The sun has been very convincing & autumn is almost forgotten here, for the time being. We’ve been making the best use of those summer clothes in the past week (that didn’t have much of a chance in what was supposed to be the ‘real summer’ in London between the months of May and August) & getting carried away.

First day of October was heated up to close to +30 where we were. Chilling out in the grass in the shade, thinking of ice cream all day long,  BBQing on the terrace late and still wearing short sleeves…  ah! AHHH!!!!  But, we’re about to ‘land’ back in the the real season. The lovely warmth is about to leave us & we’ll be moving on to admiring more and more conkers on our paths, more falling leaves and grey skies…

Looking back & remembering very uplifting things to balance out some gloomy moods…

The sun was shining high when he came into our world, so beautiful, so calm & strong… he brought the love… He’s my little teacher, my friend, joy. He’s my first-born. He’s with us! And I’m so grateful.

I was listening to Dead can dance album ‘Toward the Within’ for half a day while dancing around the kitchen….My favourite. Now even this music will have memories of his & my big day…

Gingerbread man on sticks recipe. Great little something to share your special day with friends. We brought these for classmates and they made people smile. Wrapped in paper bags they would be perfect for party bags.

Cake recipe. A successful modification: agave instead of sugar (used about 70ml, mixed with buttermilk). The filling is just ricotta cheese with lemon juice and agave. I wanted to try to colour the dough, using natural colourants : raspberries for pink, carrot juice + turmeric for yellow and spirulina for green. Next time I would swap beetroot juice for pink and would use saffron for a deeper yellow. And would bake the cake in a wider tin…

Celebrations continue.

Having fun at the Barbican (sometime in July). One of our favourite destinations on Saturday mornings…

Technology Will Save Us (and my husband) painting with light at the V&A web weekend & a few of my ‘paintings’.

We took our boys to see King Creosote & Jon Hopkins at the Queens Elizabeth Hall…

If you never heard of them: Jon Hopkins, (vessel is our favourite!) King Creosote and their collaborative album ‘Diamond mine’.

1 more year older. More cuter, funnier, wiser and cherished even more. Every day.

I’m thankful and proud. Happy! And always in love…

Life is beautiful.

No city. No work. No internet. No stress. Just nature, family and total bliss for 5 days. Outdoors all day, almost outdoors all night (in ‘bed’ by 10pm!), ‘green relaxation’ for the eyes and soul, yummy food and above all – completely recharged minds.