❤ I can spend an entire day in a bookstore or art gallery and wonder where the time went.

❤ I fancy myself a poet and painter though I have yet to sustain myself financially through these creative pursuits.

❤ I am very very bad at telling jokes. Usually I forget a key component and reveal the punch line at the beginning so whoever I am tormenting can fill in the blanks.

❤ I love a well spun pun. My skills are in want with this art form, so I will always offer an appreciative​ bow to a clever wordsmith. Spoonerisms will be acknowledged​ with a toothy grin. And Double Entendre will always be rewarded with a saucy wink ;-)

❤ I laugh with you not at you when you belt out a mondegreen. 

❤ I am a ruthless and fearless scrabble player.

❤ I perform random acts of kindness . . . well . . . except whilst playing scrabble.

❤ I MUST have a cup of coffee in the morning, and I'm not averse to taking hostages until my demands are met - cream and honey, please. 

***The​ feline me***

♂ + ♂ = ♥
♀ + ♀ = ♥
♀ + ♂ = ♥

✍Though I am a champion of technology, it saddens me that the art of letter writing has languished because of it. I would delight in correspondin​g by post. Having said that, I am not averse to exchanging messages via email.

To those curious souls who have thought of contacting me, but haven't: please do, but please introduce yourself with more than a "hi, how are you?" Your efforts will be rewarded.

***Please​ note***​
Friend requests without proper introduction​ will be refused. I am a lady after all. Disregarding​ propriety is simply not countenanced​ on this profile.

***Please​ read***​
I am NOT interested in flirts nor am I seeking anything more than friendship. Please consider this before you message me. I am happily married and have a son. Thank you.

❤ writing ❤ finding needles in haystacks ❤ reading ❤ painting ❤ daydreaming ❤ tattoos ❤ blustery winds ❤ piercings ❤ corsets ❤ thunder and lightning ❤ crosswords ❤ the clean line of paint when the painter's tape is removed ❤ concerts ❤ kite flying ❤ elbow length gloves ❤ hidden passageways ❤ plays ❤ opera ❤ exposed tree roots ❤ picnics ❤ beachcombing​ ❤ rain so hard that it almost seems like the heavens are in anguish ❤ cobblestone ❤ tree canopies ❤ margin notes in used books ❤ fire escapes ❤ manatees ❤ the dark ❤ angry crashing waves ❤ cherry blossom blizzards ❤ watching people communicate in sign language (i know it's eavesdroppin​g but it's just so beautiful to observe)
❤ Chivalry - to those dear gentlemen who open doors, stand when i enter a room, or offer me a seat on the bus, you shall always be gifted a nod, a smile and my thanks.

This​ video always makes me pause and sigh. if you cannot understand why, we may not get along . . . thank you to the individual who composed this . . .<sigh>​​
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♪ anything with clever lyrics, unique sound, or emotional intensity ♬

To Sir with Love; To Kill a Mockingbird;​ The Little Shop Around the Corner; Brief Encounter; Wings of Desire; Ordinary People; Say Anything; Spirited Away; Howl's Moving Castle; Cinema Paradiso; Il Postino . . .

don't watch much TV - Masterpiece Theatre; Discovery Channel

Too many to list, but always on top: To Kill a Mockingbird;​ Miss Twiggley's Tree; anything by Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters; anything by Jeanette Winterson

Recent​ gems:​ The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery; When God Looked the Other Way by Wesley Adamczyk;

Currently​ reading:​ Under the Sun of Satan by Georges Bernanos; Platform by Michel Houellebecq;​ Snakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara

Currently​ reading on iPhone:​ The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas; The Hunchback of Notre Dam by Victor Hugo; The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

❀ Life is the flower for which love is the honey. - Victor Hugo