And the long-awaited day came – the 17th day of March, St Patrick’s Day, and the fourth birthday of my beautiful fairy princess girl. Despite my pleadings last night that she stop growing, she woke […]
One day
One day, it will happen One day, one day It will all come true. One day, when you’re ready One day, one day When you’re up to it. The atmosphere Will get lighter And two […]
Lips and lace
Raven hair and ruby lips sparks fly from her finger tips. ~ Witchy Woman, Don Henley and Bernie Leadon M x Credits Makeup Abe Zakhem Makeup Hair Abe Zakhem Hair Assistant Rafi Jello Model Ana Kingsley […]
Without words
Perhaps there is a language which is not made of words and everything in the world understands it. ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess In between the asking why, the serious pouts, the fits […]
Almost four
She’s almost four. She loves pink, and yellow. Princesses. Ballet. Pretty frocks. Barbie and Strawberry Shortcake. Ice cream with sprinkles. Sparkly shoes. Long hair with plaits. Lollypops. Swimming. Her scooter. Preschool. The park. And huggles. […]
The end and the start
The day came. Our holidays ended, much earlier than I was ready for, and we woke up on the first day of preschool for 2013. Totally accustomed to lazy mornings since last December, I had […]
My valley
There is no fence nor hedge around time that is gone. You can go back and have what you like of it, if you can remember. So I can close my eyes on my valley […]
Spending time
At the start of school holidays last year, I was so worried how we’d fill all those days and weeks. And now that the school year is almost ready to begin, I don’t want the […]
Lightning
Lightning McQueen: I’m a very famous race car! Luigi: You are famous race car? A real race car? Lightning McQueen: Yes, I’m a real race car, what do you think? Look at me. Luigi: I […]
In the sunshine
I will not fall when I meet my friends in the sunshine. ~ Old Man River M x {Images shot at JinkyArt workshop, Canberra 2012}
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