Jikana Damaru: 08/21/10

Sunday Citar - Loss

Tabitha @ Fresh Mommy hosts the Sunday Citar meme - pop on over and have a look.
I am sure she would love you to join in too.

For those of us who have recently suffered loss.

When he shall die

Take him and cut him out in little stars

And he will make the face of heav'n so fine

That all the world will be in love with night

William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

If every tear we shed for you became a star above;

you'd stroll in the Angel's garden, lit by everlasting love

- Author Unknown

Fly, fly little wing
Fly beyond imagining
The softest cloud, the whitest dove
Upon the wind of heaven's love

Past the planets and the stars
Leave this lonely world of ours
Escape the sorrow and the pain
And fly again

Fly, fly precious one
Your endless journey has begun
Take your gentle happiness

Far too beautiful for this

Cross over to the other shore
There is peace for evermore
But hold this memory bittersweet
Until we meet

Fly, fly do not fear
Don’t waste your breath, don’t shed a tear
Your heart is pure, your soul is free
Be on your way, don’t wait for me

Above the universe you’ll climb
On beyond the hands of time
The moon will rise, the sun will set
But I won’t forget

Fly, fly little wing
Fly where only angels sing
Fly away, the time is right
Go now, find the light

Beautiful lyrics from a song by Celine Dion written after the death of her niece from Cystic Fibrosis

♥ Loving chunkychooky

So, I'm over the recipes. I might go back to them a bit later... From now on, Sundays will be devoted to ♥Much Love♥ Mondays. I'm a day early with my post, but I'm sure Anna won't mind... do you mind, Anna?

Today I'm loving gorgeous little baby rattles handmade by Cath at chunkychooky. Just look at that little face!

Happy Sunday!

Election '10

Well its over…finally…after countless tv adds and contorversial radio campaigns it was time to vote and choose which party will run our country for the next three years. I am unsure whether I agree to the compulsary voting or not. It is wonderful that we live in a free country where we have the right and a say in how our country is run but unfortunatly these days I feel our generation is simply not educated enough to be voting and making such a crucial decision for our country. A lot of people these days do not take an intrest in politics and I think the biggest reason for this is because we ae simply not educated. I say 'we' because I am definatly one of these people. Yes we studied the basics of government in grade 7 whch was topped off by a trip to sydney and canberra which included a trip to parliament house. But that was just learning the running of the governments and the house and not actually about the parties themselves and what they stand for. I feel the ads and ‘discussions’ on tv end up becoming so childish, pety and controversial that I ended up giving up on listening as they were more intersted in shutting down each other than really showing and teaching us what they are about.

I wouldn’t have a clue about Labour and Libral and who is what and what they stand for. I feel because Julia Gillard has been appointed prime minister there will be a majority of our peple voting for her simply because she is a female and not because she has our countries best interest at heart and in reverse Im sure there are a lot of people that didn't vote for her because she is a ‘ranga’. I think that because it is compulsary that we vote a lot of people will be making an uneducated decision and will be voting for the wrong reasons which will therefore potentially place a party in control that is not best suited for our country.I am sure there is an extremely large group out there that voted for the 'sex party' just because it was funny. What does this party even stand for...besides the obvious...and how will it help our country.

I have absolutly NO IDEA about politics and unfortunatly I dont think a lot of people do, which scares me that the wrong party will get voted in by people 'guessing'. Lets hope we get it right.

x S.K.K x

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Jungle Bench

For my niece Molly's first birthday we decided to get her a child's bench that she and her friends could sit on in the garden; something she could treasure for years to come as I still have my little wicker chair from when I was a kid. After much searching I found this one at Gardens and Homes Direct.

My other half put it together for me and painted it white using Cuprinol garden shades, Pale Jasmine and I hand painted the animals in a variety of pastel paints. I had some 5cm foam cut to size and made a removable cover using a pastel print jungle fabric from Fabrics Clearance.

Have a sweet day!

More passion fruit love...

I just did a Google search and found this. I will have to give it a go...I know one little boy who will love it!
...you can just see our little fish (bish) bubbles trying to swim into the picture...we really love him, i must say.

Passion fruit love...

The smell, the flavor even the the look once cut in half and placed on top of yogurt or mixed through a fresh fruit salad...i just can't get enough!
The delicious little passion fruit reminds me of summer, good times and yummy desserts. Anyone got any good recipes they would like to share?
I am keen to find a really good passion fruit icing for on top of this short bread recipe that I found over at Frog, Goose and Bear and I though it would be fun to attempt a Passion Fruit Panna Cotta in celebration of this stunning weather we are having. Speaking of weather, we are at the beach enjoying last days with our family who have been holiday with us from overseas...we have had such good times...sad times ahead as we bid them farewell on Wednesday. It will be sad and my heart breaks for three little cousins who truly adore each other. x

(Better late than never?) Fabulous Friday Follow

Laura at 2 Giggle Boxes hosts a Fabulous Friday Follow and was kind enough to ask me to co-host. Of course, in my vague way, I completely forgot that I was supposed to be joining in and... well, did absolutely nothing on Fabulous Friday. To be honest, I'm surprised Laura asked me: does she not know about the abysmal failure that is my monthly Fridge Chronicles linky*?

So sorry, Laura. Thanks for featuring my blog this week and here is my belated co-hosting job. (Somehow, I don't think I'm going to be asked back to this gig!!)

The link is open until Tuesday and there are some really sweet blogs on Laura's list. Add your blog to the list and click on through and see if there is anyone here you'd like to get to know better!

* Don't get excited, I'm not holding up the white flag here. I will be opening the August Chronicles on Wednesday, 25th.