I have been to the ballet.

Laria showed me these pictures from The Washington Ballet.

I fell head over heels in love♥.

(The Portland Ballet is going on next week & all through Christmas. They’re doing The Nutcracker. I want to go so badly I could cry.)

You know, I have been to the ballet before.

I saw Swan Lake.

Just thought you should know.

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Dear Ballet,

I kind of love you to death.

And I’ve only seen you once.

But I will go again.

For sure.

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West Side Story is still on BROADWAY.

I think it looks like masterpiece.

I’ve never been to see BROADWAY.

But one day I’ll go.

Just thought I would let you know.

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Dear BROADWAY,

You are to die for.

But way too hard to get to.

But I forgive you.

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Today is going to be a swell day.

I am determined.

Because good things will happen to me.

(And there’s a Christmas parade tonight.)

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Dear Today,

Pleased to meet you.

And even though you’ve made my fingers cold,

we will be friends.

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Love.

-Bella

P.S.

Dear Mother & Daddy,

I still want little shoes with big bows on the tops for Christmas.

*Hint, hint.*

HEARTing blueberry scones.

we just finished watching West Side Story. LOVE that film. to death. one of my favourite parts is when Doc tells Tony that Maria is dead. he acts that part perfectly. absolutely perfect. you’d have to be heartless not to feel like crying. i always feel like crying when i watch it. i mean, c’mon people, Tony? with his heart broken? really.

you’d have to be heartless.

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i just finished a little present for Miss Kirstie Rae. i HEART it. it’s in shambles, but it’s pretty darn nifty. hope you like it dear.

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the lady on t.v. has a frilly shirt on. i’m jealous.

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love.

-Bella.dear

p.s. i think i’m falling in love with food. i kind of want blueberry scones right now. I ♥ BLUEBERRY SCONES.

wish these were mine. whoever made them, you are lovely.

FRIDAY (with TONY and Ria.)

its FRIDAY.

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Dear DOLCE &GABBANA,

i wish you smelled as good on me as you do on Ria.

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Dear cantoloupe,

you’re pretty darn scrumptious.

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Dear hard workout today,

i think i’m ready for you.

you can’t be that hard.

well maybe…

or else you wouldn’t be called

HARD.

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Dear West Side Story,

you rock my socks off. and there is nothing in the world like you. you are a MASTERPIECE. and i just have to say, I ♥ TONY. and everyone should HEART him too.

(i wish i could see you on Broadway. 8 o’clock, NY, Palace Theatre, TONIGHT. but i suppose i’ll have to settle for the couch and Ria and the film.)

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Dear Christmas gifts,

you are making my head hurt.

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Dear Mr.Dante and his RUBIKS cube,

you’ll solve it someday dear.

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Dear bicycle,

i’m kind of upset that you broke. you make my face turn red. and my ears turn red.

fix yourself.

just kidding. i’ll try to fix you. but Papa will have to do most of the work.

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Dear boys jeans,

why O why do Miss Tandy and Ria each get a pair of you and i do not? i don’t think that’s quite fair. do you?

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Dear Ria,

let’s play Project Runway today sweetheart.

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Dear story,

you

are

scrumptious.

(one of my favourites.)

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much love.

-Bella

xoxoxoxo

West Side (O i wish i was with you).

yesterday i stood in the rain and watched 8 xc races in a bright blue skirt and wellies. i was SOAKED. but it was incredible. a downpour only adds to xc. it made me ♥ it even more.

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i want to go and see this soooo bad.

(i seriously think i might cry because i want to.)

it would be a wondrous make up for missing La Boheme. sort of. nothing can really make up for missing the opera. especially missing your favourite one…

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now off to slip on that high-waisted mustard coloured skirt and some brown tights and colourful shoes.

love.

-Bella.dear

picking no-one’s cherries…

there is a little cherry tree planted on the sidewalk in our town in front of a musuem. i think it’s there on accident. *oops* but i ♥ it ever since the day Mr.Sam pointed it out to me. who knew there was a cherry tree on the sidewalk? such a grand surprise. {it reminded me of Miss Kirstie Rae and her cherry-stained fingers.}

so today, i went for a walk with Franny and Miss Tandy.  and that cherry tree didn’t stand a chance. even though we had (1) teapot, (2) books, and (3) cans of Arizona Tea®. we came home with a whole bag of cherries. we sort of “borrowed” them. (if you really wanted to, you could maybe say we half-way stole them. but they didn’t really belong to anyone…) picking no-one’s cherries is a lovely thing to do. especially in a skirt.

{i wore a little brown skirt again today.}

i made some cookies. in the shape of doggies. quite cute if you ask me. but i forgot to put my apron on. *blush* i am such a forgetful person at times. i love-hate-like-detest it when i forget things. certain things. i love forgetting my age and standing there thinking about how old i am. and i hate forgetting my dress on the way to a wedding and figuring out i forgot when we’re already 4 hours into the trip. i like forgetting the tea i made in the morning and finding it later on. and i detest forgetting to brush my teeth before i go to bed. i forget. a lot.

we went and picked flowers in the cul-de-sac a few hours ago. there’s now a smashing bouquet on our table. i took pictures of it. you’ll see them tomorrow. maybe. (i might forget. *wink*) i wanted to be a flower-arranger of wedding bouquets tonight. i want to be a lot of things. so i just write. and my characters get to be a lot of things. while i get to be my favourite thing. a writer.

i got a book today. Romeo and Juliet-West Side Story. 2 of my favourite stories. put together.

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“Today, all day I had the feeling

A miracle would happen—

I know now I was right.

For here you are

And what was just a world is a star

Tonight!”

-Tony.West Side Story, Act I, Scene V.

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“…Thus with a kiss I die.”

-Romeo.Romeo and Juliet, Act V, Scene III.

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adore it. absolutely.

i need to water Clyde tomorrow. Mumsie usually remembers for me. but Clyde is too special to forget.

(Vivian is a flower-arranger of wedding bouquets. wouldn’t it be bad if she fell in love with the groom? whose name is….George.)

i found some darling bottle caps on our walk today. i cannot wait to make something out of them.

(the cherries are very red. i like it.)

-Bella♥