hello sweet friends, feeling good today? whow, i received quite a feedback yesterday concerning christmas decorations & scandinavian interior style. maybe it is all the white, that give us a feeling of serenity, peace, warm… when matched with warm lights, vintage details… above all i love a house that it is warm and feels like lived in.
so, before going on to our guest today, i will remind you that yesterday {advertising season} has opened here in {…a place for twiggs}, which means that i will be receiving your offers to start advertising in 2011. for more details, just send me an email!
well, let us continue to our guest. first this lady comes from a far far side of the world. but she was not born there, nor she has spent her whole life there. she is there now. not even a clue, right? i shall continue…
“old faded blue jeans, barefoot on wet sand, the wind on my face, wet hair, a sea shell in my hand… many sunny blue days and few raining and gray… sleeping late… jazz and blues… laughing for no reason at all… feeling loose and breeze… finding beauty to capture, anywhere, everywhere… in love… yes… in love with life!”
number :: 20
20 was the age i met and married my husband… my life was never, ever the same. we married and moved from Brazil to New Zealand, i had to learn to speak a new language really fast and adapt to whatever came after that. we, brazilian woman, specially from middle to higher class, live a very sheltered life, and sometimes we miss a lot of fabulous experiences because our parents never allow us to stretch our wings to far from home or to far away from their dreams for us. i was the black sheep of our family… sorry mum and dad! (kids don’t do as i have done… or on the other hand… go ahead, do as i have done! no regrets there!)
my husband was, and still is, on hotel business and we have to face lots and lots of relocations and traveling through the years, and raising kids in foreign languages was not an easy task. i left law school to become a full time mum… do i regret that choice? never! i was blessed with 3 gorgeous kids in my life. and, because of that choice i became a photographer to take my children’s pictures… you can join the dots from now.
letter :: m
i am happy! i have got the m… because m is for maria (my first name, of course) did you know that? lila maria! is a kind of brazilian tradition to have {maria} has a second name… maybe not anymore. m is for {mother}, so full of love & wisdom, i love my mum and i love being a mother too! m is for {maturity} and with maturity comes wisdom, courage and grace. m is for {melon} and i do love melon, with blue berries for breakfast! i could just keep on going as so many joyful words start with {m}!
{simplesmente lila via flickr}
a perfect day is when i…
… wake up slowly to the sound of birds singing or the sound of rain falling softly on the roof… bliss!
one thing i would love to learn is…
… to cook. just because i am a raw vegan does not mean that food should be only about salads and juices every day. i went to a raw vegan restaurant the other day and the food was so delicious. i cried of joy! and orgasmic experience, believe me!
would you rather be a english woman in new york, or a new yorker in england?
i am a brazilian with a mixture of three european races, and such mixture os hard to shake from your genes! i love europe… england would be my choice here! i love history… simply love the past mingling with the present without loosing its original taste. new york is beautiful, but is another kind of beauty. a bit like dubai in many ways, all fast and furioys… so plastic fantastic. not my cup of tea at all!
i know that i could be repeating myself, but i always feel amazed by different lives… lila shares the same language with me, as we both speak portuguese. but that is about it. nothing else is similar. she lives on the other side of the world, she has 3 children… she has traveled around the world… and she is a raw vegan. she left law school to become a full time mum. and she lives in dubai. isn’t this an amazing story?
thank you so much lila… it was such an honour to meet you & get to know you a little bit more! you live an extraordinairy life!
twiggs
lila Check says
Adorei,esta simplesmente maravilhoso!!!
agradeco de coracao esse lindo gesto amiga!
beijos
PS: vou blogar seu editorila no meu blog hoje;posso?
lila
{twiggs} says
obrigada lila!!!! foi um prazer!!!! claro que pode blogar, esteja à vontade para o fazer!!! beijinhos!