Growing up I always knew how beautiful my mum was. I was always so proud of her as she always made so much effort to dress well ** and would rarely be seen without makeup or her hair done nicely. She set a high standard for us to follow. I just love this picture of […]
{Keep Reading...}still here
March 31, 2011 By 53 Comments
Thank you for your sweet comments and messages. They are just like getting a little hug from each of you everytime I read them. And I do read them. I’m still here but just finding it hard to be my normally happy cheery self. I don’t normally have sad days or days where there is […]
{Keep Reading...}in loving memory
March 29, 2011 By 312 Comments
Evelyn Elizabeth Swinnerton 1949-2011 It’s been an emotional weekend and I should have known that my dear mum would would fight till the very end. Late last night she went back to God. We have spent days and nights at the hospital and she was surrounded by so much love the entire time. But I […]
{Keep Reading...}letting go
March 26, 2011 By 184 Comments
What a day. I woke up early for Mathilda’s but by the time I reached the bathroom I remembered my mum and the night before. Oh. For almost a minute I was having a good morning. At the market I put on my brave face. Tried to smile, keep happy and not let on where my head and […]
{Keep Reading...}my mum
March 25, 2011 By 62 Comments
I know a lot of you have been asking about my mum. Since her last treatment, she had been trotting along nicely under the care of my dad at our family home in canberra. She had been having good and bad days but was happy and still talking. The last time we had a conversation […]
{Keep Reading...}last minute preparations
March 24, 2011 By 17 Comments
Well thank you for all of the sweet words yesterday! It feels great to get that off my chest. Now, like I said earlier in the week, I do my best work at the last minute. As I write I am sorting fabrics into baskets by colour and will pop them in my huger than huge ikea bags to load […]
{Keep Reading...}troll dolls
March 23, 2011 By 70 Comments
I actually started writing this post about keira and some issues we’ve had with mean girls in her class. I was genuinely shocked that there could be mean girls in kindergarten. Especially to someone as sweet and gentle as keira. Keira gets so much attention from the bigger girls in school, is doing really well in the […]
{Keep Reading...}mathilda’s market paddington
March 21, 2011 By 26 Comments
Markets sneak up on me. I always say oh next time I’ll be so much more organised and I never am. Totally leave it all to the last minute. This Saturday is Mathilda’s Market at Paddington Town Hall. I’ve got all my baskets, boxes and assortment of things out (which is an achievment in itself) […]
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