Don't you just love flower vases and tea pots? I felt this was a good fusion! Nice to bring some of the flowering winter bulbs into my kitchen I thought.
In other matters, one of my songs is being featured on a local radio station tomorrow morning! I'm glad it will be heard by people who have never heard it before. This particular song is an old and dear friend of mine, I wrote her a few years ago now, she always makes people stop and listen...
Rock and a Hard Place
You've been breezing in and out like windy weather,
I pretend that it's okay.
And we sit there all alone together,
Trying desperately to think of nothing to say...
Do you ever find, we only seem to hate the ones we love?
Bind them with our toughest chains,
Do you ever find, his body's here but his heart has been caught,
between a rock and a hard place?
He's afraid to hear the truth be spoken,
So he stays away from me
And we rely on the curse of plastic conversation,
Does he not want the treasures I have for him?
Do you ever find we only seem to bother hating the ones we love?
And tear them down to save some face!
Do you ever find, we only seem to put the ones we love,
between a rock and a hard place?
And if I tell him no,
will he pack his bags and go?
Will I be feeding him to the lion's den?
And if I let him stay,
Pretend every thing's okay,
Am I worthy of a mill stone..?
Do you ever find, we only seem to hate the ones we love?
and tear them down to save some face!
Do you ever find, his body's here but his heart has been caught,
between a rock, and a hard place.
Shell xx
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...and what a lovely time they had!
Decisions, decisions...
I can sew a little. But I haven't been into a fabric shop with the view to having something for myself in a long time, it was very exciting, and I learned a lot about different fabrics. I had some colours in mind, but I learned that you really have to just see what is there, and what calls your name! 
...always a little random! I feel passionate, and nervous all at once. I imagine myself at the gig, I try to put myself right there in the moment. I want it to be a perfect practice, I think you have to always play the song right through, and always feel it from your heart, so that you can act it out in the performance.
...and then little fingers start playing discordant notes on my keyboard!
One of the things I loved about New York was the apartments. Those grand old doors, and stone stairs that lead up to them. Who lives/lived inside? Was this a scene straight out of You've Got Mail or Seinfeld? I normally don't get very star struck about anything, but I was a bit star struck by NY. We were only there for three days, but we walked all over the place, saw everything from the Museums to Central Park, to the classic New York Diner. Loved every minute!
It is the sort of city where you can become very inspired. I wrote a lot of music when I got back from being overseas. Fall Too Hard is probably the best example of my post traveling inspiration. I think it puts your life into perspective, when you go away, and then return again.
Don't you just love flower vases and tea pots? I felt this was a good fusion! Nice to bring some of the flowering winter bulbs into my kitchen I thought.
My beautiful sister in law took this from her verandah this morning. It was a beautiful rainbow. Something I don't think scientists can explain... That's because it's God's artwork, across the sky...