Walk in the Park

Just a quick post from my little morning walk in the park, which led to croissants and coffee.

Old Times: Howth

I take very few photos lately (none to be specific) and even if I do, I use my phone and then I just forget about it. So while cleaning my computer I realized there are many old photos I liked and I decided to upload them while I try to find some inspiration in daily life without travelling.

These are from a day trip from Dublin to Howth, a little fishermen's village (or the way I see it) last November. I do remember the day very clearly since it was the day I almost froze myself to death because of a problem with heating and water (and eventually wind). I had to have an ice cold shower (in November. in Dublin.) and then had out. Howth was very close to Dublin, yet gave the feeling of country side. Or rather, seaside. The air was fresh and the sky felt higher than ever. We walked down by the waterside to the lighthouse, listened to the street musician, tried to reach Howth castle in near-dark and ate sea food. On our way back I found a little second hand bookshop near the train station and bought some cheap books. I also remember that we had to run to catch the train.

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Son zamanlarda çok az fotoğraf çekiyorum (hiç demek daha doğru olur) ve çeksem dahi sadece telefonla hızlı bir kaç kare çekip sonra tamamen varlığını unutuyorum. Bilgisayarı temizlerken eskiden kalma çok fazla fotoğrafın olduğunu da fark ettiğimden şimdilik onları yüklemeye karar verdim. Bu sırada günlük sıradan hayatta biraz olsun ilham bulmayı umarak.

Bunlar geçen Kasım'da Dublin'den Howth denen minik bir sahil kasabasına yapılan günübirlik geziden kalma fotoğraflar. Günü bu kadar net hatırlamamın sebebi donarak ölmeye fazla yaklaşmış olduğum gerçeği. Buz gibi suyla duş alıp (Kasım'da. Dublin'de!)dışarı çıkmak zorunda kalmıştım. Howth, Dublin'e çok yakın olmasına rağmen şehirden fazla uzaklaşmış hissi veren bir yer. Daha ferah, gökyüzü sanki daha yüksek. Sahilde deniz fenerine kadar yürüyüp sokak müzisyenlerini dinledikten sonra hava neredeyse kararmak üzereyken Howth kalesine ulaşmaya çalıştık (başardık ancak biraz geç olmuştu) ve sonrasında deniz mahsülleri yedik. Dönüş yolunda, tren istasyonuna yakın bir sahaf keşfetmek ve ucuz kitaplar almak günün beklenmedik olayı oldu. Bir de trene yetişmek için koşmak zorunda kalmak.

Inspiration: Autumn

 
I'm aware that we're almost halfway through autumn but I feel like this year autumn comes slow. I don't know if it's because it was 22C yesterday or because the leaves didn't even started to fall properly yet. Either way, seeing these beautiful autumn inspired photos and illustrations makes me wish it was more autumn-y here as well. For most maybe October is about Halloween, spooky stuff and pumpkins but I'm simple. I'm not going to picnics with a backpack. I'm not picking apples or spend time in the woods. For me it is walking in the rain, trying to hold my umbrella still, earthly tones, stomping on fallen leaves like a child, drinking a lot of black coffee, reading in bed while listening to wind or listening to some old rock songs, early nights, wearing loafers and big cardigans,  buying way too many books, reading vampire stories, smell of rain, earth, cinnamon, warm. Autumn is my favourite season and probably it's not just because my birthday is in October, or it's raining, or it's cool but not freezing, or the light is perfect. It's because there is a feeling of a fresh start in the air. Even after graduating it feels like it's school season and you're about to learn something new about life. Sor for this year, I want to learn something new from the start, maybe attend a course. I'm bad with resolutions but I want to bake the perfect apple pie, knit a new red pillow case, take a lot of photos and restart writing (NaNoWriMo is coming). I want that feeling to last.

Oh and all photos/illustrations are linked to their sources.