365 CHALLENGE: DAY FORTY FOUR

13TH DAY THEME: PERFECT

TAKING AN EVENING STROLL WITH THE NEPHEW IS PURE PERFECTION...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY FORTY THREE

12TH DAY THEME: OUT AND ABOUT

ONE OF THOSE RARE DAYS WITH SUN AMONG STORMY WEATHER...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY FORTY TWO

11TH DAY THEME: MISTAKE

THINKING THIS BOWL OF STRAWBERRIES WITH LEMON JUICE WAS GOING TO LAST WAS OBVIOUSLY A BIG MISTAKE. 

THEY WERE DELICIOUS.

365 CHALLENGE: DAY FORTY ONE

10TH DAY THEME: I AM...

I AM... HAPPY WHEN I'M READING. 

365 CHALLENGE: DAY FORTY

9TH DAY THEME: DETAILS

MY NEW CHAIR, MY NEW LOVE. 

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THIRTY NINE

8TH DAY'S THEME: WATER

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THIRTY EIGHT

7TH DAY THEME : UTENSILS

I DON'T KNOW IF IT ALSO HAPPENS TO YOU, MAYBE YOU'RE MORE PRAGMATIC THAN I AM, BUT I MOST DEFINITIVELY WORK BETTER WHEN THE STUFF I USE IS CUTE. IT IMPROVES MY MOOD, AND WHEN I'M HAPPY WORK SEEMS EASIER. 

PRAGMATISM IS GOOD, BUT PRETTY THINGS ARE BETTER.

OH, I'M FEELING SO, SO SHALLOW RIGHT NOW...

THIS IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THE MONTH. DROP ME SOME LINES IF YOU'RE GOING TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE! I'D LOVE TO FOLLOW YOU!

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THIRTY SEVEN

6TH DAY THEME: C IS FOR...

C IS FOR CAROL: MY SISTER, MY BEST FRIEND, MY CONFIDANTE. SHE'S AN AMAZING PERSON, FULL OF LIGHT AND INNER STRENGTH AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT HER. 

I'M SO LUCKY SHE'S PART OF MY DAILY LIFE!

THANK YOU SIS, I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS!!!!

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THIRTY SIX

5TH DAY THEME: SQUARE

ART IN THE STUDIO. 

MY VERY MUCH LOVED BENJAMIN LACOMBE'S SNOW WHITE, NEXT TO A TOLKIEN'S QUOTE. I HAVE A FEW OF THOSE FRAMES PEPPERING THE STUDIO WITH INSPIRATIONAL SENTENCES AND EVOCATIVE ILLUSTRATIONS. 

THEY'RE NOT NEARLY ENOUGH. 

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THIRTY FIVE

4TH DAY THEME: CHILDHOOD

MY OLD STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE FIGURINES! I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY HOURS I SPENT PLAYING WITH THEM. I THINK I STILL HAVE THEIR LITTLE HOUSES PACKED SOMEWHERE. I ONLY HAD THOSE FOUR, BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, I TRIED TO COMPLETE MY COLLECTION AND GET A FEW MORE OF THEM ONLINE. BUT HONESTLY, THEIR PRICE WAS KIND OF RIDICULOUS, I COULDN'T JUSTIFY THIS SORT OF EXPENSE OUT OF CAPRICIOUSNESS.  

I LIKE THE OLD VERSION OF STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE BETTER THAN THE NEW ONE. I'M A TRADITIONALIST! ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT HER NEW OUTFIT MAKES WAY MORE SENSE THAN THE OLDER ONE, SHE ALSO LOOKS OLDER NOW, NO LONGER THAT SWEET PRETEEN GIRL OF MY MEMORY. 

I GUESS THAT'S BECAUSE PRETEEN GIRLS NOWADAYS LOOK NOTHING LIKE WE USED TO LOOK AT THEIR AGE. I'M FEELING REALLY OLD, RIGHT NOW!

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THIRTY FOUR

THIRD DAY'S THEME: SOMETHING ORANGE

HANDMADE PAPER ORNAMENTS FOR THE BIG WHITE WALL IN MY SITTING ROOM. BIG ENOUGH TO MAKE AN STATEMENT BUT TRANSIENT ENOUGH TO NOT BE A COMMITMENT. 

JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT. 

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THIRTY THREE

SECOND DAY'S THEME: FAVOURITE.

BOOKS ARE MY FAVOURITE THING IN THE WORLD.  THERE ARE SOME OLD BOOKS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME. THEY TAKE ME BACK IN TIME, THEY COMFORT ME, THEY MAKE ME CRY AND SMILE WITH MEMORIES. THEY REMIND ME OF PEOPLE THAT IS NO LONGER HERE WITH ME. 

ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, LAZARILLO DE TORMES... I'VE SPENT SO MANY HOURS READING AND REREADING THEM, I'VE LOST COUNT. 

ONE OF THOSE TITLES I LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY IS FRANK YERBY'S THE FOXES OF HARROW. IT'S AN MAZING STORY, WRITTEN BEAUTIFULLY AND I STILL LOVE IT TO PIECES. FLAWED CHARACTERS FULL OF HUMANITY, PETTINESS, INSECURITY AND PASION, TRYING TO SURVIVE IN A CONVULSE HISTORICAL MOMENT. IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT RACE,  PRIVILEGE AND SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS.

I'VE JUST REALIZED THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS BOOK:  IT MADE ME THINK. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I CAN HONESTLY SAY ABOUT A LOT OF STUFF I'VE READ AFTERWARDS. SO FROM NOW ON, THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE REASONS FOR ANY READING SUGGESTIONS.

IT MADE ME THINK.

THIS IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THE MONTH. DROP ME SOME LINES IF YOU'RE GOING TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE! I'D LOVE TO FOLLOW YOU!

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THIRTY TWO

I HAD A GREAT WEEKEND!  I DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT I BARELY HAD TIME TO SLEEP, I WAS SO BUSY!

I DECIDED TO DO A CHALLENGE INSIDE THIS CHALLENGE. I FOUND IT SURFING THE NET, AND THOUGHT IT LOOKED FUN. IT CONSISTS OF POSTING A PHOTO A DAY DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, AND CONSIDERING IT OVERLAPS NICELY WITH THE THEME OF MY BLOG... 

IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN, SO FAR, AND I HOPE YOU'LL LIKE IT, TOO!

FIRST DAY'S THEME WAS YOU.

THIS IS ME, NICE TO MEET YOU GUYS. 

THIS IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THE MONTH. DROP ME SOME LINES IF YOU'RE GOING TO JOIN THE CHALLENGE! I'D LOVE TO FOLLOW YOU!

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THIRTY ONE

KAWAII!!!!!!

I'M TOTALLY OBSESSED WITH IRENE'S CELL-CASE. I CAN'T STOP PETTING IT: IT'S SO, SO CUTE!

365 CHALLENGE: DAY THIRTY

PRETTY LAMP IN MY SISTER'S SITTING ROOM. 

IT'S A PRESENT FROM A VERY LOVED FRIEND OF OURS, BROUGHT WITH HER WHEN SHE CAME BACK FROM STUDYING IN GRANADA. SHE BROUGHT A PAIR OF THEM, AND WHEN SHE FOUND SHE WAS EXPECTING, PLACED THEM IN THE NURSERY. THEIR LIGHT IS WARM AND RELAXING, THE NURSERY WAS THE PERFECT CHOICE.

A FEW MONTHS LATER, MY SISTER GOT PREGNANT TOO, SO OUR FRIEND GIFTED HER ONE OF THE LAMPS SO THEY COULD BOTH NURSE THEIR BABIES UNDER THE SAME LIGHT.

SISTERHOOD IS NOT A MATTER OF BLOOD, IS A MATTER OF THOUGHTFULNESS...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY TWENTY NINE

MY OLD, THRIFTED CHAIR THAT I PAINTED AND REUPHOLSTERED. STILL ONE OF MY FAVOURITE DIY.

365 CHALLENGE: DAY TWENTY EIGHT

CRAVING THOSE LONG, LONG SIESTAS FROM LAST SUMMER...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY TWENTY SEVEN

MY CAMELLIAS! 

SO LUSH AND GORGEOUS...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY TWENTY SIX

GETTING READY FOR BABY'S ARRIVAL...

THE ALMOST UNBEARABLE SWEETNESS OF EXPECTING A NEW NEPHEW...

365 CHALLENGE: DAY TWENTY FIVE

THIS IS THE LAST ADDITION TO MY COLLECTION OF BOTTLES. IT USED TO BELONG TO MY LATE GRANDMOTHER AND IT'S VERY OLD.  I LOVE ALL THE GOLDEN DESIGNS ON ITS SURFACE AND IT MAKES ME SMILE. 

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DATE IT. SUGGESTIONS, ANYONE?