We spent the first week of 2011 on holiday! What a way to start a year!?
We had never been to Wales before and it's just so close and interesting that we decided to go for it. Our dearest friends made the long drive (long for the UK, that is) down from their home in Scotland, picked us up at the train station and then we continued on together to our final destination on the Hafod Estate. This was our home for an entire lovely week of good food, good music, good friends, good books, game nights, log fires, invigorating hikes, and stunning views. We had no schedule, no deadlines, no traffic, no phones, no TV, no internet, and no noise apart from the gurgling pond outside our front door, the breeze over the hills, the soft pitter patter of raindrops on the roof, the comforting sound of the crackling fire, and the occasional bleating of sheep or song of bird. Bliss.
Here's a little slideshow of some of our favorite shots (most are of the landscape…and there's a lot of them). Enjoy!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson
The Help Kathryn Stockett
Old Men at Midnight Chaim Potok
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath
The Passport Herta MΓΌller
Parable of the Sower Octavia Butler
A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger
Cold Tangerines Shauna Niequist
Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life Amy Krouse Rosenthal
In Dubious Battle John Steinbeck
The Book of Lights Chaim Potok
These are the ones I remember anyway.
I also tried to read a biography of Eglantyne Jebb called The Woman Who Saved the Children but it was so long and boringly written that I stopped reading about three quarters of the way through it despite the fact that I admire all that Eglantyne Jebb accomplished.
There are so many many more titles I wish I had found the time to get to this past year but alas, I can't spend ALL my time with my nose in a book. There's a whole big world out there full of interesting people and places waiting to be explored too! Not to mention my own sweet little girl that I can't get enough of!
What did you read? Any recommendations for me for 2011??
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