MySpot: Slow Down, Take Time

"Once she stopped rushing through life, 

she was amazed how much more life she had time for."

Unknown

MySpot: How I Go to the Woods (Romania - Mogosoaia Palace III)

"How I Go to the Woods

Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone, 

with not a single friend, 

for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable.

I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old black oak tree. 

I have my way of praying, 

as you no doubt have yours. 

Besides, when I am alone I can become invisible. 

I can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds, 

until the foxes run by unconcerned. 

I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing.

If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much."

Mary Oliver

MySpot: A Summer Palace (Romania - Mogosoaia Palace II)

"Once upon a time there was an empress, 

trapped as a ghost in the ruins of a jewelled palace, cursed to find another soul to take her place. 

At least, that's what the empress heard. 

But, as it turned out, stories can have any ending you like."

Kirsty Logan -  The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales

MySpot: Garden of Mint

"She sprouted love like flowers,

Grew a garden in her mind,

And even on the darkest days,

From her smile the sun still shined."

Erin Hanson

MySpot: Keep Your Face to the Sun

"I walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer.  

My bank of wild grass is majestic and full of music."

Violette Leduc

Rebel Child

"Rebel children, 

I urge you, 

fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother your glory."

Russell Brand