Nothing can compare to this magical place.

I live in a dream more dazzling than fiction. Imaginary yet real. I defy prediction and an incredible dream I have, where the day ends in *magic*. This can only be where the golden temple lies (India).

Hoping

Dreaming

Wishing I was there

My friend send me this picture of the golden temple as a gift for my fascination of India. I was really touched by the beauty of this picture. Now I know for certain that when I visit india this place will be on my to go see list. ''It's a very calm and composed environment and you feel like being part of it for hours together'' ''The view, the bath, the sernity and feeling of being in presence of God makes this place a must visit if you are travelling to India!'' my friend said.. My friend lives nearby so he is so lucky to be living near such a beautiful, magical place. I just feel like that building made out of gold is paradise.

Thank you so much for the picture digvijay singh. I will keep it forever.

What me & my niece do for fun.

Recent converation with my niece.

Tiffani: ''I want to paint my face''

Me: ''I don't have any face paint''

Tiffani: ''Em we could use some lipstick''

Me: ''Sure lets ruin my mothers lipstick''

Tiffani: She just giggled.

.....And so we did ruin my mothers 'Channel' lipstick. It was naughty of me to even think like that, but sometimes I do crazy things just for the fun of it. Not only did she draw on her face she did my face too. And my mother never noticed. She thought that I had used face paint on her hehe.

My little artist Tiffani Davies.

Life inspired me to write early in the morning today.

This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind...let it be something good. Other than helping a hungry poor man I also bought a heart sticker where the money goes to the childrens hospitle. I know that we cannot change the past, but we have the power to change the future. And by all means we can save the children. The road to stopping child abuse is long, but reachable. So other then my words of wisdom I met a strange lady today. She looked about 39yrs. She was jumping up and down like a pogo stick and poking me at thisame time. She was laughing while doing the whole procedure of poke and jump. I stood there like a stone amazed by the fact that she decided to choose me to be her poke buddy :p. My heart went out to her though because she was a bit mentally ill and it is not her fault that she is not normal like other people. She can't controll the madness, it just takes over her body like a virus that can never be cured. But I did laugh a little bit. I found it funny that she wanted to play with me haha.

Picture taken today outside my flat. I love my niece more everyday. A childs love is unstoppable, it just grows.

Trust, believe and achieve.

"If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

~Author uknown~

The first time I was doing a photoshoot, I knew it would test me to my limits. I nervously picked up the camera and the voice within me was saying ''you can't do it'' and I just took those shots and then laughed at the stupid voices in my head. I learnt to never listen to those voices within. They are like the devil creeping up on you trying to ruin whatever you are trying to achieve. Instead listen to your heart. Trust only yourself and your private heart.

Christmas would never be thisame without children.

This year I spent christmas with my parents and my ex boyfriends family. So no children were involved. Suprisingly I did have a lovely time, but without my niece's it was hard. I missed watching my niece's wake up in the morning only to run downstairs and shake all the presents. I miss listeing to them laugh and play. But most of all I miss seeing their adorable faces. I cannot imagine life without children. The world would mean nothing to me if children did not exist. Their laugh is contagious and I pray every day that a child gets the chance to live a happy healthy life (STOP CHILD ABUSE!). My cousin was kind enough to send me photos of her daughter enjoying christmas as you can see in the photos above.

The most beautiful place on earth (Spain).

I just remebed the moment when I woke up to the beautiful blue sky. I was astonished to find that the sky would always look gorgous in the early mornings of Spain. I have always been inspired by watching sunsets go down and come out. And where I stayed in Calpe, the sunset was always there. How I wish I was back in Spain. How I long to be there everyday. How I wish to stay there forever. A country of peace, beauty and love. Perfect Spain is and will always be the heart of my holidays.

                    This is what I woke up to.

The view is breathtakingly beautiful.

Hide & Seek, whispers and tale telling

Me & my beautiful niece Tiffani played hide and seek today. The game came to a new level where she decided to hide under her pink cute hat, as you can see above in the picture. It saved me time from actually walking around and looking for her. She would often whisper something in my ear and then I would have to whisper something back. I also enjoyed listening to her stories, which she would make up, but most of them would be thisame as my stories and she would just change the characters in them. So my heart sang as we both skipped around the garden holding hands. We had a wonderful time and I bet she is at home still smiling as much as I am.

I never loved you. Sorry, so sorry.

How do I say goodbye to you

When we never really said hello
Is it any easier to walk away from the seeds of a friendship
Never given time to root and grow?
(Grow into what – a bigger friendship? I don’t know.)
And how is it possible to miss someone
I hardly ever see?
How can I know if you were my hero,
When you rode into the sunset
Long before the you left.
How can there be a formal end to something
Which had no real beginning?
I can only thank you for the rainbows you brought to my storms;
For the silver lining you stitched in my clouds.
It was refreshing to find, someone protective over me
So, thank you for the laughs we had
And for the few parties you took me to.
But I was never in love with you, even thou you were madly with me.

My dear friend Sheye Rosemeyer was a great help and gave me an idea of which photo processing she prefers. This is partly what she wrote:

This is a lovely portrait of such a beautiful girl, I can see why you love it. I do love her quiet, serious expression. I really like your processing, you did a great job but think I prefer the original - only because the dark red might look a bit un-natural on a young child and it will come out stronger in print. I wondered how it might look in black and white too so did a quick conversion. My pic would be the original or a black and white I think? ( I also added a square crop just to remove a bit of the background if you like). Honestly though, any of these would be lovely - go with whatever grabs your eye first :) Keep up the great work!

Sheye xx

I am amazed by how smooth the photo actually looks. Thank you Sheye for showing me new possibilities.

One photo, one shot and beautiful is what it became.

I remember on christmas day the first thing I did is took my camera and just aimed it at my cousin. She caught me in the moment and looked at me so sweetly. This one shot of her turned out to be something really beautiful. Everytime I look at the picture it reminds me of how thankful I am to have a cousin like her. There is no other who could fill her shoes.

I am still amazed that I actually took this photo with my Cannon 450d.