( Read more... )

Just quick whirlwind around the world and it's fireworks displays to welcome the new year.

( None of these photos are mine. )

Sometimes, you find yourself with a rather small present, (like home-made jewellery, etc.) which isn't always worth the hassle of going out and getting the box or bag. Or you just don't want to spend the extra bit of cash on wrapping. It's nice on the environment too you know!

[Image heavy!]

The basics: No fancy paper? No problemYou can just ( Read more... )

So, holiday music. Much of it is overplayed, not that I don't have a couple of those myself.

All links go to youtube, downloads to come later. (And not of every song.)

Christmas Eve in Sarajevo, Trans Siberian Orchestra. Christmas, orchestras, rock and kittens. ♥

Christmas 1915, Tommy Flemming. History is strangely fun, even the not so happy ( Read more... )

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to everyone who celebrates it. Go and light a lantern for me?

静夜思 (李白)
床 前 明 月 光
疑 是 地 上 霜
举 頭 望 明 月
低 頭 思 故 鄉

Thoughts in the Silent Night ~ Li Bai
The moonlight shines before my bed
I think it is from the frost.
I raise my head towards the moon,
Then look down with thought of my home.

Mirrored at Read more... )

So, it's July 1st which means it's Canada day! Or the date on which we became our own little Dominion, separate from British rule. Wait, that's not quite right. The time we became our own little country, capable of making our own laws, though we still had to listen to the British monarchy about certain decisions. Such going to war. We wouldn't ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

In any fandom that is going to stick around for awhile, I find that I also pick up a new band or genre ( Read more... )

It's Easter. Which means not only is April coming soon, but also another less known "holiday" for a given value of the word. Otherwise known as "Qing Ming Jie", a Eastern tradition of grave sweeping that falls mere days after Easter, to respect those who died, as well as commemorate certain tragic events that have also fallen on that date. (The ( Read more... )

( Read more... )