"Goodbye," she said. "I'm off to the woods." 

School has ended and summer is here. 

With the onslaught of exams all the world seems black and white. Still, summer will come soon after. So lately I have been trying to look past the newspaper wrapped exterior of life and on through to the summer sunlight of life after exams. 

How to make a wonderfully beautiful garland:

-tissue paper

-scissors

-thread

Cut the tissue paper to 10 inches by 5. 

Accordion fold 6 sheets of tissue paper stacked on top of each other. 

Fold the tissue paper in half and tie some thread around the middle, forming a loop.

Separate each layer of tissue paper. Fluff, and trim to the desired size.

String the pom poms on some more thread, hang them up, and celebrate, because now you can take a nap.

My new bicycle bell works like a charm.

Today is my birthday. 

Last night I ruminated on 16, and I could hear the foxes bark and the big clock downstairs whirr, and all I could think was that, in the life of a fox, wondering about the future is probably not a prime concern. 

So instead of wondering I decided to grow the fur of a fox and smell the spring in the air.

Secret note folding is a valuable skill. Who knows when you may have to send something by pigeon or fit a piece of paper into a tiny space? I do both pretty often, so I've acquired a fine knowledge of how notes should be folded. 

Make sure you have a secret note, first of all. I also like to seal all my correspondance in red, and highly recommend it. 

Fold your note so it looks like this.

Fold the bottom left corner to the top of the paper, and the bottom right to the bottom of the paper.

Fold the bottom left corner to the top of paper, and repeat with the top right corner.

Fold the left flap back behind the paper to create a triangle that sticks up behind the paper. Fold the bottom flap down in front of the paper to create a triangle that protrudes below the paper. 

Fold the right triangle behind the square of paper and tuck it under the left flap. This will create a diagonal line across the square. Do the same with the left flap, tucking it under the right triangle. 

 Your note is complete!

Seal, and deliver.