Britt-Arnhild's House in the Woods

A Blink of an Eye Moment, and another notebook

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I could hear their laughter a long way. A group of children were playing together outside the cathedral. I came closer and heard one of the kids saying to the others: "Come here! Look! I have something to show you! Can you see this stone? It is my charging point!"

I smiled as I continued my walk. Children of today, with electrical cars and digital devices everywhere, of course they know all about charging points.

 

My thoughts started to wander. I am so low of energhy these days. How can I find back my joy of life, my creativity, my energy to run around like a child? May be the best thing I can do is to search for my charging point?

 

My girls know about my mania for notebooks. When Marta was in Kenya she bought me a bright yellow one. I have had it on my desk since I got it, knowing that I want to use it for something special, not quite sure what. But now I know :-) It will be my "blink of an eue"- notebook, my charging point. Where I write down the small, too often unnoticed blink of an eyes during the day.

The charging point tale will ne first out.
And I am already looking for the next one.

 

The first photos are from a kindergarten next door to the cathedral.

 

My love affair with note books.

I have a love affair going on, an affair I have had for years. My husband knows about it, he don't mind and even support it from time to time.

I love note books. In all coloours and sizes, old and new, spiral bound, hard covered and with all types of decorations - depending on my mood. For some reason the diaries I have used the past years are black, spiral bounds, but I have colourful books for alot of other purposes. I fill the books with writing, with inspirations, with photos, with quotations or I keep them blank. There is always at least one book tucked somewhere in my purse or backpack.

In town yesterday I visited my favorite stationary shop here in Trondheim, Ordning&Reda: http://www.ordning-reda.no/index.htm  Of course the inviting shelves firmly call out: buy me! And I respond. The result yesterday was two new books, one pink and one red. I will use them for inspiation clippings, like I found in Ulla's bookpages in her blog: http://ullam.typepad.com/ullabenulla/

In April I was in Rome. Italy is well known for it's paper industry, and specialising in marbelled paper. I have my favorite shops there, and this time I found a "new" shop to put on my favorites-list, Angy's Dreams: www.angysdreams.it Angy's Dreams is a family based store situated in Via Francesco Crispi, not far from the Spanish Steps. I came there in the morning and was going to walk around in Rome by myself all day and therefore didn't want to carry too much. But I bought a beautiful small notebook decorated with blue Raphael angels, and a stationary set  with a floral print - which I now use when I write those of you who responded to my question for new penpals :-). Enjoy your online visit to Angy's Dreams, the paper there can soon become your dream too.