Being boring.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Girl with hair blowing in the windRoses sparkling in the sun

If you ask me 'What's new?', I have nothing to say
Except that the garden is growing.
I had a slight cold but it's better today.
I'm content with the way things are going.

Yes, he is the same as he usually is,
Still eating and sleeping and snoring.
I get on with my work. He gets on with his.
I know this is all very boring. 
- From Being Boring by Wendy Cope, the blog's Offical Poet
(Fun fact: this is also the poem that inspired the blog's name.)

I have nothing to say. I don't even have a garden. As Zoë put it, it's too January to blog.

But I'm content with the way things are going.

Is the 15th of January too late to wish you a happy new year? I hope not, but happy Tuesday, just in case.


Cinemagraphs by Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg - see more of their very-not-boring work here

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  1. Amanda15 January 2013 at 10:51

    That poem is beautiful.
    Happy new year and Tuesday to you! It is not too late at all!
    Glad to hear you are content (is that happy?).
    And those cinemagraphs are so pretty, I was just about to ask you how you made those, what with your photoshoot styling skills, I thought you could also do these.

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    1. Kirsty | A Safe Mooring15 January 2013 at 12:00

      Ha, I WISH I had the skills to make something like that! Sadly I'm pretty sure they didn't make it in Microsoft Paint, which is the only thing I know how to use...

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    2. Amanda15 January 2013 at 13:18

      Hahaha yeah I am with you I do all my fancy edition on Paint and my attempts at dyptichs and mosaics on powerpoint. But one day, one day...

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  2. Laura15 January 2013 at 14:24

    It is FAR too January at the minute. What a great expression.

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  3. Linsey15 January 2013 at 15:03

    January is totally an excuse for everything.

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  4. jacqueline | the hourglass files15 January 2013 at 16:48

    Can it be April please? I'm willing to skip my birthday in March if we can go right to spring. Enough of this cold.

    And happy new year to you!

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  5. Conversation Pieces15 January 2013 at 18:36

    Love that poem! I think it's still January enough to say happy new year! :) (This may encourage me to actually put some words into that saved draft!) x

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  6. Joan Hunter Dunn15 January 2013 at 21:37

    Wendy Cope always knows the right thing to say/write. Happy New Year & Tuesday to you.

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  7. Robyn16 January 2013 at 14:34

    Love your blog-so glad Zoe mentioned it in her post. Love the first photo with the wind effect-toots cool. I hate wishing my life away, but yes, January is not the best...

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