I had the pleasure of spending a beautiful spring morning with Ava! She’s 3 years old and full of beans. I am completely in love with her curls, and had a wonderful time watching them […]
Category Archives: Children
Made out of magic
Sometimes since I’ve been in the garden I’ve looked up through the trees at the sky and I have had a strange feeling of being happy as if something was pushing and drawing in my […]
The most precious
In just a few day’s time, we’ll be taking a trip. It’s not always easy to find enough minutes to really be together – the kind of together that has no phone calls, or work, […]
The first thing
I hear footsteps, and she’s there. The light hits my eyes at the same time as her arms embrace me. Hair in tangles. Climbing in beside me. Cozy cuddles, keeping warm. Watching the clouds outside. […]
Fortune
I love being spontaenous with my camera. These photos were taken at my friend Jen’s beautiful home near Mount Beauty, while Sophia was outside playing with her daughter. We’d just arrived back from a wonderful […]
The music makers
We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams. ~ Arthur O’Shaughnessy M x Remember to dream. Every. Single. Day.
On the pier
I met the loveliest family last weekend! Those of you who follow me on Facebook might remember that I donated a photo shoot to the Pink Lady Art Exhibition Auction last year. My mother is a […]
In the country
Last weekend we took a drive to the country to visit a dear friend of mine. We only get to visit once a year which makes it all the more special, and the drive is […]
Four times around the sun
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 […]
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 […]
All content © Mel Riddell 2023