We all need Beauty Rest. Collagen’s catalytic work regenerates skin cells faster at night, peaking around 2 am, fighting aging and wrinkles while also repairing joints and tissue. Sleep also reduces stress, improves memory and is considered an acceptable alibi.
Blessing on him who invented sleep —the mantle that covers all human thoughts, the food that appeases hunger, the drink that quenches thirst, the fire that warms cold, the cold that moderates heat, and, lastly, the general coin that purchases all things, the balance and weight that equals the shepherd with the king, and the simple with the wise.
Quotation from Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzomg!!!!!!! lololol i’m famous now!!!! immortalized in encore seraphine for my beauty and my rest
thank you darling, i LOVE YOU!!!!!
lol i can’t wipe the grin off my face
lol i would love to sleep the year away, as long as i had my camera in my dreams
big sleepy wet kisses for you sweetie!!!!
REALLY??? jack london huh? is it open to the public? or just you? nudge nudge wink wink
i thought it was your porch, it’s very beautiful, just like you!
I need 6 or 7 hours of beauty rest each night. But I’m also a night owl and I must make myself go to bed, otherwise I’d still be taking pictures at 2am.
you really cheered me up hun, sniff sniff, surprised by joy
That’s a very comfortable looking little space very conducive to resting. I appear to need 9 hours a night but weeknights only get 7. hmmm, maybe there’s a connection.
well if i had a porch like that i may NOT get out of bed… love the fan on the floor and the big pillows
do you get the emails i send when i hit reply to your comments?
Nice looking porch, wouldn’t mind chilling with a beer and a book there. Great follow-up on Elaine’s Christmas present.
i do not know how to play that piano, the small animals have already moved in, i’ve given them names and hot turkey sandwiches for Christmas, they love me and also want to be a part of my new family, there’s a very small spider in there that has been trying to muster the strength to pluck the strings, but we love him anyway…. the cow that jumped over the moon lives in there too and he was the first to tell me where that song comes from, but not as eloquently as you did,more like moooo moo moo mooooo
I sleep a lot but I still have bad memory.
I love this : “Blessing on him who invented sleep”
Nothing less than 8 h works for me . They say – sleeping is good to reduce stress. I say – stress is super to allow you to stay in bed for 10 hours
) Well, time for me for my bed right now 
) Sleep well, girl !
Ha ha I’m delighted to see that Elaine’s new mattress made it into today’s instalment. It’s lucky that she works three months ahead of schedule or we’d never see another photograph from her.
Oh dear, if sleep aids beauty, then I need about a year of hibernation! A great post, Sera
“regenerates skin cells faster at night, peaking around 2 am, fighting aging and wrinkles “….. so this is what we mean when we say ‘things could get ugly’……?
great intresting shot:) and looks surrounded by lovely gardens..
“Beauty doesn’t happen overnight” reminds me of that dreadful Pantene ad that Rachel Hunter did back in the 90s “Ut won’t hippen overnight bit ut wull hippen”
One can say: beauty is resetting
Well composed story!
Donkey is naturally good looking!
“Beauty rest”
Ah America home of the euphemism….”Friendly Fire” and “Collateral Damage” spring to mind
“To sleep, perchance to dream…” – and to rejuvenate the body while doing so? Bonus.
You do very well with your artwork and the text with this one is particularly funny:-) The image at the top is exceptional. The light streaming through the window is so pretty and inviting.
reading this has made me want to go get my beauty rest.
I love to sleep and dream and so sleep gives the memory and retract wrinkles I’ll be lucky!
For the draws: bravo!
Ahahha ! The obsession of collagen !
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So trendy nowadays. Thanks a lot dear Seraphine. I’ve laughed a lot. It’s good for my skin.
just wait till i get a waterbed, *she was never to be seen again*
ha ha ha , Elaine and her bed are stars now , thanks Sera , they deserved that !!!!! Bed time now zzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzz
bisous
Another cool set. I love how you come of with these interesting topics.
I only sleep for 4 hours every night, have a busy life
Happy new year!
Ah sleep! How i do love you. I just wish i could get more.
I should want to be a marmot (for sleeping all the winter !)
I think I could crash for days in that picture you posted. Perfect.
“I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.” Psalm 4:8
Seraphine: We must be the most sleep-deprived nation on earth from the reports I hear from all of my friends. A great post about healthy sleep!
wonderful room and bed! i’d like to be on it till good fortune falls down in front of me! ^_0
i don’t know but he sure is cute huh? he’s always coming up to me with his blackberry and asking me to spell things so he can text properly
my mother always told me that my older brother was her favorite
one time when my husband and i were first dating, i wrote i heart you in the vapor on the rear view mirror, and he got angry and said ‘I’M SUPPOSED TO SAY THAT FIRST’… i said ‘you can’t ‘SAY’ i heart you, it’s a graphic, he just glared at me then said i’m the man i’m supposed to say i love you first… i made a face at him and said i never said i LOVED you
I love it, Seraphine…and all of it is so true. Don’t we all do so much better with the sleep we need!!!
so funny !!
Bien à toi !
TOO FUNNY!! And especially since I follow Elaine’s blog. Such a great sense of humor!!!
Thanks for sharing your talent to constantly introduce fresh ideas and different perspectives with so many varied posts about contemporary issuers. I can’t imagine you spend too much time sleeping – but in 2010 I trust you will continue to enjoy sufficient rest and recreation to smell the flowers along the way. Here’s for a more prosperous 2010. Best wishes
wowser at this rate I’ll be a beauty queen in no time, seeing as how I’m sleeping a solid 12 hihi
I love that you hate that my sweaters fit.
Really, thanks. xo
the donkey has eaten collagen… do you know if it’ll be dangerous for him?
LOL…I agree…when you finally get a mattress that is great, you catch up on the months that you feel you missed! Love your blog site.
I don’t let anyone mess with my sleep. I’m like an angry 90 year old man if anyone tries to disturb my beauty sleep. Raaaaaahhhh!!!
I never got through Don Quixote. I found it uneven – not sure if this was a consequence of the translation or the original work.