6 years ago

in an old house, in a tiny village surrounded by olive trees 

on a small island in the sea 

you were born

my daughter 

Happy birthday 

 my brown eyed girl, 

my magpie

my middle child

my fellow scorpion

my collector

my drawer of fairies and rainbows 

my dear heart. 

Birthday thoughts..

Birthday time again here 

Desructo turns 3 this week 

my little magpie turn 5 a week after

the truth is with work blinding me like a mad blizzard

I have not been able to think beyond tomorrow. 

In a rare moment of sitting and drinking tea - I am inspired by some clever birthay ideas out there... 

like these ....

 a candy dress to a candy party By Fine little Day

an India theme By the creative Miko Designs

and rainbows by the by the very talented  Elsie Marley 

In all honesty I think this year may be a small balloon filled simple affair in the nearby Chinese garden... if by some miracle of the time fairy I manage to pull off anything more  I will make a post. 

Monday thunderstorms booming us into the new week here! 

Hope your Monday is off to a flashing start too! 

Birthday

Candles, cakes and balloons! Little D (also known as Stella) had a bumper time, I think she just couldn't get over that the songs, presents and the cake were all for her (who me.??!! seemed to be the look on her face throughout the day). This was followed by sheer glee and delight- chocolate cake I can put my hands into!?! Presents that at last I can unwrap with abandon??!!  Yes it was I think perhaps far more fun than having my own birthday, getting to see how happy she was throughout the day. Needles to say it was a three ring circus come dinner time (with family and friends round) so I did not manage to take any photos but we did take a few at breakfast, featured above.

signages

I was inspired by Melissa over at  Tigerlily Tinkering some weeks ago, loved the idea of taking note of local fonts found in signs in her area. So in her honour I have taken a few photos of my own. There certainly are some local sign treasures to be found in the small streets of Malta! This time the fonts are the focus, to follow will be some of the actual names (hairdressers salons here are particularly funny I find). 

oh and guess what desctructo is two today!!! Cake to bake and child to indulge!