolorosa_12]

It's been pretty cosy so far! I'm aiming not to leave the house again for the remainder of Sunday.

[nymeth]

Yes!! All of that, and still room for so much defiant joy <3 I'm dead of feels.

Perfect icon use, btw :D

[dolorosa_12]

Yes, that too - and it was so, so feminist as well. Oh, I loved it so much.