pieces of ria

  image credit:  weheartit See that lost little speck of a person, yes right there, in the middle of a big, scary ocean? That's me. Right there.   {ThisishowIfeeltoday}

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image credig: weheartit I want to write about how much I love what I do.  Let me start at the beginning. I took a big risk at the beginning of 2010.   After much thought and deliberation I quit my job ( which I really didn't like - it was the last of a string of not-so-great jobs I've taken which were leading nowhere ) and slid back into the world of being a full-time student.   Yes, a full-time student.   How great is that? And this at 30! I still feel very lucky to have been able to make this decision.  My career was going nowhere and I felt it was time ( at last ) to further develop the skills and talents I was given. It was time to do what I actually want to, to do what I was good at. So I enrolled for the Postgraduate Diploma in Translation course at Stellenbosch University. I passed the entry exams and before I knew it I was sitting in a class filled with like-minded people with a passion for words. It was nerve-wrecking at first an...

We've been married for six months today. It keeps on getting better . The love keeps growing stronger . My smile keeps shining brighter . {I'm a lucky girl.}

image credit:  lovelyclusters I {love} yellow. Every single shade. I would paint a few rooms in my house yellow, if I could.   I once had a pumpkin yellow bedroom and it was one of my favourite memories of that room, ever. And there were many memories.

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Sunshine, warmer weather, the scent of flowers blooming, new leaves on trees, later sunsets, sandals, salads, walks on the beach, children playing outside, more energy, sleeping with open windows, fruit, the sound of crickets at night and birds in the morning... image credit: stolenimages image credit: acidd-queen image credit: weheartit {It makes me feel great and I love that.)

Sometimes I'm a few different people all at the same time. {Ilikethat.}

credit: top5photos credit: louiselegresley credit: pxleyes credit: umich I actually have a winter soul. But spring is SO welcome this year. More sunshine, more flowers , more green and other colours. Welcome spring, I've been waiting...