Gypsy souls, magic dust and life beyond the big 50.

Because my camera keeps playing up, I will leave you today with a few gorgeous vintage dresses I found browsing on ebay this morning. Bare in mind that when you see these their biding time might have ended. No harm in checking though. I just found these randomly, but they are so beatiful I think they are worth sharing: DOLLYBIRD-1960S-VINTAGE-BLACK-FLORAL-FRILLY-MOD-MINI-DRESS VINTAGE-70s-RETRO-FOLK-BOHO-FLORAL-FLOATY-DREAMY-ROMANTIC-TIERED-MAXI-DRESS-8-10 Vintage-1970s-Stunning-Black-Red-Floral-Maxi-Dress-Uk-10-12 Vintage-60s-70s-Boho-Hippy-Psych-Folk-Victorian-Theatrical-Costume-Dress-30s VINTAGE-LAURA-ASHLEY-COUNTRY-WINTER-FLOWERS-WOOL-MIX-WINTER-DRESS VINTAGE-LAURA-ASHLEY-ENGLISH-PINK-BEAUTY-FLOWER-50S-STYLE-DRESS Do you have a favorite? Happy wednesday everybody!

Out we went and early it was, and above us, the sky, cloudless and still, like it doesn't often dare to be in these islands. And under the blue sky, the white light and the crispy air we walked, fragments of memories rushing in and out of my mind. Because in days like these I go through all my ages and all seasons of the year, chaotically, aleatorily. For all that it takes is a small drop of past, a single pearl of by gones, for our present to feel more present than ever, more vivid, more ours, more worth while.

Oh dear oh dear.....Thursday post is coming on friday isn't it? Gotta get this right! I swear I try but oh....it is hard! Anyway, we're already in the early minutes of friday and I don't expect to be online for long, so I better get on with today's (or should I say yesterday's) post. This is NOT a technical post on co-sleeping. I won't talk about safety tips about co-sleeping nor will I advocate it or advise against it. i do it with my 7 month old. Have been doing it ever since she was about 4 months. Before that I would do it for half of the night. If you do want to co-sleep please find a good article about the rules for doing it safely.  It is good to do things in an informed way. And co-sleeping without taking notice of safet rules can indeed be dangerous. What I want to share with you is my experience of it. I started doing it out of convenience. My baby always woke up too many times during the night and I cope very badly with lack of sleep. If you b...

....yes...I do know that when one says one's gonna post on wednesdays...they usually refer to the beggining of the day....not nearly thursday. But being a mum has these things and the truth is I couldn't find the time to post earlier. We woke up late to start with, I walked into the village to browse a couple of charity shops whose browsing I had left unfinished yesterday, rushed back, cooked lunch, walked dog, sat down for a moment at the computer, but little Missy was unsettled, therefore ended up having a nap on me. Long story short, when I saw the time it was already time for bath, dinner and Miss Lilliputian Empress' bath. It's amazing how days go by....I haven't even washed up after dinner and we missed Parents and Toddles this morning.... Even now I am sitting in bed, next to the little one, hoping she won't wake up when I stant up to take some pictures for todays' post and wash my teeth. I wonder what I do wrong...I probably iddle way too much, it ...

The sea - huge, unmeasurable, vast -  there it was in all its greyness. The winds, being kind for once, allowed us to walk in bare hearts across the pebbles, and on we went, step by step, attracted by the liquid grey, the immense liquid grey whose end we could not see, whose raising tide we jonkingly feared. There we were, connecting the circles of time, parents, child, dog. I went back many years and visioned myself, grey trousers, long wavy hair, inocent expression in my 9 year old face, holding my puppy, sitting on the rocks, looking at the sea, laughing like we only laugh when the duende that lives in our hearts is still reacheable. Jumping back in time I held my present very dearly, taking it all in, my love, our love, the unexplainable feeling of holding a baby, the sea, the skies, the smells, the sounds. I held my present very dearly and touched eternity very lightly.  .....loving to live by the seaside again.