the beauty of imagination

Last weekend for my lovely Emily's birthday, we all paid a visit to the cinema to see "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus". I didn't really know what to expect, I hadn't heard much about it - but I was absolutely blown away.
It's an enchanting story about the complexities of your imagination, dealings with the devil and the horrible consequences of one small bet. Even if the story is sometimes a little hard for the likes of me to comprehend - the costumes, props & the like are always fabulously stunning. Lily Cole especially wears the most beautiful assortment dresses, masks & wigs I have ever seen. They're just so intricate!
I loved the contrast between the wonderful world of imagination and the harsh reality of modern life - a lovely lovely film.

lots of love from
LILY!

Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts!

Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something, please,
Whether we be old and bald
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot.

I'm having a very vivid "Oh How I Wish I Could Go To Hogwarts" phase at the moment, which, while being very lovely, often leads me to do things such memorize the school song or the poem engraved at the entrance of Gringotts, then abandon all the books I'm reading to start The Philosopher's Stone for the 100th time and maybe squeeze in a film or two. I have to go to extreme lengths to stop myself finding another "wand" out of my garden and, yes it's hard to believe after reading this, I am all grown up and fourteen!

love from Lily!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If you go down to the woods today...

Cold days when the sun is shining, absolutely wonderful!

At the moment I feel I must make the most I can out of all the free time I have before it all gets washed away in the rain, so a few lovely girls and I headed to the closest thing we have to the wild countryside - a little country park full of pretty trees and meadows.

Armed with a yummy picnic complete with lemon fairycakes and a bigbag of toffee to tide us over we set off on our adventure.

Laden down with our treats, we set off enthusiastically. Notice the abundance of berets? A very cute surprise when Alice and I arrived with our matching headgear - mine was found in a charity shop for £1 when I was on the hunt for my WW2 evacuee school trip costume in year 6!

We all got a little snap happy with the amazing scenery.

It was so lovely and peaceful just to walk along the forest paths beneath the leafy trees, I hope this has encouraged a few of you to get out into the great outdoors!

As always,

love from

Lily

xxxxx

the first of the autumn rain.

Chilly winds and rain, what wonderfully British weather. It's so lovely that my morning routine now includes a woolly hat, gloves and a long cosy scarf to wind around my neck and digging out my wonderfully pink and frilly umbrella. Now it's truly the weather for tea, cakes and a lovely black and white film - what rainy days were made for!

I leave you with a picture of my perfect winter boots, a lovely birthday present from my parents ( the top ones are mine, the other's my friend millie's - we match! )

lots of love from

Lily

xxxxxx

sending you sunshine with love and kisses.

hello to the few loved ones and little sweethearts who take the time to read my blog.

it has been a terribly long time since i last blogge

d, but i have been having a splendidly summer time doing charming summery things with my pals & chums.

such as baking yummy cakes with loveley natalie, which were so pretty and delicious, with multicolured insides and icing and sprinkles.

and then i had a super wonderful time seeing harry potter with some of my bestest pals. we really wanted to get into the spirit of things so we decided t

o have lots of fun dressing up; i was harry (wearing my brothers big woolly jumper with a pair of sharpie-d on glasses and a scar on my face, natalie was luna ( i made the cork necklace! ) and holly was hermione as she has some of the biggest hair i've ever seen.

darling bill didn't dress up, but we gave him a toad and called him neville so he wouldn't be left out.

we prepared for the big event by having a harry potter marathon and

watching all five films in one night, which we managed with no sleep at all and was an ace night.

and then, my favourite part of every year...

LATITUDE!!!!!!!!!!!

the most fun you can have in a weekend, i promise you!

the highlight of my weekend was the one and only patrick wolf, probably the most talented musician you can find at the moment, his music is so beautiful so everyone listen to him now!!! :)

(i was right at the front, but i was having too much fun too take pictures so this one is natalie's)

everything about latiutude is so amazing and beautiful, the loveliest musical festival ever.

and i've been enjoying the rest of my summer in cold, wet & windy shetland. lucky me! :)

lots of love from

lily

xxxxx

picnics.rivers.swimming.

i think we can officially say, summer is here! 

i've been having absolutely loooooooooovely weather here & lovely days to match. it's amazing how much more fun you can have when the sun is shining in cambridge, so my chums & i took advantage of this by heading to jesus green for a picnic.

food was eaten.

frisbee was played

piggybacks were given

and generally fun was had.

we spent hours just lying in the sunshine, accompanied by a tub of ice cream or handful of crisps or playing rounders with fairly improvised rules, and it was lovely.

so then after a hot day spent lounging around on the grass and eating cookies, we decided the time was right to head to the river bank nearby to dip our toes in the water and cool off

but then, after being sensible for about five minutes, this happened

such amazing fun,as long as you avoid any passing punts/canoes/swans whilst you swim & especially if you jump! wonderfully refreshing and guranteed to be more fun that spending a day in stuffy shops or watching tv, this is how summer should be!

i strongly advise all of you to find a river to swim in, because it would be hard to find a better day than this

lots and lots and lots of love from

LILY XXX