the thrill is gone

i'll admit it, having access to a whole box of fresh series 13 minifigs and just cutting them all open with a scissors and collecting the whole set immediately, while a great privilege, does not fill me with the excitement i felt when i first discovered collectible minifigures at the grocery store back in the summer of 2013. of course, i am pleased to have the whole collection and i do delight in the details in the same way as i did then - the little paleontologist has a cute bone and a little round fossil and the roller skate-wearing groovy singer is so cute, but the thrill of the hunt is gone. that feeling of excitement of not really being sure which ones you got - of opening each package and squealing in delight or groaning because it's another lady cyclops. the pull of going back for more because there's still one more that you just have to have. i miss that.

it leads me to think that a great deal of the pleasure of collecting must actually be in the search - whether it's minifigs or catherine holm enamelware or antique locks or whatever it may be. the pleasure lies less in the having than in the search. i suspect there's a life lesson for me in this.

* * *

thinking so much about spilling ink's gratitude post. 

* * *

withknown looks pretty interesting.

* * *

it's quite obvious that i need a sous vide kitchen machine.
and it's all amy's fault.

* * *

yes, i am continuing to take a photo every day.

for the 5th (or is 6th?) year running.

you can see them here.

* * *

now this wind turbine tree is quite possibly the coolest thing ever!

* * *

fascinating historical photos of titanic survivors taken with a brownie camera.
and more of world war I, also taken with a brownie.
is the brownie the most important camera ever made?

a rather long time ago, inspired by the wonderful and still much-missed char, i did a post on life lessons. i even updated it about a year ago. but today feels like a day for a list, and since we never stop learning, here are the life lessons that come to mind here and now:

~ a g&t (or 3) does not make a good dinner.

~ especially if you also skipped lunch.

~ getting older is inevitable. and not really so bad.

~ apple will always come out with something new that you must have.


--------
cleaning up in my draft posts - this was written 15/9.2014, but not really published until 24/3.2016.