My LadyBohemia IvoryWhite Lace Shawl.
So warm, so soft, so comforting. Wearing it feels like a lover's embrace.
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PhotoMagic: Minna Kulmala Photography[/caption]
Babysoft cotton with handmade lace detailing in the softest, dustyest shades of French laces, ribbons and buttons.
Beautiful, feminine, unique.
Like everything by OonaElena.
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I love that line by Penelope Cruz, in the movie Vanilla sky.
Well. It was a garden party in sunny Provence instead of a cool New York loft.
Rosé instead of martinis.
No Cameron Diaz. Just little me.
Otherwise, rather identical.
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Yesterday the kids and I flew over to the South.
And today Mamie was taken to hospital for a major surgery.
Those of you who have followed my blog for a while will have an idea of just how much I love her. How much my children love her.
Here I've been struggling to find words to say. To our brave Mamie. To Papi Jean, who seems lost and utterly paralyzed by the severity of the situation.
And I've been dreading the questions I see in the eyes of my sons.
That will be asked. That must be answered honestly.
So. It's 5 o'clock in the morning and only this beautiful old house is keeping me company.
Here we are in the darkness, competing over who can sigh the deepest.
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Please... Pretty please. I'll do anything. If only tomorrow would be better.[/caption]
But I do have one more trick up my sleeve.. Reserved especially for those neverending nights such as this one.
I"ll take my pillow and go sleep on the floor of the children's room.
Just listening to their breathing pushes the ruthlessness of this world a little farther away ♥.
~*♥*~
So lovely was my yesterday that it will carry me for a longlongest time.
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I love this collage by Minna Kulmala. And it breaks my heart to realize how much of it's feminine power is simply lost due to inadequate photo sizes accepted by Wordpress . So friends, do yourselves a favor and left-click on this one... See my point?)[/caption]
A uniquely talented artist, photographer Minna Kulmala invited me to her home, a 17th century mansion, for a full day photoshoot for LadyBohemia.
This collage is just a little sneak preview of magic to come...
But I can tell you dear friends, never have I felt more beautiful than last night, watching the flaming dusk clouds sailing on the sky, above my bed of flowers ♥.
No matter how high they flew, I could almost reach them.
And I could have stayed in that moment forever.
~*♥*~
