Wild donkies (who were checking out cars in the window of a classic car showroom a few minutes before this), churches, a horsey and a baby pony. The mummy ponies are starting to give birth. Yaaaaaaaay. Exciting. They’re so cuuuuuuute.

Day 1. I have a new challenge. I’m going to learn and practise Belly Dancing for 30 days. I’ve signed up to Patreon lessons with Cassandra Fox. Beginner level. She has an awesome and powerful and beautiful dance. She’s lovely. So far my stomach muscles have done well. They’re almost behaving how I want them to 😃 My wash board abs are getting washed - slowly. I feel them. My body’s waking up. I want it to learn something new, to sing to a different song. Somehow it feels like I’ve danced this dance before. I’m calling this ‘Belly Trance’ as I’m a sucker for an uplifting electronic beat though I feel dnb fits perfectly too 🎶 Today my favourite song was - Rocket Guns Blazin by The Prototypes. What a spacey thrill of a journey. My belly was happy. This is my post belly trance face, in the garden, swinging on a hammock…I love hammocks.

Under the blossoms we did walk.

I was having a sort out of my suitcases. Winter clothes are finally going away woo! I find out Tally has a thing for them. She tried them all - large, medium and small like she was some kind of Goldilocks. And yes Tally, you are The Queen of the Castle.

Sprinkler fun. As a child I was obsessed with the sprinkler. It would whirl and twirl flinging out its cool droplets. Mum would turn it down low then all of sudden pump it up and I would shriek with delight and zoom round the back garden like some sort of elated banchee.

Going to live with Bluebell Fairies is pretty high up on my bucket list 🤩

Who goes there? I am The Gatekeeper. You may pass.

I just danced my ass off to a load of drum n bass. It was faster than I’ve ever danced before ha! I love getting into new genres. I’m super interested in uplifting dnb and am on a quest to find the best there is to offer. I’m feeling alive like a heartbeat.

I love looking at other people’s book collections. You never know what you’re going to find. This book transported me back to my happy childhood playing trains with dad. We built the track (it was fiddly sometimes), the trains sometimes worked, sometimes didn’t. It was exciting when they did. I was elated watching them whizz round. One was fast, I liked that one. The big blue one took it’s time and made lots of noise. It was temperamental. There were carriages transporting coal that hooked onto the fast one. I loved hooking them on and watching them go. I put bridges over tracks (the trains would go under the bridges - heeeee how exciting and fun), a tree would go here or there, maybe even a person dotted about. It wasn’t a big collection but the adrenaline of being there with my dad, being together in shared joy and conversation aged 7, will make that train set worth a thousand smiles.

Beauty I see

Action cat

I am so elated to be here right now, in this green garden, surrounded by songbirds, kissed by the sun, accompanied by a special cat, on this warm day.

Donkies and Ponies are free spirits in The New Forest. It’s their land. I love that they have the power and we have to wait for them. I love that they’re free.

Yo! Sushi is my happy place. It’s a place where my inner child comes out to play. Yummy food whizzes by on a train full of colourful dishes, fluffy rice, explosively satisfying dishes and yummy puds. Zooming to me in bubbles of love, this food is vibrant. The sushi chef in this video sings as he works. I adore all the taste sensations. I feel like I’m eating zingy creamy sparkles. I feel like I’m in some kind of paradise.

Little Miss Tally is the quintessential lounge cat. She doesn’t even lounge in the lounge. She freestyles where she feels fit to sit.

I’m not one for malls. Or I thought I wasn’t until I came to this one. I’m sitting in Westquay in Southampton, drinking my freshly made juice on a comfy sofa in-between shops. This is a once a year thing. I’ve no summer clothes. It was a necessity which has turned into a pleasure. I love the space, the scene, the colour, the accessibility, the architecture. Today people are happy. Families are looking after eachother and having fun. I’m listening to deep house as I try on cute denim shorts. I’m in my own wonderful world funking it up. I love buying things that make me feel good. I’m not going mad like I used to, but just buying the essentials. Keeping it real. It’s a beautiful experience watching children running around laughing. It makes the whole experience even better than it already is.

She’s only gone and bought herself a snapback skater cap….well two actually 🤗 Last year I was a rainbow fairy, this year I’m a skater spy.

I’m outside, rocking gently in a hammock. My feet rest on lush green grass, on a beautifully laid lawn. New birds sing sweet, syrupy, lilting songs. The sky is hazy in the sunlight. I love the beginning of a new house-sit. Especially when the weather is warming up and life is becoming, post hibernation. Every year I forget what spring feels like and every year I remember again. I’m a child learning something new each day. The excited feeling of seeing a purple magnolia in flower, heavy blossoms laden with petals bobbing in the breeze, the sound of bees waking up, songbirds returning to their trees. I like to think as everything begins to grow, I get some of spring’s power too, to create, write, sing and compose. The newness of spring feels like I’m a baby listening to my mother singing a lullaby. Healing and bright.

Meet Tally. A fluffy ball of loveliness. She loves cuddles and attention. I’m so happy to get to know her.

I’m sitting in the Garden of Eden aka The New Forest in Dorset. The depth of birdsong is heady. The butterflies flutter, green grass abounds, scented flowers hold me in a springtime embrace. Last night we feasted with our new house-sit friends. I love getting to know new folk who we would never usually meet. Conversation flowed, deep and meaningful. Everyone has a story. So much poignancy, struggle and inspiration. We’re staying in a creative household full of writing, directing and editing. It’s the house of a BAFTA judge so a high tech movie room is delightfully essential. 3D specs will be used and my eyes will feel oddly independent of eachother. We’re here to look after darling Tally. She’s a beautiful thing with a high pitched meow. Her chatter makes me melt into a pool of cuteness. This is an exciting sit in a place of paradise. I’m elated to be back in one of my favourite forests 🌲

Unintended - Muse (cover) end of song with the floaty swirly bit 😃

Baywatch? No Bournemouth. New York? No Bournemouth again! (with just about the cleanest NY cab ever) Who was fooled? No one? Thought so.

Freedom

Yesterday a fearless seagull lady, today a delighted pigeon man lying down sprinkling food on his legs watching the birds feed off him. Reminds me of St Paul’s Square where I poured seed on my own head and waited enthusiastically for pigeons to land. In my defense, I was 9.

A feast of crows.