B is for….

B.. it is for butter.
I don’t like butter.. except a little bit melted on vegemite toast.. or whatever is required in baking.. i don’t like it’s oily, saltiness, generally.. but i love its’ ability to become the deliciousness of cupcakes, or muffins.. or chocolate cake.. Life is full of contradictions, i feel!

B is for Bawth..
A la Eloise.. I LOVE to have a bath.. sometimes when the kids have gone to school.. and the shop is opening at 11am and i have 1.5 hours to get work done.. I lie in the bath and read ‘Blueprint’ or ‘Domino’ or ‘Adorn’ or ‘Readymade’ and cover all my less then perfect bits with HUGE amounts of bubble bath and sip take-away coffee that Cam has so kindly bought me from Sass Cafe on Bridge Road – the BEST weekday coffee on our street – and think about all the things I could do to make my life more beautiful!

B is for Brooke…
My lovely friend who doesn’t babble, and always thinks and is at the very beginning of a crafty and lovely rainbow.. with who knows what at the very pot-of-gold-end! Big things will happen.. and B is for BIG THINGS!

B is for Blogging…
My favourite thing apart from my real life and Mikes… It’s the very thing that keeps my eye on the road and my hands on the wheel! I love to be able to visit someone in the middle of the night and they don’t get cross!

B is for Birthday…
It is not my birthday anytime soon.. but I KNOW everyone should get WAY too many things on their birthday.. and birthdays MUST last for ONE week at least.

B is for Bloody Mary…
My most favourite drink in the whole world. Salty, spicy, tomatoey, and smiley!

B is for Books…
I can never get too many.. and if i was on a sinking ship.. and forced to take one thing (apart from my lovely loved ones) it would be books.. they are my weakness.. and my strength.. a constant source of inspiration and excitement!

B is for Broken Hearts..
Of which I have had many..I am completely prepared to risk all in the search for LOVE.. to the ouchy detriment of my most squishy, sensitive, hopeful bits (!)

B is for Beauty..
Which my life is ruled by.. not so much that ideal we see in the media.. but more the beautiful things.. like.. mist.. a beautiful fabric.. a genuine smile.. an embarrassed giggle… a fresh baby… hundreds and thousands… a childhood memory… a beautiful drawing… an honest truth

B is for Bumble-Bee..
Furry and Stripey and Scary and Comical

B.. is for lots of nice things!

xx mikes