. treat yourself .

There is only two hours between the first and the last photo.

Sunset.

Mornings are cold. Evenings are cold.
But afternoons are just perfectly warm in the sunshine, while burning the dead leaves.

Splash!

It's awfully raining here in South of France, but it doesn't make me want to sing... I wish I was enthusiastic like Gene Kelly :)

Above the sea, beneath the haze.

As a leaving present, Sara got given an Initiation flight and asked me to go and support her. So I fought my fear (she was going to fly the aircraft herself! :-)) and went along... I don't regret it, and, I'm still alive!

Just in case...

Thank you Sara!

Off.

Day off today, slept til 9, got dressed at 11. I thought I would do something productive, like sort out clothes, shoes, papers, all sorts of stuff in order to lighten my packs...but no, instead of that, spent my day blog-surfin', drinking tea and eating cake cause the weather's not great. Like a sunday in the middle of the week.

Evening skies...

Before I went to bed the other night, I was struck by the colour of the sky. Of course my phone's camera doesn't show it properly...

Last months in Sussex #1 May-Brighton Pier

Last friday, like every friday I went down to Brighton for a stroll. I like walking without a goal, and finally always end up at the pier.
I love the old iron balustrade and the fright that it could fall in those big waves.

Look at these details...
Oh, and that creaky floorboard...
and the light-bulb signs!
Next time, I think I'll have a go on the looping!

Caribbean Easter Bunny

Bandana, vintage - Dress, Vintage - Jewels, presents from , Burkina Faso, Cuba, Brasil, Hungary...

Lazy morning

I flew back to England yesterday.

Today is my last day of holidays, and it feels like a sunday. The weather is gorgeous and the house is quiet.

Being in Hungary was enriching but also tiring. My mother has 7 brothers and sisters, consequently, we are 35 grand children and now 37 grand-grand children. It's a lot of people to visit. And still, I didn't have enough time to see everyone. It is really frustrating because I love them all so much and see them so little. Between a visit and the next one, cousins get pregnant, babies are born, those babies become toddlers, toddlers become children, children become teenagers and so on...

I guess "c'est la vie!", it will always be like this, there is always someone you love who's far away...

(Photo David B Jack)

"Lovely day, lovely day, lovely day..."

I love putting music on loud while I'm cooking. Usually, when I'm with Max (3), we listen to Bill Withers, it's a sort of ritual. So when the second song started, he said "That's our song!", I confirmed and asked what was the title, he naturally answered "Just the two of us!"... (He is singing along right now!) That's what I love with children, everyday something new :)
Today, the weather is awful, stuck inside we have to cheer ourselves up, so we listen to "our song" and we're going to make some pancakes...

The rest

Last week, thursday afternoon, school run, the cowboy's rest... Looks real, innit?!

Precious thing

Un jour après l'école, nous sommes allés au Grange avec les petits. Pour les occuper, je leur ai donné la mission de ramasser le plus de choses possibles en un temps donné. Chose qu'ils ont pris à cœur et même réitéré plusieurs fois. Voilà l'évolution de la récolte.

Bonne journée!

Le petit peu...

Après le blues de jeudi, voilà les jonquilles de samedi (English daffodils)



Et ma tête en passant :)

(je porte les vêtements que j'ai acquis à un clothes-swap - échange de vêtements - une veste en cuir neuve et une jolie robe esprit 50's)

Il en faut peu pour être heureux...

... et pourtant on en fait toute une montagne dont on n'atteint jamais le sommet.

Un jour comme aujourd'hui, toutes les conditions étaient réunies (c'est rare): journée de repos, grasse matinée, petit déj prolongé en écoutant la radio, les rayons du soleil filtrant à travers les nuages, les machines faites, la douche prise et le rouge à lèvres posé. Je m'en vais donc pour passer un bel après-midi à glaner les rues ensoleillées et les magasins d'antiquité. Jusque là tout est au beau fixe, je bois une cannette et mange mes financiers sur un banc dans les jardins du Grange. J'admire les fleurs, des crocus, je sens le printemps pointer pour la première fois et j'ai même chaud dans mon tweed. Oh que c'est bon!

Et pourtant... je sens une pointe d'amertume quelque part, là au fond de mon soutien gorge, vous savez là, à l'abri de la cage thoracique. Ah oui, voilà, le cœur.

Et bien oui, c'est ce pauvre bougre qui fait des siennes, enfin pas lui vraiment mais la place qu'il tient dans mon cerveau. Car oui, c'est mon céphalique là qui ne s'arrête pas de gamberger. Mais c'est qu'il est coriace en plus. Alors sur quoi il se morfond vous allez me dire. Bah oui, c'est la faute au garçon. Ce garçon là, et puis tous les autres. La mienne de faute surtout. Par ce que je ne sais plus. Je n'ai même jamais su. Et je n'ai pas l'impression que j'en sais ou en saurai un peu plus un jour.

Il n'y a rien à savoir, alors j'attends que les jonquilles s'ouvrent dans le vase, par ce qu'il faut se contenter des jolies choses, même petites.

(Photo Google images)

Smile

Smile- Judy Garland

Some days ago, I took the decision to leave Lewes after summer. It wasn't easy to choose, but yes sometimes you have to cut in. There is no "right choice", there are always things and people you will regret. But you don't make a choice for your whole life, you CAN go back or somewhere else! These were the words I said to my friend Sara the other night and I decided to aplly them to myself. We keep trying to find answers when we deeply know we have them.

For my case, I know that I don't know what I want to do but I'll do something now and that's what count. Though, I don't have a clue of where it's going to be, but I have 6 months to figure it out.

So, no stress, enjoy today, smile! (my new credo) Besides, smiling is good for your skin, your brain and for the others!

Disparue

J'avais un problème quand j'ai commencé ce blog, c'était que j'avais trop de temps. Trop de temps, comment on peut avoir trop de temps vous me direz (oui vous, les très peu de gens qui me lisent). Ben ouais, j'étais au pair y a un an, seulement au pair, avec un emploi du temps vraiment aéré. Alors je m'emmerdais de n'avoir rien à faire, je n'avais pas vraiment d'argent pour faire des choses non plus...Bref c'est là que j'ai commencé à poster, une à deux fois par jour.

Maintenant, mon problème s'est inversé. Je n'ai plus de temps pour rien. Ou alors, le peu de temps que j'ai, je le passe à flemmarder...

Par exemple, là j'écris vite fait ça avant d'aller travailler. Oui, car je capitalise. Arghh, moi qui suit plutôt habituée à vivre avec le minimum et/ou dépenser tout de suite ce que je gagne. Bon, y a un moment où faut assurer ses arrières, non?! Donc voilà, je commence maintenant!

Sur ce, j'y vais, les patrons n'attendent pas!

(P.S: j'ai fait couper mes cheveux...je sais, y en a toujours autant, mais je ne me plains pas!)

We Are One Year Old!

Today, it's been a year since I arrived in Lewes. Time goes by so quickly. I feel like if it was yesterday and on the other hand, it's like it has been ages since I left Paris.

I try to think of what had or had not changed during the past year.

*The future is still as blurry as it was before, but I'm not freaking out that much anymore.

*I stopped getting wasted 3 times a week -maybe once a month now?!

*I became pretty addicted to reading blogs, which is -I think- not a bad thing.

*I don't have no depts no more.

*I've decided to go to New York in september (btw any tips for cheap accomodation anyone?)

* I still want to be black, but I'll never be :(

*No, in fact, I want to be Beyoncé! :)

*Or Jimmy Hendrix?

*Want marry Kanye?

* or...

** and,..., etc,... blablaba

Ok, now that's enough!

We'll see what's going to happen. Inch'Allah.

PS: Picture of Beyoncé, not me he :)

SALE

Today, day off. Raining cats and dogs outside. Sale expedition in Brighton. Here my few finds.
American Apparel organic cotton v-neck.


Comptoir des Cottoniers satchel.
Comptoir des Cottoniers kaki slims.
Chanel Poudre Hydratante Effet Hâlé (not in sale).

(photo Little galerie)

Powercut

Last week on saturday, we had a powercut. It lasted from 4pm to 10pm, so we had to use candles and eat pizzas. It was such a quiet atmosphere.