Sunshine on a Cloudy Day

It's time for A Snap, A Set and A Song! Knowing that this week's theme was Clouds, I woke up this morning with a plan to take a photo of the cloudy sky outside our home. Only thing is, for the first time in ages, there was not a cloud to be seen! So I  popped outside after work to see if there were any clouds at all, and found this miniscule one:

It's the Running Man cloud!

Over at polyvore, the first thing to catch my eye was the I've Got Sunshine on a Cloudy Day print 

which immediately made me think of Willow, because the song My Girl was played at her funeral. This week of the year is quite difficult, remembering Willow, however, sometimes during the cloudy times we are reminded of the sunny things in life that can help lift our spirits - all the people we love, and the beautiful gifts of nature. I made a happy set to express this. 

I've Got Sunshine on a Cloudy Day by wendysice featuring orange handbags

Sleeveless lace dress
$110 - houseoffraser.co.uk

J.Crew platform wedge heels
jcrew.com

Orange handbag
udobuy.com

Monsoon bangle jewelry
monsoon.co.uk

Retro earrings
modcloth.com

Sunshine Print, I've Got Sunshine, Earth, Summer, Sky, Blue, Clouds,...
etsy.com

I chose two songs to share, My Girl by the Temptations:

Those purple suits make me smile!

And also a fantastic song from Christine Anu from the year 2000. 

This song still has such a great feel:

Hope your blues are lifted a little!

Come see some more Cloud Snaps, Sets, and Songs over at Thea's blog!

xx

Farewell Baby Willow

It was a very difficult week
with the anticipation of my niece Willow's funeral. 

While choosing songs for the service, it was amazing how appropriate the lyrics of songs became
when listened to in a different light.

The opening song was this one from the musical Wicked:

We watched a slide show of pictures of Willow to this lovely old song:

We listened to this one, while we laid rose petals on Willow's coffin. My sister said this music helps her to imagine Willow happily skipping through a field of flowers.

We went outside the chapel to let balloons go, to this beautiful song by Ben Harper:

Emotions were high, and many, many tears were shed, but it was a lovely service, with my sister and her partner giving a heartfelt and honest account of their thoughts, feelings and experiences during this devastating time. 

It was comforting to see so many supportive

family members and friends

there to help remember this sweet child of God.

A collective gasp could be heard as we let our balloons lift to the sky.

Gosh, an occasion like this is heart-wrenching and difficult.

But there was a positive feeling of hope in the air, and I am sure many people left feeling they had helped to make the day somewhat easier for our family, with their love, words and hugs.

Bless our little darling Willow,

and may she dance with joy through the fields of heaven.

Willow Frances Tozer

26/10/11 - 6/11/11

Ballooning

I had some amazing dreams last night! One of them was about being lifted by one helium balloon to have a short flight over parklands. When I woke up I was fascinated by this because it was so much fun in the dream! I looked up how many balloons it would take to lift a person, and in actual fact it takes 4000 helium balloons!!! The next entry on google was about cluster ballooning, which, while not 4000 balloons, takes some pretty big balloons to get one person up into the air. But high in the air you can go! I think I'd be too scared to do this, and besides, you need a lot of training, but the pictures sure do look incredible!

(All images from here)

So pretty!