8.00am, I’m sat in my local aka City coffee shop, with my hands warmly, cupped around a hot drink. It's not cold and I don't need the extra heat but the flavour of hot chocolate with cream will do. I'm always questioned over my choice of drinks. Hot chocolate in this weather? It comes as [...]
The final countdown at work has started. As I begin to say my goodbyes and pack my belongings, I can't help but hum "Although we've come to the end of the road" by Boyz II Men. Keep in mind I've not heard this song in years, yet I'm suddenly obsessed with it. Replaying two lines [...]
Today, at work, I was asked a question that took me a little by surprise, when it really shouldn't have. “Are you an artist?” A lovely mum asked as she looked over what once used to be my desk and was now a worktop filled with multiple drawings by mini artists and cuttings that had dropped [...]
“Give yourself credit for the days you made it when you thought you couldn't”. Was the first post to pop up on my Instagram feed this morning. I kind of needed that. Written in white over a black background, the bold letters were as clear as Crystal. I read the quote over and over before [...]
It’s been a while since I made a signature mandala. So here it is, an optimistic mint blue mandala for an uplifting Monday. As of late, I’ve been spending a lot of time researching all types of Islamic art, through online sources and book scans. I’m a picture kinda girl, I look at the images [...]
A slice of rich, chocolate cake, with the letters HA written on top, sits deliciously in front of me, waiting to be devoured. I’m in no rush to finish it, there's plenty more of where that came from. As I mentioned earlier, it was my Birthday this week and I’ve been busy enjoying it by [...]
