Hope has got its wings

'Hope' is the thing with feathers—
That perches in the soul—
And sings the tune without the words—
And never stops—at all—

And sweetest—in the Gale—is heard—
And sore must be the storm—
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm—

I've heard it in the chillest land—
And on the strangest Sea—
Yet, never, in Extremity,
It asked a crumb—of Me.
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers/
Emily Dickinson

Taste English words to have more sunny days and sunbeams in your daily life

Sunny side up eggs – taste English words

The best way to learn English is to practise it everyday. You may do it in various ways but learning words is essential if you want to communicate.  How do you feel when you find something funny and cheerful, ‘excited’ - I guess.  When I came across the phrase sunny side up eggs (jajka sadzone)-
I thought how beautiful and optimistic it sounds.  These are ordinary eggs you make on a frying pan for 2 or 3 minutes.  To enjoy and taste this phrase you can look online for a recipe for this dish.  You easily find this recipe on YouTube, for example:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MhzKI4q5FE .  This way you can learn how to make perfect sunny side up eggs, listen to the English pronunciation and repeat some other ingredients.

Then you can think what you can do with sunny side up eggs – look for some verbs:

to make, prepare, eat, taste or draw sunny side up eggs. But this is not the end you can also make a story with sunny side up eggs and share it with someone. The title of your story might be Sunny side up egg on a frying pan.  You can tell it later to your friend. To memorise this phrase you can also make an imaginary dialogue with someone and tell him/her how to best prepare sunny side up eggs.

Think what else might be sunny in English language.  Look for more nouns connected with the sun, for example – sun oil, sunflower, sun porch, sun ray lamp, sunray treatment, sunrise, sunrise industry, sun bonnet, sundial, sundae – impressive! To have more sunny days and sunbeams in your daily life you can start to practise sun connected activities, like this bright and sunny learning or learn sun dance, eat more sunny dishes: sunny side up eggs, sundae ( deser lodowy) and be glad that ordinary things can make your day good and so bright.

The coloures of Autumn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atejQh9cXWI The Colours of Autumn - Gymnopedie No.1 

Surrounded by beautiful colours of autumn in shades of gold, yellow, green and red life becomes more beautiful and picturesque. You start to hope that all is possible and your friendships will last forever. You daydream and start to walk and walk on colourful autumn carpet and collect autumn’s beauty.

The broad perspective

So Close so Far

You may always link facts with plausible favourable explanations. Call it telling yourself nice stories to catch a distance. "The way we interpret what happens to us has a greater impact on our quality of life that the events themselves."

Art is everywhere

It is worth to see the exhibition of The Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw 1904-1944 in Zachęta National Galery of Art ( till 26th August).

‘Art is everywhere’ – in a cup, on a plate, in a book. Anything can be considered a piece of art; from a chair or an advertisement to an object found in urban space. The exhibition in Zachęta presents the history of the Academy of Fine Arts between 1904-1944. At that time artists associated with the Academy were focused on blurring the lines between ‘pure’ and ‘applied’ arts. Additionally to the paintings and sculptures, one can find at the exhibition excellent examples of Polish industrial designs, advertising posters, sketches of stage design and book graphics.

Feelings

“Real” a song about wooden boy who dreams about becoming real. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJq7iPnaKmg

"Real" by Karen Taylor-Good & Angela Kaset

Dear Pinoccio,

Do you really want to be real

Are you ready to be disappointed

Are you resistant to illusions


But I guess you want to feel a surge of hope
and wait for the moments of cheerfulness and inspirations


Dear Pinocccio
Are you ready to be lonely
and from time to time
happy


Dear Pinocccio
Are you resistant to illusions
Be real then

Act with due caution – be aware – a holiday’s joke

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went camping. They pitched their tent under the stars and went to sleep. Some time in the middle of the night, Holmes woke Watson and said: ‘Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.’

Watson said: ‘I can see millions and millions of stars.’

Holmes said: ‘And what do you deduce from that, Watson?’

Watson replied: ‘Well, if there are millions of stars, and even if a few of those stars have planets, then it’s quite likely there are some planets like earth out there. And if there are planets like earth out there, there might also be life.’

And Holmes said: ‘Watson, you idiot, it means that someone has stolen our tent.’

The bright stars among us

There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark. They light the way for humankind. -Hannah Senesh, poet, playwright, and paratrooper (1921-1944)