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today while i was driving the car out and my mother was getting in, the beautiful labrador retriever from next door pranced over. after sniffing around, he deemed us deserving of his company and decided to jump into the car. as my parents yelled and shooed him away, i laughed and wanted to hug him, pull him into the car & shut the door, and just drive away. we could go on a road trip to a field of sunflowers. he'd roll around in them, and i would too.
dogs would tell the best stories, if they could talk.
"to give you a notion of the earth's dimensions, i can tell you that before the invention of electricity, it was necessary to maintain, over the whole of six continents, a veritable army of four-hundred-sixty-two-thousand, five hundred and eleven lamplighters.
seen from some distance, this made a splendid effect. the movement of this army was ordered like those of a ballet. first came the turn of the lamplighters of new zealand and australia; then these, having lit their street lamps, would go home to sleep. next it would be the turn of the lamplighters of china and siberia to perform their steps in the lamplighters' ballet, and then they too would vanish into the wings. then came the turn of the lamplighters of russian and india. then those of africa and europe. then those of south america, and of north america. and they never missed their cues for their appearances onstage. it was awe-inspiring.
only the lamplighter of the single street lamp at the north pole and his colleague of the single street lamp at the south pole led carefree, idle lives: they worked twice a year."
i saw the most wonderful thing flying over nyc two nights ago. it's my favorite time to fly, during sunset. it's a beautiful performance and you get the front seat. on this particular day i saw all the streetlamps in the city slowly turn on in succession, with my plane moving in the direction of the movement of the lights. it was beautiful and graceful, and i have the luckiest timing :)
tell me what your favorite thing in life is right now.
dogs would tell the best stories, if they could talk.
"to give you a notion of the earth's dimensions, i can tell you that before the invention of electricity, it was necessary to maintain, over the whole of six continents, a veritable army of four-hundred-sixty-two-thousand, five hundred and eleven lamplighters.
seen from some distance, this made a splendid effect. the movement of this army was ordered like those of a ballet. first came the turn of the lamplighters of new zealand and australia; then these, having lit their street lamps, would go home to sleep. next it would be the turn of the lamplighters of china and siberia to perform their steps in the lamplighters' ballet, and then they too would vanish into the wings. then came the turn of the lamplighters of russian and india. then those of africa and europe. then those of south america, and of north america. and they never missed their cues for their appearances onstage. it was awe-inspiring.
only the lamplighter of the single street lamp at the north pole and his colleague of the single street lamp at the south pole led carefree, idle lives: they worked twice a year."
i saw the most wonderful thing flying over nyc two nights ago. it's my favorite time to fly, during sunset. it's a beautiful performance and you get the front seat. on this particular day i saw all the streetlamps in the city slowly turn on in succession, with my plane moving in the direction of the movement of the lights. it was beautiful and graceful, and i have the luckiest timing :)
tell me what your favorite thing in life is right now.