escape

Escaped alone for the day on Sunday, a mooch around Tate Modern, a stroll around Spitalfields, and a new addiction to Instagram.

(I'm ashlee_chapter9 if you'd like to come & visit me over there, I'd love to have you Xx)

28

Close by the studio is a brilliant Oxfam bookshop, which has a great selection of art books, so I often find myself being lured inside. I found this one a couple of months back, whilst still in the grips of a freezing winter.

I've always loved Egon Schiele's paintings, but didn't know much of his life story. I was shocked to learn that he died from the Spanish Influenza at the age of 28!

Twenty-eight! - such an amazing body of work, by that age - so sad to think of how much more he could have achieved - what a loss.

So the studio is gradually filling up - up until recently it has been so, so cold in there, my trusty heater has been my favourite companion (alongside Radio 4, of course!).

It has been lovely to finally have a space of my own, I just long for more time in there - I miss it when life calls.

A Room Of One's Own

I took on a studio just before Christmas, these photos were taken the day I signed the contract.

And growing up, 6 was always my favourite number :)

home

I'll be your mirror

reflect what you are

in case you don't know

I'll be the wind

the rain

and the sunset

the light in your door

to show that you're home

Nico

Peace & Love

Merry Christmas to you all, gosh it whizzed by quickly - only just got round to posting these, and we are taking the tree down tomorrow!

And look who came to lunch!!

Introducing the new family member - our sweet little baby Lottie ♥

Wishing you all Peace & Love for the coming year XX

The Beauty I Chose ♥

I seem to have abandoned this old blog of mine. I really would like to be here more often, so hello again!!

A long, long time ago (August!) I won a most beautiful giveaway - lucky, lucky me!!
Hosted by the wonderful Lisa on her beautiful blog Pennycones.




Lisa's fantastic giveaway was a print of choice by her lovely, amazingly talented friend Kayleigh Radcliffe.

Here is the beauty I chose ♥




Oh, isn't it so beautiful!!

I was so thrilled & excited to win & receive a piece of Kayleigh's work, and have given it pride of place in my home.
I look at, and love it, more & more every day :)

So a great BIG thank you to Kayleigh & Lisa, for being so generous XXX
And a HUGE apology to them both for being SO late in blogging about my special win - I really do love it so much XXX

Please pop over to visit them if you don't know them already, you'll be very happy you did :)))

Chaos/Alive

I'm still alive!

There I am in my grubby mirror.

It's been a bit chaotic around here; I was disorganised before having children, so now I find myself with three (how did that happen?!!) the household is quite often in anarchy.

I loved a bit of anarchy in my younger, carefree days - however when you're the one having to tidy up the carnage, it's not quite the same.

I've still been reading & loving all the beautiful blogs, but find myself recently, more & more, wondering how you all do it?!

So in the interests of balance, here is my chaos.

It's the piles of 'stuff' that gets me!

Well, you didn't think I was going to show you the really grubby stuff, did you?

Maybe when I know you a little better :)

Oh, by the way, something wonderful happened to me in Blogland during the Summer - I won my first very special Giveaway! It's *beautiful* and I shall tell all in my next post.....