strangers that inspire me and relate through their lists

• ivyink

things I love about summer

• bright natural light
• trees and nature
• bumblebees and butterflies
• balconies full of flowers
• planting tomatoes
• gardens
• wearing long, loose dresses
• wearing cute sandals and mary janes
• travel during holidays
• cold drinks and endless excuses for ice cream
• animals basking in the sun in the countryside
• buying flowers for the house
• strawberries

things I hate about summer

• heat
• dry burned grass
• daddy long legs

reading

• so thrilled for you by holly bourne | 2025
• alice in wonderland by lewis carroll illustrated by tove jansson | 2011
• the serviceberry: abundance and reciprocity in the natural world by robin wall kimmerer | 2024

read

• open wide by jessica gross | 2025
• just like home by sarah gailey | 2022
• listen for the lie by amy tintera | 2024

amanda ┊ 1990 ┊ libra ┊ brazilian living in belgium

photos ┊movies ┊books ┊postcards ┊pins ┊games

"Não há guarda-chuva contra o tempo,rio fluindo sob a casa, correnteza carregando os dias, os cabelos." João Cabral de Melo Neto

• fragonard emilie
• fragonard lilas
• fragonard belle de paris
• gucci flora gorgeous jasmine
• miss dior blooming bouquet
• chloé

"For people could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or deceiving words. But they couldn't escape scent. For scent was a brother of breath. Together with breath, it entered human beings, who couldn't defend themselves against it, not if they wanted to live. And scent entered into their very core, went directly to their hearts, and decided for good and all between affection and contempt, disgust and lust, love and hate. He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.” ― Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.

the easy and good life with you

• turning silly sayings into "our thing"
• the smell of his head
• the way he holds a book while reading
• his hands, always
• when he suddenly looks at me, smiles and winks
• telling me he loves me out of the blue
• cuddling me to sleep every night
• little dessert surprises ever so often
• how he plays with his ring like a fidget toy
• always spoiling me with little gifts
• 'goodnight sweetheart'
• tucking me in when i go for a nap
• when he settles down on the sofa with his head on my lap
• his little dimples that only appear once in a while when he shaves

i fall in love just a little bit every day with someone new

• leo woodall as vladimir

rewatches ┊ ♡ favorites ┊ ✧ with m. | † horror

may

• lee cronin's the mummy | 2026 † ✧
• forbidden fruits | 2026 † ✧
• the drama | 2026 ✧ ♡

april

• send help | 2026 † ✧
• hallow road | 2025 † ✧
• the bride! | 2026 † ✧

march

• grafted | 2024 † ✧
• it's what's inside | 2024 † ✧

february

• o agente secreto | ✧
• the dead thing | 2024 † ✧
• the wrong paris | 2025 ✧
• searching | 2018 ✧

playing

• animal crossing new horizons

played

• snufkin melody of moominvalley | february | ★★★★☆
  • dlc: fuddler's courtship
• thank goodness you're here | february | ★★★★☆
• is this seat taken? | january ★★★★☆

JUST F ING DO IT!

body & mind

• focus more on self-care
• be consistent with my skin-care
• try to start yoga or pilates
• sensory chamber and spa

learning

• start french classes
• tap dancing

hobbies

• improve my knitting skills
• start embroidery and cross stitch
• get back at doing collages
• scrapbooking for memory keepsake
• journaling and diary
• finally start the photo blog
• get back to playing AC until I designed the island of my dreams

literary

"I’ll always return home to you — my honeycomb, my sweet— my one faithful and true buzz."

• When I'm away from you, I feel like the second-place winner in a bee-wearing contest by Aimee Nezhukumatathil ♡
• Mountain dew commercial disguised as a love poem by Matthew Olzmann ♡
• Object Permanence by Natalie Sealey ♡

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♥ favorites ┊✧ with m. ┊ last season ┊ rewatch

watching

• vladimir | season 1 | 2026 ♥
• the terror: devil in silver | season 3 | 2026 ✧
• widow's bay | season 1 | 2026 ✧ ♥
• ghosts | season 5 | 2025-2026 ✧ ♥

watched

• outlander | season 8 | 2026
• north of north | season 1 | 2025 ✧ ♥
• jury duty: company retreat | season 2 | 2026 ✧
• worst ex ever | season 2 | 2026
• beef | season 2 | 2026 ✧
• rupauls drag race | season 18 | 2026
• slow horses | season 5 | 2025 ✧ ♥
• slow horses | season 4 | 2024 ✧ ♥
• love on the spectrum | season 4 | 2026 ✧ ♥
• slow horses | season 3 | 2023 ✧ ♥
• something very bad is going to happen | limited series | 2026 ✧
• the night agent | season 3 | 2026
• slow horses | season 2 | 2022 ✧ ♥

riding the ebb and flow of the crowd.

• tei-shi | 24.02 | botanique
  • her presence is incredible. she needs nothing but her own body and a microphone. she is so underrated.
  • she sang "keep running", the first song i've ever heard of her.
• thundercat | 23.03 | ab ♥
  • wow, just, wow.
  • the improvs, the connection with the crowd, what a genious musician, what a genuine human being.
  • he invited a kid to crowdsurf and he went twice, it was the best day of that kid's life.
  • he asked everyone who was in front to jump in stage and it was the most thrilling incredible human connection I've ever seen.

• the floating sensation when the diazepam hits. the calmness, peace of mind, happy thoughts and overall sense I can accomplish anything. of course the downside is that it fades quickly and then i just get sluggish and sleepy.

belgium

• brussels (current home)
• antwerp
• gent
• brugge
• louvain
• louvain la-neuve
• mons
• dinant
• some small villages in the ardennes

netherlands

• amsterdam
• the hague
• delft

portugal

• lisbon

france

• paris