you've probably never had this for snack/lunch

INGREDIENTS:

cucumber{s}, chilli lemon seasoning, lemon juice {either from fresh lemons or bottled}

i never measure anything, just do what you think you can handle.

i've have drank the left over juice/chillilemonstuffs before, its pretty tart though. i wouldn't really suggest it.

 INGREDIENTS:

General Tso Wok sauce, white rice. {soy sauce is optional}

again, i never measure anything.

 i'm sure this dish has been done before, but i was the first to invent it in my family, and i'm the only one who eats it too! 

have any of you guys ever eaten these dishes? if not, and you like spicy, give them a try! 

so stinking delicious and super duper easy to prepare!

what kind of weird yummy things do you like to eat?

-noni

on the wing

Breathe and I'll carry you away into the velvet sky
And we'll stir the stars around
And watch them fall away into the Hudson Bay
And plummet out of sight and sound
The open summer breeze will sweep you through the hills
Where I live in the alpine heights
Below the Northern Lights, 
I spend my coldest nights
Alone, awake and thinking of...the weekend we were in love 

i wasn't planning to blog today, but i found this picture and wanted to share.

happy Wednesday, everyone!

xx-noni

Fun Confessions

or maybe i should just call this "random junk thats going on right now in my life"

1. i've made it a secret new year resolution to watch all of Doctor Who, on the 3rd season right now!
2. i very much miss my friends in Springfeild.
3. i always feel really weird when i don't blog every day, i just love blogging, y'all! :p
4. i adore pinning with my bestie, its hilarious and awesome.
5. i really want to find a new pen-pal this year, any takers?
6. i'm seriously psyched to see Hansel and Gretel {coming out the 12th}
7. i want to have twins someday.
 8. i like to do posts like these that have very little class about them.
9. sometimes i'm really moody and can never decided what i want to do.
10. i'm currently re-obsessed with LOTR and am reading The Fellowship for the first time! 
11. discovered Brandi Carlile and am in love, check out 'Way to You' by her, its loverly.
12. i really want a new lens.
13. i'm very happy. for the moment. ;)
14. i'm pretty positive i'm a hobbit reincarnated.
15. i really wish i could do a q+a page..but no one really asks me questions, whattup? ;)
16. sometimes i can be all "deep and thoughtful/poetic/inspiring" but lots of the times i'm not. i'm just silly and fun and i don't feel like i portray that enough to you guys.
17. i really like squeaky doors and hugging my cat. i mean. really.
18. i asked my mom "whats something funny and quirky about me?" her answer: "your face".
19. i like my mom, i do.
20. i carry a pocket knife with me everywhere, either in my back pocket or purse. it ain't no swiss army one either. you'd be surprise at how often i use it!
21. i get to babysit two darling twin boys, which explains why i want twins someday.
22. i know, this list is astronomical, but you don't mind, do you?
23. i'd bet money that Rinskii will be the first to comment on this post.
24. i really wish Tom Hiddleston would be 12.
25. i took a "which Doctor Who character are you?" test. i got Rory.
26. i like you guys. you're all quite chummy and i really appreciate all the feedback you leave me!


-noni

experimenting with light

busy day today! but i couldn't forget to share with you my latest adventures in photography.

i took these a few days ago, as the sun was streaming through the windows and fell perfectly illuminating my face and eyes, i of course ran to get my camera and had quite a lot of fun

capturing the sun as it hit me in odd ways.

just in case you wanted to know, these are barely edited, simply turned b/w and made a bit richer.

anywho, better be off!

-noni

have a fantastic Sunday, everyone!

-noni

something happy

watercolors make me tremendously happy

i should really paint more often.

-noni

ps.

how do you like the make over? new year, new look. :)

a few moments of january

"progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything"

-noni

ordinary motion

i write words. i erase words. because sometimes i simply don't know how to express whats going on inside.
maybe thats because i'm not really sure what is going on inside. i feel chaotic. so i focus on what i know. but that doesn't always help, because i get tired of what i know. i crave knowledge, i crave friendship, i crave acceptance. i crave something dangerous, something new.
i crave safety, something  old.
after awhile i get bored with thinking. i just wish i could turn it off, so i sleep. a deep, dreamless sleep.
the sort of slumber i don't want to wake up from.

i take long walks, i stand on the bank and look up at the road and think, my, thats a long way off.
but soon, i'm standing on the road, looking down at the bank thinking my, thats a long way off.
and it hits me. thats how life is. one minute you're looking forwards wondering if you'll ever reach whatever is ahead in the future, whats it going to be like?
and the next minute, reality has taken the shape of the future and you're looking back wondering how you were ever so small. and the in between time is forgotten with the overwhelmingness of the present and past.

there are things i can't speak of. things i can't admit. there are people who concern me, people who intrigue me. but i can't really do anything about it.
it seems my only tool is prayer. its all i have to hold onto. i wish i could just come out in the open about things that i've done, things that have happened in the past 2 years.
right now i'm dreaming about being done with college in 2 years.
and maybe, possibly going to college elsewhere on an art scholarship, but its all just an idea right now. a far off possibility. something to pray about, consider. a maybe, a what if. but its a nice what if, not those heart wrenching ones.

i let the music take me farther and farther, doing nothing. just listening. just being still. just existing in the midst of noise. but sometimes it creates this sad monster inside of me.
sometimes turning off the music is necessary. because those people, are singing to someone. singing about someone, for someone.
and that isn't always the right medicine for a lonely soul.

so i focus, again on what i know. and this time it helps.

-noni

what we see is what we are

 yesterday i realized that i had completed one of last January's resolutions.

and that was to have one self photo shoot every month, so at the end of the year, i'd have 12 collective photos of myself. the main reason for this project was to work on my photography skills.

i didn't do it because i like taking pictures of myself, i still find it rather annoying. but after awhile i've got to find some sort of outlet for my photography, and i was always available, so i became my top model.

i sorta missed april and november, but at least i had some sort of photo of myself, even if it was just to show off that weird baby-mullet thingy i had and a picture with baby Maddy {she's so cute}.

i see a big improvement in my photography over just one year. i have learn so much and i finally feel confident with my style and what not. i've realized there's so much more to photography than just 'point and shoot' and i've deff. perfected working with a self timer.

i've discovered some amazing photographers in the past year, a few of them are Acacia at Capture Life, Kinga at Quidditea, J. Benjamin B. at LTLI, Kylie at The Flybird, Brandon at Brandon Kidd Photography, and many, many more.

i'm terribly excited to keep on growing in photography. 

i still have so much to discover and learn and i'm ready for it.

There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are. - Ernst Haas

-noni

its a brand new day

Some kind of magic
Happens late at night
When the moon smiles down at me
And bathes me in its light
I fell asleep beneath you
In the tall blades of grass
When I woke the world was new
I never had to ask

if its not relevant. its random.

here's a few randoms to start off a brand new year:

my silly cat is mad at me for getting her on a diet.

so now she sleeps with me at night, weird right? she's such a cute little freak.

the snow is melting away, everything is soggy and muddy out.

there's a "talent show" at church today.

i keep telling myself "its January, again" and it sounds weird every time. ok, maybe that was a bit relevant to today..

i've decided i hate makeup. this doesn't mean i'll quit wearing the tiny amount that i do. its just not important to me so if i forget to ever put it on again. oops.

 

i couldn't think of anything profound or inspiring to say about twenty thirteen.

i don't really feel the need to.

its simply, another brand new day.

Most kind of stories
Save the best part for last
And most stories have a hero who finds
You make your past your past
Yeah you make your past your past

-noni