Off to Paradise...

Just wanted to say goodbye for a while - our family is heading off in an airplane this afternoon. I shall see you when we get back with lots of photos of sunny paradise....and you know what? Little Jo from http://oldflowers4me.blogspot.com/ is holidaying at the same place - we shall sip a cocktail by the pool...

A Birthday Wish

Yes, I know I said I was having a break...but I just had to pop back in to tell you my baby turned 14 this week! How did that happen?

Once again, we celebrated with a family dinner...lots of yummy party food...and a big silver dish filled to the brim with chocolates and lollies.

A pink birthday cake and an ice-cream cake, because one can never have too much cake, don't you think?

Poor dad had to go and have some time out in the other room because we were all so noisy!

Happy Birthday darling Abby - your smile lights up every room you walk into, and you have such a kind, generous heart...my wish for you is that you follow your dreams, wherever they may lead you, and to always be true to yourself. I love you to the moon and back.

I want to share something with you here...if you read my blog, you will know I went back to school last year to study Transpersonal Art Therapy. It was truly incredible and I learned a lot about myself.

For some time, I felt quite lost and couldn't really put my finger on what my purpose in life was...after much soul-searching and some extremely intense sessions, a light-bulb went on in my head. I was already living my purpose! Der! Ever since I was a young girl, my dream was to be a mother...I adore children and have always had a strong connection with them.

Why did I feel the need to be 'more'. I love being a stay-at-home mum and creating a nurturing home where my girls can grow. I don't always get it right, and some weeks, believe me, I just want to run away with the circus, but ultimately, I feel what I am doing is right for me. And I no longer feel that pressure to be defined by what I do. I am one of those people that has had a million different jobs, and I always felt there was something wrong with me...why couldn't I be like everyone else? Why couldn't I just stick with something?

But you know what? I no longer care - I will probably have many more jobs in my life and that is ok. Meeting other people who were like me was enormously healing for me. I realised I wasn't such a 'flake' after all...I am proud to be a Domestic Goddess - everything else I may achieve in my life is just icing on the cake.

Deep Within a Faerie Forest

Spring is finally here...nothing like a good dose of sunshine to entice me out into the garden...
Follow me, beneath the trees. There is magic here to be sure...























Oh...I do believe there are fairies at the bottom of my garden...























Yummy fruit and tea and special fairy cakes served upon a woodland table...

Would you like me to pour you some tea? Do you take milk and sugar?

Pip, what is that you have found? A secret place to watch the clouds roll by, or to take an afternoon nap...








































Pip, are you sure you didn't have something to do with all this?

It's so peaceful here...

And just look at the view!

I am feeling sleepy after our feast...what was in the tea? Maybe I shall just close my eyes for a while. Yawn...that sunshine feels so warm on my skin....

Sometimes, all I need is just this...nothing more...I will be off with the fairies for a while - I need some time to breathe...I will see you all when I get back x

Romance Me...

Hello lovelies...real life aroud here is pretty sucky at the moment, so in honour of it being Spring, I decided to do a little shooshing in the bathroom.

I picked some fleurs from my garden, ran a most decadent bath and added some rose geranium oil...think I might close the door, light some candles and spend a large amount of time in here, with nothing but lovely thoughts to keep me company...

This dresser was a wedding present from my mum and dad...it used to belong to a dear family friend, so I gave it a makeover and now it sits in my bathroom.

Somebody please come and tell me when they have all left home....hee hee. Ooh, and be a love and pour me a champagne, thankyou...

Grow Wings...

So this is how my little birdhouse turned out...I hope the birdies like it!

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting
For this moment to arise...Paul McCartney

I have fallen in love once more with the music of The Beatles...oh wait, did I ever really fall out of love? If you haven't yet seen the movie 'Across the Universe', you must run, don't walk, to get it!
























And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom - Anais Nin

I am also thinking of this beautiful quote today....