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.

Birling Gap, still a favourite, still not overcrowded and not toooooo far…

There was a fatal accident at the Dunstable Downs just before we arrived… the day before – Amy’s Winehouse’s death… 2 days before – events in Norway.  So saddened by this. But a long walk in the country side clears your head while the simple, calm beauty around reminds you, that life is everything, but mostly – worth being appreciated and enjoyed…

London – New Forest National Park – Barton On Sea – London. 200 miles and 1 fantastic day behind.

Best part of the day? Ahmmmmmm… everything. Ponies! I’ve never seen wild ones before. Apparently, there are about 3000 in the park. You see them everywhere: fields, forest, villages, roads… so free, so beautiful…

We want to go back there. Soon.