The last couple weeks, I have been consumed with far-away places.  I find myself daydreaming about Europe, googling airfare and spending way too much time on flickr looking at beautiful photos of beautiful cities. 

((my post-it-note Paris art.))

I was in the mood for Paris last night, so we watched Amelie.  I know Amelie’s whimsical, saturated Paris is different from real Paris, but I don’t mind.

If you haven’t seen Amelie, when the characters are introduced, we are told what their simple pleasures are in life (cracking the crust of a creme brulee with the back of a tea spoon, peeling large strips of wallpaper, figure skaters’ costumes) and their dislikes (clingy, wet swim trunks, puckered fingers in the bath, old movies with drivers who pay no attention to the road). 

I have been thinking of mine..

Simple pleasures:
- the smell of chlorine on my skin after I’ve been swimming
- watching a photograph slowly develop in the darkroom
- licking the spoon after making chocolate chip cookies
- viewing the movie trailers of my favorite movies

Dislikes:
- pantyhose digging into my middle
- using public restrooms for #2
- soggy french fries
- pumping gas in the wintertime

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I have bought a lot of fabric for my quilt and begun cutting patches.  I tried to pick vintage prints. 

I decided I liked orange and light blue better than orange and teal. 

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Europe isn’t as far off as it feels.

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