tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86666071273346726202024-03-13T13:46:58.459+10:00In Shades of TurquoiseMercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-73524653986413653652011-10-12T10:41:00.009+10:002011-10-12T11:54:45.172+10:00A Flurry of Thoughts<div align="center">So it's been four months since I've been 'back' and I once again have neglected my blog. So much has happened in the past year I scarcely know where to begin. I have begun studying nursing at university which I'm loving although it can be a little overwhelming.<br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jYb_NAB-FNM/TpTtL06U9kI/AAAAAAAAATY/Tqc_xVIUaJI/s1600/IMG_0119%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662411418949187138" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jYb_NAB-FNM/TpTtL06U9kI/AAAAAAAAATY/Tqc_xVIUaJI/s400/IMG_0119%255B1%255D.JPG" /> <br /><p align="center"></a>We don't really have proper autumn in Brisbane so it was exciting to see bunches of fallen<br />leaves like the movies! </p><br /><p><br />I went to Melbourne for a week a few months ago which was wonderful. I traveled with a friend and we had a lovely relaxing time going shopping, seeing movies, and having amazing dinners at some beautiful restaurants. Melbourne is such a beautiful city with amazing architecture and such a vibrant, exciting feel about it. My camera ran out of battery on our first day but here are a few photos that I managed to snap.<br /></p><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qJLK0VzRoks/TpTrsxiYj7I/AAAAAAAAATM/yI2nWXU2wUo/s1600/063.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662409785955880882" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qJLK0VzRoks/TpTrsxiYj7I/AAAAAAAAATM/yI2nWXU2wUo/s400/063.JPG" /></a>Sitting down to give our feet a break from walking around which we did a lot of.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JObMgyKfLJM/TpTtMMXVJZI/AAAAAAAAATo/szWna0n6oiI/s1600/IMG_0115%255B1%255D.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662411425244849554" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JObMgyKfLJM/TpTtMMXVJZI/AAAAAAAAATo/szWna0n6oiI/s400/IMG_0115%255B1%255D.JPG" /></a>My first ever coffee...well a short mocha with half-strength coffee and cream which doesn't really count but still...:)</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />Many of my friends have/are traveled overseas lately and seeing all their photos and hearing stories is making me so restless to travel again. I'm feeling in need of a holiday and Europe is high on my list. Although I'll go anywhere... I'm planning on going to Fiji in about a year with the same friend who I went to Melbourne with. I would also love to go on a cruise to the Caribbean. Does anyone else ever feel the same itchiness to see new places and visit all the places you've read or dreamed about?<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h5NN4oIOCr4/TpTrsqDl2TI/AAAAAAAAATA/CLAtBiolTrw/s1600/061.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662409783947680050" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-h5NN4oIOCr4/TpTrsqDl2TI/AAAAAAAAATA/CLAtBiolTrw/s400/061.JPG" /></a> Our room which was so small that two single beds wouldn't have fit side by side. A less glamorous side of travelling:) </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />My family will also be expanding by a few in several months. My oldest sister, Jordan, is pregnant with her second child and is due in January and another sister, Salem, is pregnant with twins! It is the first pregnany and children for her and her husband and the second set of twins in our familyof which is so exciting!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pGrb3WCwtFQ/TpTvLFVTMgI/AAAAAAAAATw/mJYmj-ZAV7Q/s1600/Twins.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 206px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662413605200671234" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pGrb3WCwtFQ/TpTvLFVTMgI/AAAAAAAAATw/mJYmj-ZAV7Q/s400/Twins.jpg" /></a><br />On a side note, I recently saw the latest movie version Jane Eyre which was amazing! I loved it so much and it was extremely close to the book, one of the few book-to-movie films that transitions well. I would definitely recommend it!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CchMVpc6aRY/TpTyljqCKEI/AAAAAAAAAUE/qHOo31zR5nI/s1600/jane%2Beyre.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662417358552180802" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CchMVpc6aRY/TpTyljqCKEI/AAAAAAAAAUE/qHOo31zR5nI/s400/jane%2Beyre.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-36R2s-Etjl8/TpTylbWWZZI/AAAAAAAAAT8/TPTuJ3ne2As/s1600/jane%2Beyre%2B2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 235px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662417356322137490" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-36R2s-Etjl8/TpTylbWWZZI/AAAAAAAAAT8/TPTuJ3ne2As/s400/jane%2Beyre%2B2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Well until I've finished my classes for the year the posts may be a little sparse but I'll try to post at least once a week!</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Have a lovely day,</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Mercy</div><br /></div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-8384850297211957952011-06-22T10:31:00.004+10:002011-06-22T11:14:10.374+10:00I'm Back!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C8FuQfjPMJs/TgFBfdqbl9I/AAAAAAAAAS4/U3sb8-wMGfg/s1600/freedom%2Bblog.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620845818729437138" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C8FuQfjPMJs/TgFBfdqbl9I/AAAAAAAAAS4/U3sb8-wMGfg/s400/freedom%2Bblog.jpg" /></a><em>'This world demands the qualities of youth, not a time of life, but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination - a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over a life of ease...</em><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eoSWCK2NbdQ/TgFBfGwsOvI/AAAAAAAAASw/jOotBwa4OCI/s1600/freedom%2B2%2Bblog.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 178px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620845812581677810" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eoSWCK2NbdQ/TgFBfGwsOvI/AAAAAAAAASw/jOotBwa4OCI/s400/freedom%2B2%2Bblog.jpg" /></a><br /><em>...Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance...<br /></em><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1DHKpBqdLeI/TgE8-LViw2I/AAAAAAAAASY/pBo-VKHmZJM/s1600/black%2Band%2Bwhite%2Bblog%2B3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620840848827794274" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1DHKpBqdLeI/TgE8-LViw2I/AAAAAAAAASY/pBo-VKHmZJM/s400/black%2Band%2Bwhite%2Bblog%2B3.jpg" /></a> <em>...Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential, vital quality for those who seek to change the world which yields most painfully to change...I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the world.' - </em>Robert F. Kennedy, Day of Affirmation speech, 1966<br /><br /></p>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-26185607825282854192010-12-22T19:14:00.001+10:002010-12-22T19:21:03.019+10:00Fabulous Fabric Giveaway!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TRHC7OdlujI/AAAAAAAAASE/zo455vs-P80/s1600/Fabric%2Bblog.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553434138274806322" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TRHC7OdlujI/AAAAAAAAASE/zo455vs-P80/s400/Fabric%2Bblog.jpg" /></a><br /><div>How cute are these fabrics?! <a href="http://www.retromummy.blogspot.com/">Retro Mummy </a>is having a giveaway for these fat quarters. Don't they make you feel so creative looking at them and imagining all the fabulous things you could make with them!! The giveaway is open until New Year's Eve so pop on over and take a look:)</div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-45561603259209401042010-12-16T09:42:00.006+10:002010-12-16T10:09:08.273+10:00The Year That IsI've had a very busy couple of weeks and lots has happened but the biggest thing is that I turned 18 last week!! I ended up having a prolonged week-long celebration starting with going away with two best friends. It was lovely although rainy and we just relaxed, watched christmas movies, swam a little... <div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TQlXV8SQ9EI/AAAAAAAAARs/PuT0t_EsNfg/s1600/blog.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551064050182452290" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TQlXV8SQ9EI/AAAAAAAAARs/PuT0t_EsNfg/s400/blog.jpg" /></a>The delightful Char<br /><br />The following weekend was my actual birthday and I went out to breakfast with most of my family which was also lovely. And in between were lots of christmas breakups, end-of-year celebrations and the MUSE concert:) <div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TQlXh4Jz9NI/AAAAAAAAAR0/Lkys3eyJK0w/s1600/blog%2B2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551064255231685842" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TQlXh4Jz9NI/AAAAAAAAAR0/Lkys3eyJK0w/s400/blog%2B2.jpg" /></a>My 'excited' brother at my birthday breakfast:)<br /><br />I thought I'd have a look over the year that was and share some of the highlights-<br /><ol><li>I finished school last year so this year has been study-free!</li><br /><li>I was asked out by a boy for the first time (may not be a big deal for some of you but it was for me:)</li><br /><li>I made some new friends and found friendship unexpectedly</li><br /><li>I got to travel (just to cairns but still...)</li><br /><li>I decided what I want to do for a career: nursing. And I'm now waiting to hear if I got into uni!</li><br /><li>I got two new nephews, one new niece and one brother-in-law this year:)</li><br /><li>I hit an all-time low in my relationship with God and also an all-time high</li><br /><li>I discovered so much about myself, why I do things, what makes me tick, etc. and still learning:)</li><br /><li>And now it's Christmas, my favourite time of year filled with sun, family, friends, presents, the awesome Christmas food...:)</li></ol><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TQlXv4ryGgI/AAAAAAAAAR8/DsD71pCInBs/s1600/blog%2B3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551064495892339202" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TQlXv4ryGgI/AAAAAAAAAR8/DsD71pCInBs/s400/blog%2B3.jpg" /></a>My amazing birthday cake!! I do lots of baking and cake making hence the design:)<br /><br /><p>I'd love to hear some of the highlights from your year too! If I don't get a chance to write before Christmas, I hope you all have a fabulous time with family and I hope you remember the reason for it all!</p><br /><br /><br /><p>Mercy xo</p></div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-39339888615831005282010-11-30T10:07:00.006+10:002010-11-30T10:38:22.227+10:00SummertimeAah I just love this time of year!!! Swimming in the salty, cold ocean...reading a book by the sparkling pool... drinking ice cold drinks in front of a blowy fan... wearing floaty dresses that embody the essence of summer... everyone smiling because they're so happy summer's back again...<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TPRFNrz5boI/AAAAAAAAARk/S-_JCgNspd0/s1600/pretty%2B3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545133142600937090" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TPRFNrz5boI/AAAAAAAAARk/S-_JCgNspd0/s400/pretty%2B3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TPRFNQ_o0FI/AAAAAAAAARc/tcZQq98a-i8/s1600/pretty.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545133135402422354" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TPRFNQ_o0FI/AAAAAAAAARc/tcZQq98a-i8/s400/pretty.jpg" /></a>I'm going away this weekend to the beach with my two closest friends,<a href="http://www.herlonelycity.blogspot.com/"> Char ,</a> and Ash. It'll be 3 days of swimming, reading, sunbaking, eating, laughing, etc. I'm so excited (if you couldn't already tell) I'll be sure to post photos when I get back.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TPRFNHK3j4I/AAAAAAAAARU/rknnAfDx0nc/s1600/pretty%2B2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545133132765171586" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TPRFNHK3j4I/AAAAAAAAARU/rknnAfDx0nc/s400/pretty%2B2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>In the last few weeks a few things have been happening round my place...my sister<a href="http://www.saleaway-salem.blogspot.com/"> Salem</a> and her husband moved to a small town about 8 hours away for work. I miss them a lot especially in this season when it's so often about friends and family. But they'll be back for Christmas and holidays so that'll be lovely! Well, I'm off to dream and traipse around the sunny coast:)</div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-61923174622847476952010-11-08T21:38:00.002+10:002010-11-08T22:05:19.968+10:00Icecream and Ideals<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TNfnWb1trvI/AAAAAAAAARM/UK_d6w2uqKA/s1600/revelation.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537148639491501810" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TNfnWb1trvI/AAAAAAAAARM/UK_d6w2uqKA/s400/revelation.png" /></a><br /><div>I've had a revelation. Now once I reveal this priceless gem most of you will probably say something like, "Um, have you been living under a rock? How did you not know that already?!' But that's okay, it's just sunk in for me over the past couple of days and I feel the need to share it. Are you ready?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>People think differently.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Groundbreaking, isn't it? I mean, I always knew there were the obvious differences like between males and females and their thinking but apart from that I've always sort of assumed the people around me process things the way I do, like the things I do, come to the same conclusions I do, etc... And if they don't then I obviously just didn't explain myself properly:) </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>It amazes me that icecream isn't everyone's favourite food, that not everyone gets inspired by the same movies or music, that not every girl loves the feeling of a swishy skirt or dress, and that not everyone thinks life should be lived and not just tolerated. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>A couple of days ago, I was telling a good friend of mine a new perspective I have on life and basically that I thought that if everyone knew about it they'd abandon their old ways of thinking and jump on my fabulous bandwagon:) Unfortunately, the overjoyed, enlightened expression I expected to see on her face was not there. In its place was an interested, trying-to-be-supportive face with an undertone of sympathy to my enthusiastic ideals.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>This is when my reaction of, "She just didn't get it and soon it'll register and she'll love the idea," kicked in. And only a few moments later my revelation began. People think differently because people are different. Just another musing I picked up on my daily travels!</div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-68102670830740721102010-10-08T17:29:00.003+10:002010-10-08T17:40:22.309+10:00Gleams of Sunshine<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TK7KkirvQ7I/AAAAAAAAARE/DtpTPKUQ8yE/s1600/blog+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525576521964536754" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TK7KkirvQ7I/AAAAAAAAARE/DtpTPKUQ8yE/s400/blog+1.jpg" /></a><br /><div>"I'd like to add some beauty to life," said Anne dreamily. "I don't exactly want to make people <em>know </em>more. . . . though I know that <em>is </em>the noblest ambition. . . . but I'd love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me . . . . to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn't been born."</div><br /><div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-55907094177610493022010-09-23T11:22:00.004+10:002010-09-23T11:42:04.354+10:00Squeezing My Heart Into Little Inkdrops<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TJqvoZ2OU-I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/PmO96VuVCcI/s1600/letters+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519917401963910114" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TJqvoZ2OU-I/AAAAAAAAAQ8/PmO96VuVCcI/s400/letters+3.jpg" /></a> <div>Whenever I feel a little discouraged about the world and sometimes, the people in it; 7 billion strangers all being selfish and striving after what's best for them, something happens that restores my faith in mankind and human kindness!<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TJqvoJi9yRI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/zFspJO3huJU/s1600/letters+5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519917397588166930" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TJqvoJi9yRI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/zFspJO3huJU/s400/letters+5.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TJqvnjk_ZXI/AAAAAAAAAQs/MU7JPM9pRMo/s1600/letters+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519917387396113778" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TJqvnjk_ZXI/AAAAAAAAAQs/MU7JPM9pRMo/s400/letters+4.jpg" /></a>Yesterday I received a letter in the mail (there's such a thrill in receiving a hand-written letter, don't you think?) from someone I've never talked to. It was a letter of encouragement and thanks for something I'd done for this lady's son and daighter-in-law and I was so touched by it I had to share that with you all:) It continually blows me away when people are very selfless and thoughtful.<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TJqvnQ1KuuI/AAAAAAAAAQk/eibd4kuYIZk/s1600/letters+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519917382363691746" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TJqvnQ1KuuI/AAAAAAAAAQk/eibd4kuYIZk/s400/letters+2.jpg" /></a>Another story of selflessness, last week I was working and a gentleman came up to the counter and gave me a $50 note to use for the ladies behind him in line, towards their purchases. When I told the ladies that they just could not stop smiling and in turn it made me so happy to be able to be a part of the blessing:)<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TJqvnMvAtvI/AAAAAAAAAQc/W0gNBi1MK98/s1600/letters.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519917381264127730" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TJqvnMvAtvI/AAAAAAAAAQc/W0gNBi1MK98/s400/letters.jpg" /></a><br />I apologise for the length of this post but I encourage you to reach out in kindness today because it makes all the difference:) Maybe even post a letter of your own...</div></div></div></div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-63106202686606723402010-09-08T19:41:00.003+10:002010-09-08T19:52:25.919+10:00United Flowers<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TIdceteC5-I/AAAAAAAAAPs/-IEbsweVToM/s1600/building.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514477951409907682" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TIdceteC5-I/AAAAAAAAAPs/-IEbsweVToM/s400/building.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TIdceYfPBDI/AAAAAAAAAPk/lTHF9OE5RGw/s1600/building+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514477945777751090" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TIdceYfPBDI/AAAAAAAAAPk/lTHF9OE5RGw/s400/building+2.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TIdceNaIErI/AAAAAAAAAPc/rBcZkTUDa9A/s1600/building+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514477942803534514" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TIdceNaIErI/AAAAAAAAAPc/rBcZkTUDa9A/s400/building+3.jpg" /></a><br />I've been thinking lately that the whole blog world is strangely fabulous! It's amazing to me that people from across the world, of different ages, walks of life, faith, ethnicities etc. are drawn together by a common bond of inspiration. Not many other places has such encouragement and freedom with complete strangers (although I feel like I know most of you already:) I wanted to say thankyou to all the fabulous stardrops who've commented or followed or simply looked at my blog and made me feel like I've had something worth sharing! You are all very special:)Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-37282599256008737182010-08-22T21:06:00.003+10:002010-08-22T21:18:49.496+10:00Heartburst<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/THEHQsGqUXI/AAAAAAAAAPM/oWJb6qSH8Lg/s1600/spring+jump.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508191802549227890" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/THEHQsGqUXI/AAAAAAAAAPM/oWJb6qSH8Lg/s400/spring+jump.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/THEHQGb856I/AAAAAAAAAPE/udXgVxR2QIM/s1600/lavender+spring.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508191792437979042" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/THEHQGb856I/AAAAAAAAAPE/udXgVxR2QIM/s400/lavender+spring.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/THEHPnDb0yI/AAAAAAAAAO8/naca7vwJLO4/s1600/Spring.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 194px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508191784013648674" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/THEHPnDb0yI/AAAAAAAAAO8/naca7vwJLO4/s400/Spring.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/THEHPS0JW8I/AAAAAAAAAO0/Gx9OUdsX4Wc/s1600/flower+spring.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508191778580814786" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/THEHPS0JW8I/AAAAAAAAAO0/Gx9OUdsX4Wc/s400/flower+spring.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I'm very sorry for my long absence my dears! I've missed hearing from you and I'm sorry I haven't been active on your blogs either. </div><br /><div>It's amazing how life can take you down roads you could never imagine and yet once you're traipsing down them you look around and think "This is home..." I feel like after months of feeling not quite contented and strangely unsettled, to really finding my place in life, in my family and my friends. It's a gradual process but I must say it feels quite wonderful. And so because we are now coming into spring here are some 'springy' pictures to put a spring in your step and a lightness in your heart:)</div><br /><div align="center">Mercy</div><div align="center">xox</div></div></div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-3436256785562173712010-07-28T08:10:00.002+10:002010-07-28T08:26:10.081+10:00Foreign Land of Dreams<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TE9acIe5npI/AAAAAAAAAOk/yfotY5VxD64/s1600/SDC10807.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498713109402590866" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TE9acIe5npI/AAAAAAAAAOk/yfotY5VxD64/s400/SDC10807.JPG" /></a> So after a week of lovely holidays I'm back! I spent last week in Cairns with two friends and we had such a delightful time...we went snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef (which by the way I would definitely recommend), we traveled to Port Douglas and went to one of the best beaches I've ever seen, we saw craters, waterfalls, rainforests, coffee shops (and tried something at each one:) and generally laughed so much it hurt...<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TE9abcisQwI/AAAAAAAAAOc/rhjwNmIRrJQ/s1600/SDC10800.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498713097607332610" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TE9abcisQwI/AAAAAAAAAOc/rhjwNmIRrJQ/s400/SDC10800.JPG" /></a> My travel bug has been reawakened (although I remembered why I don't like planes that much) and it's made me want to see the world, fly to exotic places...there are no words to describe adequately how much I want to travel!! I expect I'm not the only one?<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TE9aa_R4H2I/AAAAAAAAAOU/k51EV571EWg/s1600/SDC10792.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498713089752178530" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TE9aa_R4H2I/AAAAAAAAAOU/k51EV571EWg/s400/SDC10792.JPG" /></a> My ideal destination would have to be something like Bora Bora or the British Virgin Islands or just anything in the Caribbean. </div><div> Followed closely by the Greek Islands, and I want to go back to Europe for a longer time and really <em>see </em>it.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TE9aahXg9pI/AAAAAAAAAOM/U3zAbahxILw/s1600/SDC10806.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498713081722762898" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TE9aahXg9pI/AAAAAAAAAOM/U3zAbahxILw/s400/SDC10806.JPG" /></a> Well, to all my fellow travellers out there, I hope you get your dream soon!</div><div align="center"> Mercy</div><div align="center"> xo<br />P.S. The world is a book and those who do not travel, read only one page - St. Augustine<br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-76648692961781871862010-07-17T07:06:00.002+10:002010-07-17T07:09:01.287+10:00Traipsing in the SunWell, my dears, I am going on holidays for this next week so I will be incommunicado for a short time. I'm visiting a friend in Cairns with her sister for a week of laughter, bushwalks, swimming and anything else lovely and fun! I'll hopefully have some pictures to show very soon after I get back... Have a delightful week xoMercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-15733764399687183412010-07-14T20:34:00.004+10:002010-07-14T20:48:40.072+10:00One written word is worth a thousand pieces of gold...<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TD2VjQgrvZI/AAAAAAAAAN8/5a6Ww8JD7iA/s1600/dreams+birds.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 395px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493711553421884818" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TD2VjQgrvZI/AAAAAAAAAN8/5a6Ww8JD7iA/s400/dreams+birds.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TD2ViiAzmsI/AAAAAAAAAN0/-KR4l-vaylU/s1600/write+byron.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493711540940151490" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TD2ViiAzmsI/AAAAAAAAAN0/-KR4l-vaylU/s400/write+byron.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TD2ViUEWS1I/AAAAAAAAANs/QX7ecT7s1zc/s1600/postcard.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493711537196911442" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TD2ViUEWS1I/AAAAAAAAANs/QX7ecT7s1zc/s400/postcard.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>There's something about a new journal or notebook that frees my mind and makes me think of endless possibilities. Pure, clean paper just waiting to be filled with dreams, ideas, random thoughts that jump out of my brain...</div></div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-72549341935469665712010-07-12T21:57:00.002+10:002010-07-12T22:03:23.671+10:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDsEZ1I-eeI/AAAAAAAAANM/HfGQ2K8jgbY/s1600/fireworks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDsEZ1I-eeI/AAAAAAAAANM/HfGQ2K8jgbY/s400/fireworks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492989012316420578" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">'The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes, "Aaawww!"'</span>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-8338277725851833122010-07-06T21:40:00.008+10:002010-07-06T22:23:40.691+10:00Beauty Lies Everywhere<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMfYaTQWoI/AAAAAAAAAM8/Pa4_-MtwR2g/s1600/lying+in+a+field+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMfYaTQWoI/AAAAAAAAAM8/Pa4_-MtwR2g/s400/lying+in+a+field+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490766874932173442" /></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The smell of rain... seeing a sunrise peek through the darkness... quiet, star-filled nights lying in a field... notes on my pillow... a bowl of flowers cut from my own garden... fields of flowers... elderly couples holding hands...</span></i><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMfXyWT03I/AAAAAAAAAM0/Bb5ebv4cxC8/s1600/starry+night.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMfXyWT03I/AAAAAAAAAM0/Bb5ebv4cxC8/s400/starry+night.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490766864207565682" /></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Smiling sales assistants... giving unexpected, simple gifts that really touch people... truly, happy smiles... that euphoric feeling when everything is perfectly lovely... wavy, curly hair... trinkets that only mean something to me... tea in a beautiful china cup... sunshine that slowly warms your whole body till you're carried on its rays... a pretty cupcake...</span></i><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMd8VA4dSI/AAAAAAAAAMs/o9yv2to0bxo/s1600/beach+silhouette.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMd8VA4dSI/AAAAAAAAAMs/o9yv2to0bxo/s400/beach+silhouette.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490765292964967714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMd8BBKCcI/AAAAAAAAAMk/OMZ2ZDqDkOw/s1600/curly+twins.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMd8BBKCcI/AAAAAAAAAMk/OMZ2ZDqDkOw/s400/curly+twins.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490765287597410754" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><i>Campfires with friends... playing games that you're too old for but no one cares because it's more fun than anything else... dusk in summer... </i></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMd7pWfZLI/AAAAAAAAAMc/V0yYl47WfMQ/s1600/teapot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMd7pWfZLI/AAAAAAAAAMc/V0yYl47WfMQ/s400/teapot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490765281244439730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMd671PKQI/AAAAAAAAAMU/9qLRhcs3o7o/s1600/water+lilies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 368px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMd671PKQI/AAAAAAAAAMU/9qLRhcs3o7o/s400/water+lilies.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490765269025368322" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; "><i>lying in a hammock with a good book... walking barefoot along a beach alone with your thoughts... japanese cherry blossoms... flowing, summery dresses...</i></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMd6PnX43I/AAAAAAAAAMM/_7-dZ6PzBQU/s1600/summer+night.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TDMd6PnX43I/AAAAAAAAAMM/_7-dZ6PzBQU/s400/summer+night.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490765257156060018" /></a><div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">So many things hold the potential for beauty if we only take the time to see it... </span></i></div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-64793925321145281722010-06-26T13:52:00.006+10:002010-06-26T14:10:22.714+10:00Favourite Movies: Beauty and the Beast<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TCV85BXUMKI/AAAAAAAAAME/t2CMexKsmII/s1600/beauty-beast.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TCV85BXUMKI/AAAAAAAAAME/t2CMexKsmII/s400/beauty-beast.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486929040081432738" /></a><div>It's time for a another favourite movie review! Ok, I'm sure many of you agree with me when I say that Walt Disney was the greatest moviemaker ever... And Beauty and the Beast is my all time favourite princess movie. Everyone who loves Belle knows it's all about the yellow dress, independent spirit and brown hair (finally a princess who's not blonde:) Plus, who doesn't want a guy like the Beast?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TCV84YKCv2I/AAAAAAAAAL8/DL19qcI8muY/s1600/Beauty-And-The-Beast-classic-disney-6411821-1024-768.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TCV84YKCv2I/AAAAAAAAAL8/DL19qcI8muY/s400/Beauty-And-The-Beast-classic-disney-6411821-1024-768.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486929029019909986" /></a></div><div>After not having seen it in years, I watched it again last night and if it's possible I love it even more now than I did when I was a little girl.<br />There's something amazing about all Disney movies that capture people's hearts and imaginations.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TCV831X3MnI/AAAAAAAAAL0/lgtn-RgmMlg/s1600/ballroom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TCV831X3MnI/AAAAAAAAAL0/lgtn-RgmMlg/s400/ballroom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486929019682632306" /></a> It's like people can escape all their worries and have childlike dreams and hopes for an hour and a half without feeling silly or immature for loving it. I mean let's face it, at one point or another we all want to live in a fairytale. I'd love to know what your favourite Disney Princess is:)</div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-60708523577488404512010-06-23T13:29:00.002+10:002010-06-23T13:36:06.208+10:00Bring Me That HorizonOk, I'm so excited I just had to share this bit of information with you...I got my driver's licence today!!! It's taken a little while to sink in but now that it has I'm constantly thinking of the endless possibilities that are now open. It's been a long time coming but I finally did it and I can't stop smiling:) I'll put up a proper post in the next couple of days but I just had to share that with you:)Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-54510570291789660462010-06-19T16:29:00.002+10:002010-06-19T16:31:25.588+10:00I'm very sorry I haven't been a faithful blogger! This week has been crazy busy and now I've just come down with some sort of stomach bug! My apologies and hopefully I'll be back to happy blogging once again in a few days:) I hope you are all doing well xoMercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-15720367813861504642010-06-11T17:23:00.004+10:002010-06-11T17:35:44.300+10:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TBHlvvIzrxI/AAAAAAAAALs/83xp2J9lii4/s1600/a_lightA_medium.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481414829756624658" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TBHlvvIzrxI/AAAAAAAAALs/83xp2J9lii4/s400/a_lightA_medium.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TBHkwVKEkkI/AAAAAAAAALk/OhGIv_oQhyE/s1600/alicia+bock+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481413740450845250" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TBHkwVKEkkI/AAAAAAAAALk/OhGIv_oQhyE/s400/alicia+bock+1.jpg" /></a> I thought it was about time for my first photography post so here goes...<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TBHkv8c0RQI/AAAAAAAAALc/R83n8lgDuh0/s1600/alicia+bock+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481413733818582274" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TBHkv8c0RQI/AAAAAAAAALc/R83n8lgDuh0/s400/alicia+bock+3.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TBHkog14VSI/AAAAAAAAALU/UVveoW0YkuU/s1600/alicia+bock+5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481413606148429090" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TBHkog14VSI/AAAAAAAAALU/UVveoW0YkuU/s400/alicia+bock+5.jpg" /></a> These gorgeous, light-filled photos are captured by <a href="http://www.aliciabockgallery.com/">Alicia Bock </a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TBHkoZ_kdcI/AAAAAAAAALM/0MA8l-UJyr8/s1600/alicia+bock+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481413604310021570" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TBHkoZ_kdcI/AAAAAAAAALM/0MA8l-UJyr8/s400/alicia+bock+4.jpg" /></a> She uses vintage and polaroid cameras to create that beautiful soft, fuzzy look.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TBHkn_qIw5I/AAAAAAAAALE/DPxE3qpzA0Q/s1600/alicia+bock+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 171px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481413597240804242" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TBHkn_qIw5I/AAAAAAAAALE/DPxE3qpzA0Q/s400/alicia+bock+2.jpg" /></a> Tonight I'm going to hunker down with one of my best friends who I haven't seen in some time, drink tea, eat chocolate and watch a girly movie...</div><div> </div><div>I hope you all have a fabulous weekend xo</div><div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-85134881861215752802010-06-07T19:05:00.006+10:002010-06-07T19:21:48.732+10:00Then unexpectedly we're in a dream...<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TAy5ghTrSuI/AAAAAAAAAK8/il52GTdBw_Q/s1600/kids+heart.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479958814950902498" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TAy5ghTrSuI/AAAAAAAAAK8/il52GTdBw_Q/s400/kids+heart.jpg" /></a><br /><div>"I'll tell you what the end of the world will be like.<br />it will be a final moment, both terrible and heartbreaking. absolute chaos. people running as fast as they ever have, cars filling every road and freeway, phone lines backed up trying to process millions of calls, fingers flying over keyboards, thumbs texting like rapid fire, long lines of people trying to cram themselves into subways and airplanes. all of them trying to tell someone else,<br /><br />"i love you"<br /><br />it's not the end of the world yet, but <em>don't wait</em> until then to tell them. the worst thing isn't the end of the world. it's what you didn't finish - what you didn't say when you had the chance."<br /><br />That is what someone posted on <a href="http://www.letterstocrushes.com/">letters to crushes.</a><br />It's a really cute website where people can write things anonymously to the people they like and hope the other person reads it...some of the posts are very sweet and beautiful. </div><div>P.S. Forgive the mushiness of this post...I'm feeling unexplainably mushy tonight:)<br /><br /><br /></div><a href="http://www.letterstocrushes.com/"></a>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-6557286989114325442010-06-05T12:18:00.004+10:002010-06-05T12:46:07.803+10:00Snowflake DreamWinter has officially come to my little corner of the world. I've never seen snow and there's no chance of it where I live in sunny Queensland but here are some things I'd love to do if I ever got the chance to be around snow!<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TAm5Z9TpR7I/AAAAAAAAAKs/H4evbEXBdAc/s1600/white+christmas.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479114277277747122" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TAm5Z9TpR7I/AAAAAAAAAKs/H4evbEXBdAc/s400/white+christmas.png" /></a>1. Have a white Christmas...I've read and watched so many lovely, inspirational scenes from Christmas in North America or England that I want to experience that magic just once.<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TAm5ZfL3MdI/AAAAAAAAAKk/3nQLPWRWLkM/s1600/winter+walk.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479114269192040914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TAm5ZfL3MdI/AAAAAAAAAKk/3nQLPWRWLkM/s400/winter+walk.jpg" /></a>2. Build a snowman complete with carrot mouth, coal eyes and little twigs sticking out of his sides:)</div><div>3. Have a snowball fight with my friends and get that cold, rosy glow then go inside the warm house for hot chocolate<br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TAm5Y-C2SHI/AAAAAAAAAKc/7NqoKXENOLw/s1600/winter+christmas.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479114260295862386" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TAm5Y-C2SHI/AAAAAAAAAKc/7NqoKXENOLw/s400/winter+christmas.jpg" /></a>4. Learn to ice skate properly and skate on frozen ponds that will inevitably be near my dream winter house...<br />5. Walk through a still, snow-covered meadow, look back and see the trail of my footprints and capture it in a photograph...<br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TAm5YfdDH2I/AAAAAAAAAKU/OjxU1K_O3yk/s1600/winter+blog.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479114252084256610" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TAm5YfdDH2I/AAAAAAAAAKU/OjxU1K_O3yk/s400/winter+blog.jpg" /></a>6. Sit in front of a crackling, fireplace, eating a hearty meal and laughing with my family:) </div></div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-12816241628157128082010-05-30T21:39:00.000+10:002010-05-30T21:39:16.307+10:00...wearing wild flowers in our hair...'The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks' - Tennessee Williams<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TABXjTCxDxI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/fNVhEEdidpw/s1600/tulips.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476473410801438482" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TABXjTCxDxI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/fNVhEEdidpw/s400/tulips.jpg" /></a> Don't you think flowers are one of the most powerful things in the world? They can do things that not many people can boast of let alone plants! They make poeple smile, brighten a room by simply being, and give hope when nothing seems to be going right.<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TABXi5rniJI/AAAAAAAAAJs/QLa384Zy6wU/s1600/jars+flowers.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476473403993458834" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TABXi5rniJI/AAAAAAAAAJs/QLa384Zy6wU/s400/jars+flowers.jpg" /></a> Whether it be a single wild flower or the most elaborate of bouquets, flowers are a universal solution to a universal need for beauty. I really can't say enough about them... You should give someone a single flower today and see what a difference it can make in their lives:)<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TABXigWKt6I/AAAAAAAAAJk/abTFi-dSbcg/s1600/flower+hair.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476473397192603554" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/TABXigWKt6I/AAAAAAAAAJk/abTFi-dSbcg/s400/flower+hair.jpg" /></a> </div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-23078079792634064842010-05-25T21:26:00.005+10:002010-05-25T21:58:15.857+10:00Today was a rainy, lazy day. The kind that makes you want to snuggle up by a fire, with an old classic book and a cup of tea.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_u4jmcTAlI/AAAAAAAAAJc/h2KV9p44Hko/s1600/rainy+fireplace+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475172693753135698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_u4jmcTAlI/AAAAAAAAAJc/h2KV9p44Hko/s400/rainy+fireplace+2.jpg" /></a>' You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me' - C.S. Lewis<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_u4bfgP2iI/AAAAAAAAAJU/KfRCBHzcC6A/s1600/rainy+teacups.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475172554451704354" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_u4bfgP2iI/AAAAAAAAAJU/KfRCBHzcC6A/s400/rainy+teacups.jpg" /></a>' If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no us in reading it at all' - Oscar Wilde<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_u4bG15D1I/AAAAAAAAAJM/OThRl7OsWws/s1600/rainy+fireplace.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475172547831598930" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_u4bG15D1I/AAAAAAAAAJM/OThRl7OsWws/s400/rainy+fireplace.jpg" /></a>' Never count your friends on sunny days for they all will be around, count your friends on the rainy days when the clouds are grey and the lightning shakes the ground. It is then you painfully see the type of friend they really are.'<br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_u4Dt9bD5I/AAAAAAAAAJE/uPJ6nuOqpN0/s1600/rainy+candle.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475172146015309714" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_u4Dt9bD5I/AAAAAAAAAJE/uPJ6nuOqpN0/s400/rainy+candle.jpg" /></a> 'Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine' - William Feather<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_u4DVReHKI/AAAAAAAAAI8/GZz9cFN59YI/s1600/rainy+books.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475172139388509346" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_u4DVReHKI/AAAAAAAAAI8/GZz9cFN59YI/s400/rainy+books.jpg" /></a> </div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-26376816249938110482010-05-22T12:42:00.003+10:002010-05-22T13:18:17.238+10:00Vintage Fair<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473922679251637458" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_dHrLi_lNI/AAAAAAAAAIc/fbjqhtMXJYo/s400/IMGP0274.JPG" /><br /><div>I went to my first Vintage Fair last Sunday! It was so amazing seeing real old clothes and how people would've worn them. And lets not forget the accessories...! There were hats, rings, buttons, bags, gloves, shoes and anything else you needed to transport yourself back in time. <div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_dHq9SqJUI/AAAAAAAAAIU/ctQD-yKZruY/s1600/IMGP0269.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473922675425027394" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_dHq9SqJUI/AAAAAAAAAIU/ctQD-yKZruY/s400/IMGP0269.JPG" /></a><br />I only bought one thing because the downside to all this old-fashioned finery is it's price. However, I desperately wanted my very own fifties dress that I could whip out for all my hostessing duties. <div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_dHp-mOnOI/AAAAAAAAAIM/TzFjfMdggZk/s1600/IMGP0276.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473922658595675362" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_dHp-mOnOI/AAAAAAAAAIM/TzFjfMdggZk/s400/IMGP0276.JPG" /></a><br />So I'm sitting here, typing, wearing my dress because I just can't bear the thought of going upstairs and changing into the now boring, everyday clothes we have to wear. I've decided I'm going to start sewing some dresses so I can build up my fifties wardrobe!</div></div></div><br /><object><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y1PJLeMRF-U&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /> width="480" height="385"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y1PJLeMRF-U&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666607127334672620.post-59852797781978516992010-05-18T11:53:00.009+10:002010-05-18T12:33:51.897+10:00Favourite Movies: Pearl Harbour<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_H7Abq2GmI/AAAAAAAAAIE/GX6blNAJUG8/s1600/pearl-harbor-00-800-75.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472431007077898850" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_H7Abq2GmI/AAAAAAAAAIE/GX6blNAJUG8/s400/pearl-harbor-00-800-75.jpg" /></a> I don't know if it's the sweeping music, the bygone era, the love story or the tragic circumstances (maybe it's all of it combined) that makes me love this movie so much.<br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_H6y2N3xUI/AAAAAAAAAH8/sjDNVavmx4w/s1600/PearlHarbor_Kate.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472430773685962050" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_H6y2N3xUI/AAAAAAAAAH8/sjDNVavmx4w/s400/PearlHarbor_Kate.jpg" /></a> It could be the fact that I want to be a nurse or that I have a strange fascination with World War II...Whatever it is (the good-looking actors might have something to do with it as well), Pearl Harbor's definitely in my top ten movies.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_H6hZwtFNI/AAAAAAAAAH0/iPBi60mz8II/s1600/ben_affleck_josh_hartnett_pearl_harbor_003.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472430473989657810" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ekD_9AkiYGM/S_H6hZwtFNI/AAAAAAAAAH0/iPBi60mz8II/s400/ben_affleck_josh_hartnett_pearl_harbor_003.jpg" /></a><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y8ZNYuvwhFE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y8ZNYuvwhFE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div></div>Mercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171446766903040490noreply@blogger.com2