countryroadsstakemehome

[countryroadsstakemehome]

Glen Coe, Black Rock Cottage. Photo - Gary Hook

[countryroadsstakemehome]

[countryroadsstakemehome]

— Anne Michaels, from "Infinite Gradation," originally published in October 2017

[countryroadsstakemehome]

Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

[countryroadsstakemehome]

saw this girl today and i loved her outfit, coffee brown, baggy trousers and black crop top tucked around her waist, it was totally basic, but just loved the vibe and while she was walking past me, i couldn’t help but compliment her saying “i like your outfit” and i saw the way her face instantly lit up, her lips curled up and her eyes sparkled and she said “thank you!” and i know she will remember me the entire day today! i love complimenting strangers!!🤍

@velvetdayss @petrichara @sunfloweringmyway

[countryroadsstakemehome]

Introduction to The Iliad, Emily Wilson

[countryroadsstakemehome]

[countryroadsstakemehome]

[countryroadsstakemehome]

source

[countryroadsstakemehome]

[countryroadsstakemehome]

there is no more crying. there is no more hurting. there is no more missing or wondering or yearning. everything has gone quiet. we are content to spend the days curled in front of the fireplace together. i keep you warm, you keep me quiet. we can breathe. sometimes, we even forget everything it took to get us here. sometimes, our pasts don’t matter anymore. all the time, we feel whole.

[countryroadsstakemehome]

we’ve grown up. we’ve healed. we’re stable. we can be together with nothing standing in the way. there are bad days, but the good days vastly out number them. i sleep beside you in a warm, safe bed, and when i slide my hand across the sheets, yours is always there waiting for me. things are simpler. things are calmer. i can love you the way you deserve to be loved.

[countryroadsstakemehome]

“Home is where the trees look normal” is the sweetest, saddest, most nostalgic truth I’ve ever heard.

[countryroadsstakemehome]

so much of taking care of yourself as an adult is just learning to eat at home and going on walks

[countryroadsstakemehome]

i want to live in a home and have my parents around and we talk and laugh and watch our favourite shows in the afternoon and somehow fall asleep, later in the evening we have tea and for dinner we have my favourite, my mother’s chicken curry of which i savour every bite, there’s also pulao: rice cooked in chicken broth which she makes usually alongside the curry, my mother’s garden will be full of flowers and it will have veggies growing too and everything is fine with the world, there’s no anger, no broken things, no screaming and no banging on doors, our home is filled with laughter, warmth, sunlight coming from the large windows, aroma of my mother’s cooking, tea, and good stories, and in winters we sit in the verandah and soak the warm sunlight pooling on the floor while having my mother’s straight from the steamer hot momo, life is beautiful, there’s nothing to be feared.

- love letters to parents, r.

pictures source: pinterest (they belong to the rightful owner)

[countryroadsstakemehome]

— via letsbelonelytogetherr

[countryroadsstakemehome]

Just ended up rewatching the show and captured this moment where Katara keeps her hand at the back of Zuko while watching Azula to ensure him her support after he gets hurt, and this made my heart flutter because she knows that for Zuko seeing his sister turning into a maniac can be a difficult thing (even though they were rivals, but the sibling thing is still there). This feels genuine and intimate at the same time (don’t underestimate the fact that they legit seem like a couple here).

P.S: Sorry for the poor quality of image since it was a fleeting moment & I captured it on a whim.