Shiny, pretty, happy things

Great idea! How about some Crystals?


I love this one. So beautiful.






Amazing vibration.

Take a look at this big honker.

Ohhh Adam I love them! I love rocks and minerals. I love museums that are full of them.  They're among my favouritest favourite things.

Maybe we could start our own Le Cafe crystal cabinet? Everyone who likes crystals could add some.  I'll start:


Amethyst


Beryl

i love Crystals

Rose Quartz, i hold this whilst talking to my body during mindfullness most nights, and i sleep with it next to my bed, they also say if you sleep with it under your pillow, it draws your soulmate to you, or you dream of them.



Blue Laced Agate, very calming and soothing, always good to hold or place on you when you're feeling stressed out.. its helped me through some hard times



Citrine.. the abundance stone... place the geode in the wealth corner of your home, or carry tumble stones in your purse/wallet for abundance, it also cleanses other crystals if place with it

I a wear unakite bracelet. Mostly to balance my emotions, and release stress and helps to sleep better. It lines your emotions with your spiritual aspects. I also wear rose quartz of course

Oh no why is my picture missing?!

Ok, the Crystal Cabinet thread has been officially created so we can send pics of our favorite crystals.

Oh! Let's continue this thread of Shiny, pretty, happy things.

LittleMissSunshine From what I have seen, she's a very sweet girl who likes crystals, and I hope to get to know her better!  

Here's an old antique typewriter

"Yost's early typewriters, like the one listed here, were "blindwriters" that featured full, double keyboards. Blindwriters was a term given to typewriters that typed from underneath the carriage. This prevented the user from seeing what they were typing and, thus, writing blindly."

https://www.nytimes.com/store/new-yost-no-1-antique-typewriter-circa-1889.html

Love the crystal cabinet thread!!

An armillary sphere for Adam, a Knight of Hearts and King of Stars...



...who has always generously helped others,
...who is moving forward into a bright, starlight-filled future...

Another shiny, pretty, happy thing:

Yesterday I walked into a bookstore and this book jumped out at me -- a children's book (yes, I just happened to walk into the children's section) --

called The Scariest Thing of All.

It's by Debby Gliori.

And it's about a bunny called Pip.



Pip is scared of just about everything...

He goes on an adventure into a deep dark forest and everything is frightening to him, his list of scary things is getting longer and longer...

Most of all, he's scared of a horrible sound.
RARRRR! RARRR!!

Until, that is.
He approaches the monster making it...




...and he realises...


It isn't a monster at all.

The sound that had been haunting him the whole time...

...was his tummy rumbling.

So he realises that all his fears - the things that had been frightening him - they were in fact all HIM.
HE was what he was scared of. His own mind was the scariest thing of all.

Not anything else.

Everything was just in his imagination.
The scariness of things was just in his head.

So he goes skipping around looking at "goblins" and "monsters" which are really just funnily shaped trees and brambles and telling them,

YOU'RE not scary.
I'M scary.




What a clever children's story.

To wish you all a happy Thursday, I have dedicated a song to each of you All the songs are on my ipod, so they are all songs that make me feel good but some of them match more with one or the other. There are no hidden messages, so don't read into it too much, I don't want to see Posay naked and I'm not about to dedicate my life to Armine    Sorry if I left anyone out...
So here we go:

First

Selina

You were the easiest one cause anything from 20s black and white movie songs to Julie Andrews or Disney princesses would match, but it obviously just HAS TO BE

ok just kidding, I chose this

Night Eyes

Because first of all you deserve a song with a guy as hot as he is in that video  and second cause I love the sunny energy of that song and it reminds me of one of the happiest periods of my life Plus it reminds me how important happiness is over money

The Simplifier

Because anything you want- you got it and don't you forget it!  

Kazoo

Something chill like an ocean breeze

Adam

Found this good oldie for you

Little Miss Sunshine

Something happy and light

Adi

Just cause it has always been one of my old time favorites ever since I was 18

President Roosevelt

Because it's cheeky like you and has chicken in it

Posay

Because this song has the most Posayish energy in my ipod, all other songs are too soft, not fiery enough

Sparkle

Because you are and that's how you should feel about yourself every day

Pixie-Mara

Because it's all so boring without Pixie

Bunny

Because that's how I perceive you, soft , gentle and loving

Rodan

Ohh it was hard to choose something for Rodan, cause I felt it had to be mysterious and serious like Nick Cave or Leonard Cohen. But since I insisted they all had to come from my ipod and I don't have either, I picked ERA

Blossomtea

Because this song is just like you and cherry blossoms against the blue sky on a sunny spring day

MA

Cause it's a cool LOA song lol and that's the most MAish on my ipod

Lotus

God, this has taken forever pheww, so last but definitely not least, our beloved Lotus
He gets 2 songs cause I couldn't choose.


Grazie d'esistere

Oh my! This is so very thoughtful of you, lunar!

...I'm currently in a library but I looked at the first video without sound.
It's great! And at the moment, making me feel very homesick. I'm currently in rainy England, much as I love it it isn't hommmme...

Do you know that when I was three years old, there was a snake in my dollhouse? My parents had to evict it.

Awww how thoughtful are you?! Perfect song choice Lunar, thank you I've actually just found it on Spotify and added it to one of my playlists. Very catchy and very me, lol.

oh Lunar, thank you soooo much, i love my song, its right up my street... and well where has this man been all my life... Hubba Hubba  swooooon, someone remembered i like men with long hair!

you're so thoughtful

for you.... i hope you like it

Thanks Lunar, I couldn't stop laughing when he mentioned the chicken

Here's a song for you and the kids:

Thank you President and Nighty, I LOVE my songs

Selina, that is crazy, we have poisonous snakes in here too and sharks and alligators
but the biggest problem is the bears, they roam around houses and it is very common!
But you MUST listen to the first song WITH sound. The first time I heard it I was camping in a tent on Moreton island and our guide wanted to make us feel welcome

Nighty, here's another song that goes well with what we have been talking about

For Posay  and Selina

I found a perfect flower for Posay today
it's called hanging naked men.

Lunar, i find it very hard to listen to the actual song with how perfect this man looks!... he might be my new celeb crush hehe

long hair... check

guitar... check

good accent.. check

right kind of facial hair... check


hehe

I've just gotten a chance to check some of these threads now. Thanks so much for the song lunar!

Lunar, thank you so much for the song! It's so thoughtful of your AND it's really a match with how I am. I love happy songs :-) totally brightened up my day!

Thank you Lunar for your most beautiful post and for the effort and time you put in this lovely piece. I used to send "collective" posts and I know how much effort and time it really takes to put one together like this. Probably more than most people imagine. So I'm truly grateful for this post and especially for these lovely songs you chose for me. But with me you shouldn't have spent much time; I love everything beautiful. Besides, of all people you're the one, I assume, who knows how I love Clapton and the blues in general. (I remember I once told you this and even sent you one of his songs). Anyway, I again thank you and please excuse me for this late comment. Have a beautiful day, sweet friend.

Hahahahaa this is so sweet, lunar. I hadn't read this thread until now. You took the time to do this for us members. I love mine- thank you very much. I love oldies I don't know if my "real-life" friends have ever done anything quite like this.

I'm glad you liked your songs and it was no trouble at all- I enjoyed putting it together. For me it was just a great evening listening to some of my favorite music and having fun matching it up with you all

And I know right NE isn't he delicious lol

President Roosevelt wrote:For Posay  and Selina

Such a beautiful song. One of my faves from her latest album

So, I've finally finished Selina's Sunday Song Dedications, which...unfortunately aren't completely finished after all, but the list will grow if you watch this space.

I had a hard time doing this, because I'm one of those tricky people: I only listen to classical music, the closest I get to listening to something popular is when I listen to Edith Piaf's chansons. So I really can't dedicate something I don't know...

...and it means that people are stuck with songs they maybe won't love as ecstatically as I do.

But I *hope* you'll like them, too!

So voila, the Edith Piaf collection, specially chosen songs for the most active members, in alphabetical order, with English translations where necessary.


Adam
To you I dedicate my most recent favourite Piaf song, "Milord", which I enjoy playing over and over and over...





Lyrics

(chorus)
Come along, Milord!
Sit at my table;
It is so cold, outside,
Here it's comfortable.
Relax, Milord
And make yourself at ease,
Your troubles on my heart
And your feet on a chair
I know you, Milord,
You've never seen me,
I'm just a girl from the docks,
Just a shadow of the street...

Yet, I crossed you,
While you were passing yesterday,
You were so proud,
God! The sky made you perfect:

Your silk scarf
Floating on your shoulders,
You were so beautiful
You could have been mistaken for the king...
You were walking victoriously

A woman on your arm,
My God! ... How beautiful she was...
It makes my blood run cold...

(chorus)

Sometimes it's just enough
For there to be a boat
To make everything fall apart
When the boat leaves...
It brought away with it
The sweet girl with the tender eyes
Who didn't understand
She was ruining your life
Love, makes one cry
And life
Gives you all your chances
To take them back afterwards...

Come along, Milord!
You look like a kid!
Relax, Milord,
Come into my kingdom:
I heal remorse,
I sing romance,
I sing about milords,
who are unlucky!
Look at me, Milord,
You've never seen me before...
...But...You're crying, Milord?
That...I would never have believed it!...

Ah, well, there there, Milord!
Smile at me, Milord!
...Better than that! A bit of effort...
There we are!
Come along, laugh, Milord!
Come along, sing, Milord!
La-la-la...
Yes, dance, Milord!
La-la-la... Bravo Milord!
La-la-la... Encore Milord! ... La-la-la...



Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/milord-milord.html#ixzz3j4V4SFyD

Lotus

Padam, Padam



This tune which haunts me day and night
This tune wasn't written today
It comes from as far away as I come
Trawled around by a hundred thousand musicains
One day this tune will drive me mad
A hundred times I've wanted to say why
But it's interrupted me
It always speaks before i do
And its voice drowns out my voice

Padam...padam...padam
It comes running up behind me
Padam...padam...padam
It plays me the trick of: do you remember
C'est un air qui me montre du doigt
Et je traîne après moi comme un drole d'erreur
Cet air qui sait tout par cœur

It says: "Remember your loves
Remember cos it's your turn
There's no reason why you shouldn't cry
Encumbered with your memories
"And me, I see again those who remain
My 20 years make the drum beat
I see the succession of gestures flash by
All the comedy of love
To this tune which just keeps playing

Des "je t'aime" de quatorze-juillet
Padam...padam...padam...
The 'always's which we buy on the cheap
Des "veux-tu" en voilà par paquets
Et tout ca pour tomber juste au coin d'la rue
Sur l'air qui m'a reconnue
...
Listen to the commotion which it causes me
Comme si tout mon passé défilait
...
You need to keep some sorrow for later
I've got scores full in this tune which beats.
Which beats like a wooden heart

Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/Padam-Padam-Padam-Padam.html#ixzz3j4ZQTocH

lunar

Une enfant

(I haven't included the lyrics because they're a bit too disturbing...... )



Night Eyes

Hymne a l'amour, English version - "If you love me, really love me"




posay

La foule



I see the city in celebration and delirious
Suffocating under the sun and in the joy
And I hear in the music screams, laughs
Bursting bounce around me
And lost among the people who upset me
Stunned, helpless, I am still here
When suddenly I am back, he fell,
And the crowd just throw me in his arms.
Carried by the crowd behind us
Us
Crushed against one another
We do one body
And flow effortlessly
Us, chained either
And leaves us both
Happy, drunk and happy.
Carried by the crowd that rushes
And dancing a mad dance
Both hands are welded
And sometimes raised
Both arms fly body
And both fall
Happy, drunk and happy
And joy splashed by her smile
Redounds and pierces me in my
But I suddenly cries out in laughter
When the crowd comes to pull in my arms
Carried by the crowd behind us
We us away from one another
I struggle and I discussion
But his voice
Choking in the laughter of the other
And I cry out of pain, fury and rage
And I cry
Driven by the crowd that rushes
And dancing a mad dance
I am swept away
And I Crispe my fists, cursing the crowd that I steal
The man she had given me
And I never found

Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/la-foule-la-foule-best-translationedith-piaf.html#ixzz3j4WodgS7

PR

L'homme a la moto



Lyrics

He wore jeans and motorcycle boots
A black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
His bike took off like a cannon shot
Sowing terror in the whole neighborhood

He never combed his hair, never washed
He had grease under his nails

But a blue heart tattooed on a bicep
Read “I Love Mom” in it
He had a girlfriend named Marylou
Who everyone pitied, a child of her time
Because everyone knew well that he loved
his bitch of a bike more than anything else

He wore jeans and motorcycle boots
A black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
His bike took off like a cannon shot
Sowing terror in the whole neighborhood

Poor Marylou begged and pleaded
“Don’t go out tonight, I’ll cry if you go …”

But her words were lost, and also her tears
In the noise of the engine and exhaust

He took off like the devil with fire in his eyes

At the RR crossing, it was like a bolt of fire
Into a speeding locomotive
And when they sorted the debris …

The found his jeans and motorcycle boots
His black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
But nothing of the bike and nothing of the devil
Who sowed terror in the whole neighborhood …


Sparkle

A quoi ca sert l'amour (another one of my recent favourites! )

aww thank you beautiful Selina, thats a lovely song, thank you for introducing me to something new

anyways, i have limited knowledge of classical music but i found this for you, i do hope you like it, and its more 'your thing' if not... sorry lol




i also found one for Lotus whilst digging around, i hope its a version you will like




i need time to think for everyone else, and also allow everyone to enjoy Selinas beautiful videos first