exhausted and losing an hour

Thoroughly excellent day today. While I didn't get everything I wanted, I did get a number of the things I wanted, plus a few extra. And there was the pleasure of seeing other people's lovely exhibitions, and the sheer enjoyment of being in the middle of a lot of other enthusiasts.

Back a bit late, due to a delay on the train, and, well, it was about two and a half hours total journey anyhow in the best case scenario, so if I was leaving there at five-thirty, I wasn't going to be back till around eight anyhow at best. But definitely totally worth it.

Tomorrow I must Do Stuff. Must also cope with the cruel loss of an hour due to the clocks going forward. Dammit.

Also, this dress -- http://omgthatdress.tumblr.com/post/19780036844/dress-1930s-antique-dress -- is awesome. (Definitely a Bradamant dress.) And that site (omgthatdress) is addictive.

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As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Dragonflies Draw Flame

As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;
As tumbled over rim in roundy wells
Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’s
Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;
Each mortal thing does one thing and the same:
Deals out that being indoors each one dwells;
Selves—goes itself; myself it speaks and spells,
Crying What I do is me: for that I came.
I say more: the just man justices;
Keeps grace: that keeps all his goings graces;
Acts in God’s eye what in God’s eye he is —
Chríst — for Christ plays in ten thousand places,
Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his
To the Father through the features of men’s faces.

-- Hopkins