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No Light, No Light


I’ve been very busy at work and too exhausted to post here for a while (apart for the nightmare the other night, which I had to get off my chest immediately, and it still gives me the creeps). On a more positive note, the house is slowly starting to look really good and I’ve been living here for a while (here’s a photo of my fireplace). 



I got the yard lights, now I only need to get them installed.

To be honest, I’m playing for time here, writing this, not looking forward to going to bed. I was listening to the beautiful & brilliant Florence + the Machine earlier and the song “No Light, No Light” made me think about the nightmare again.

Shoebox Dream 2

I had another dream last night, and when I woke up, a real scare.

In the dream I was visiting the previous owner of my house at the nursing home, only in the dream the owner wasn’t a sweet old lady, he was a man, and he wasn’t old, he was a young man with a dark hair – very good looking in fact. I remember that he was wearing a funny jacket with old-fashioned elbow patches. I was there to find out about the shoebox, but he was very agitated and didn’t listen to me. The place was brightly lit, it was sunny outside, but he was still very anxious and wanted me to turn all the lights on. He kept going on about the place being too dark. I remember being certain that all the lights were on already, but that didn’t calm him down. In the end he was screaming for me to turn the lights on. I was also starting to freak out, starting to think that something horrible was coming to take us away, and that’s when I woke up. I was really thirsty, I got up from bed and went to get a glass of water. In the hallway, coming back, I suddenly saw a dark silhouette of a man outside the window. I must have screamed aloud. My heart stopped for a moment. I dropped the glass (luckily it didn’t break, it’s one of my favorites). I was really frightened. I rushed through the house, turning on all the lights. My first impulse was to dial 911, but after a moment that felt silly. I told myself that I must have imagined the whole thing, seen my own reflection in the window. Of course, with all the lights on inside, I couldn’t see anything outside anymore. I ended up calling a friend of mine, Joss, who lives nearby, waking him up. He was kind enough to come over and check the place. Bless him. Joss’s a real angel. There was no sign of anyone outside. 

Today I’m definitely going buy some yard lights, I’ve been meaning to do that for some time already.

Celebrating 1,000 Facebook Fans!


YES! Believe it or not, we are giving away a FREE Candy Bar to celebrate our milestone of 1,000 Facebook Fans!

Do keep the likes coming in please. We'll be picking a lucky winner on 1st June 2012. Simply write in to us on why you deserve that Candy Bar and do include your party's theme as well.

Once again, a BIG THANK YOU!! xx

Mom

From us to all the Moms out there! xx

A Little Giveaway!

Woke up earlier than usual today and started to browse through some of our pictures on the computer....

Came across Kaelyn's first month party pictures (boy, does time fly!!) and then it hit me! We're at 900 likes on Facebook right now, another 100 to
go before the Big 1,000! So why not a small little giveaway?

We did little hershey kisses party favors then and thought it would be neat to share her hershey prints with all. You can then create your own customized kisses for your kids! There's 4 to choose from - bunny, chick, flower & sunshine.

Simply email in to hello@littlehouseofdreams.com with the subject 'hershey kisses tags', indicate which 2 designs you would like and we'll send through the file to you!

*Valid till 13 May 2012.



xx Little House of Dreams 

Mommy Dearest

Mother's Day is just around the corner. We've teamed up with La Touche & Love Droplets to offer you some irresistible deals just for Mommy Dearest. 

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Tuesday is here.


The week has only just begun. A continuation for your FAB week! 

 

For a FAB week ahead!


Woke up feeling a little less chirpy on a Monday morning. But thinking of the week ahead, that made me smile. Decided to do up something for those who may just be feeling the same.

So this is for a great start to a FAB week everyone! xx
 

Life's Little Celebrations.


Our baby 1st month celebration packs are now available!

 Choose between 3 different offerings:


Little Tidings Pack
- 4 petite cupcakes @ $12.00 
- 3 petite cupcakes & 2 red eggs @ $11.00





 Little Treasures Pack
- 2 regular cupcakes & 4 items from celebration selection list @ $20.00



Celebration Selection List
* Decorated Cookie
* Fancy Chocolate
* Strawberry Fruit Tartlet
* Deluxe Chocolate Tartlet
* Praline Puff
* Brownie Bite
* Macaron
* Chocolate Eclair
* Coffee Eclair
* Donut with Chocolate
* Donut with Custard
* Mini Donut Ring
* Red Eggs (2pc)

Poem 12

As the photos are a bit blurry, I’ll transcribe the poems:


Kept from sleep again last night
By the sound of chimes
I sway
So far below heaven
So high above hell
Frost creeps up
The trunk of my spine
All is blackness through these holes
Of my eyes
Just the wind in my skull
And the wings of her crows
They perch on the gallows
They have pecked me clean
And made a chime from
My bones


NOTE: Also written on the page: “B’s comment: a diver, not a hanged man, think about it!!!”

Poem 11

As the photos are a bit blurry, I’ll transcribe the poems:


In this temple of shadow and mist
There's a window
In the floor and
A door in the ceiling
There is no knowing
Am I standing still
Or running or kneeling


NOTE: the two last lines have been scratched out (can’t make out what it originally said) and the lines of the poem have been written next to them.

Poem 10

As the photos are a bit blurry, I’ll transcribe the poems:


From bloom to gloom
Our love like fire
Consumed
We burned our bridges
Furniture, clothes
Hair, flesh and bones
All too soon
We ran out of things
To burn
But while it blossomed
Our love
Was like a flower


NOTE: Also written on the page: “B. This is us. T.” and a name “Barbara” (I’m guessing, can’t quite make it out, different handwriting) next to a heart.

Poem 9

As the photos are a bit blurry, I’ll transcribe the poems:


Until that time comes around again
The shadow falls on this town again
It’s barely evening
But the shadow falls on me again

No one will miss us
Our faces inked black
They’ll sell our things at the flea market
They’ll never call us back

So she left with them
They’ll wine her and dine her
We huddle naked in this alley
Nothing’s for sure

Fir needles tickle
We bathe in rain water
All the way to the ocean
The memory of the slaughter

Until that time comes around again
The shadow falls on this town again
It’s barely evening
But the shadow falls on me again

When I’m awake I’m barely alive
When I sleep I have two hearts
Your heart and mine
Your two hearts and mine

Poem 8


As the photos are a bit blurry, I’ll transcribe the poems:


I wish it would shatter
Like glass under my heels
Just like a sheet of ice
When I close my eyes
That’s how the mirror feels

Oh mercy
Thousands have gone missing
Beyond the labyrinth of me
When you’re lost
You’re lost in your own company


NOTE: There’s another poem on the page as well: “In this hall of mirrors / built by liars / I’m a pale reflection of myself – Pool.” There are also a couple of drawings, a face of a man, some fir trees by the water (maybe?), and a strange face with a long nose and round black eyes.

Poem 7

As the photos are a bit blurry, I’ll transcribe the poems:


Mist like death
Mist like a lover’s breath
Rolls so soft and cold and wet
Memories met for the first time
Secrets whispered
To find a long lost doorway home
Or be led to parts unknown
And forever disappear beyond this veil
In her dreams to prevail

Poem 6

As the photos are a bit blurry, I’ll transcribe the poems:


Your eyes were so cold
When you watched me go under
You were sitting in the boat
I floated down
To the darkness like a cloud
From a shark bite

I breathe out
My life with you
The currents wash me away
I let the currents
Wash me away

Poem 5

As the photos are a bit blurry, I’ll transcribe the poems:


My mother told me to no avail
If you play with shadows
You grow sickly and pale
And forget all the wonders
The sun can unveil
Beyond the shadow you settle for
there is a miracle
Illuminated

NOTE: the three last lines have been underlined and there a note saying “E’s favorite line, a long talk with him about the meaning, no changes but keep in mind for another time.”

Poem 4

As the photos are a bit blurry, I’ll transcribe the poems:


Frightened
Of the shadows of the deep
He challenged me
To a duel
I indulged him

For he did not know
That beyond the lake
He called home
Lies a deeper darker
Ocean green
Where waves are
Both wilder
And more serene
To its ports I have been
To its ports I have been

NOTE: “rewrite?” has been written next to the first stanza.

Poem 3

As the photos are a bit blurry, I’ll transcribe the poems:

I go underground
Follow me underground
Everyone else has gone there
Down to the ground
I’ll take you underground

They chased a mystery
They are a mystery to me
And you’ll think that of me
When I tell you my tale

What we bring with us
Sorry secrets and awkward lies
Wet matches
A yarning for overcast skies
Everything else down here
Has been stolen so many times
Everyone who walks down these steps dies

I go underground
Follow me underground
Everyone else has gone there
Down to the ground
I’ll take you underground