Saturday 3 August 2013

riding boots


inspiration for footwear.  
i love riding boots, but they don't always 'go'.
loving these ideas.
Twila xx

Thursday 1 August 2013

come with me


.

The fig tree forms it's early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me. Song of Songs 2:13

Friday 7 June 2013

Prince Charming and The Bad Guy



“When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair.” 
― Taylor Swift

Thursday 6 June 2013

you









love. I just love this.

Want this <3

sorry to see him leave




this is for you, darling.
wherever you are.
xx

sometimes



"Sometimes, people are beautiful.
Not just in looks,
Not just in what they say,
Just in what they are."  -Markus Zusak

Friday 31 May 2013

the last rose of summer

follow the roses


'Tis the last rose of summer left blooming alone
All her lovely companions are faded and gone
No flower of her kindred, no rosebud is nigh
To reflect back her blushes and give sigh for sigh

the last rose of summer


I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, to pine on the stem
Since the lovely are sleeping, go sleep thou with them
Thus kindly I scatter thy leaves o'er the bed
Where thy mates of the garden lie scentless and dead


The Last Rose of Summer

So soon may I follow when friendships decay
And from love's shining circle the gems drop away
When true hearts lie withered and fond ones are flown
Oh who would inhabit this bleak world alone?
This bleak world alone

By Thomas Moore 1805

Celtic Woman do a beautiful 
job singing it here


betty


this is a very pretty video.
Twila

Saturday 25 May 2013

The Sound of Music

Just saw The Sound of Music at our local theatre!  My. Goodness.  They were good!!  The lady who played Maria was almost as good as Julie Andrews.  Thoroughly enjoyed the show. :)

Friday 24 May 2013

Come with me?


Look out over the ocean, where the tall ships go
Far away from the smoke and the noise
Listen to the sea
We could rest our tired hearts
Won't you come with me?

Sunday 19 May 2013

"i'm not pretty"



One of the saddest sights is that of a pretty little girl trying to make herself "beautiful".  Not just the girlish love for beauty, but the feeling that she isn't good enough and trying her hardest to "fix" it. Wearing makeup at 7 years old and dressing like she is a rather tacky teen...  Why?  What have we done as a society to little girls?  They are trying to look like that hot model on the front of the magazine, and failing.  They feel like they aren't good enough when really, that woman has been photoshopped to "perfection".  Children are no longer free to be children.  And it makes me sad to see it.  

Saturday 18 May 2013

Secret treasures...



The human heart has hidden treasures,

In secret kept, in silence sealed;
The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,
Whose charms were broken if revealed.
And days may pass in gay confusion,
And nights in rosy riot fly,
While, lost in Fame's or Wealth's illusion,
The memory of the Past may die.

But, there are hours of lonely musing,
Such as in evening silence come,
When, soft as birds their pinions closing,
The heart's best feelings gather home.
Then in our souls there seems to languish
A tender grief that is not woe;
And thoughts that once wrung groans of anguish,
Now cause but some mild tears to flow.

And feelings, once as strong as passions,
Float softly backa faded dream;
Our own sharp griefs and wild sensations,
The tale of others' sufferings seem.
Oh ! when the heart is freshly bleeding,
How longs it for that time to be,
When, through the mist of years receding,
Its woes but live in reverie !

And it can dwell on moonlight glimmer,
On evening shade and loneliness;
And, while the sky grows dim and dimmer,
Feel no untold and strange distress  
Only a deeper impulse given
By lonely hour and darkened room,
To solemn thoughts that soar to heaven,
Seeking a life and world to come.

Charlotte Brontë