Sweet Private Backyard Bungalow

04/20/2023

Here's to new friendships!!

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Awesome - fantastic work

04/20/2023

JOY

Joy does not arrive with a fanfare,
on a red carpet strewn with the flowers of a perfect life.

Joy sneaks in, as you pour a cup of coffee,
watching the sun hit your favourite tree, just right.

And you usher joy away,
because you are not ready for it.
Your house is not as it must be,
for such a distinguished guest.

But joy cares nothing for your messy home,
or your bank-balance,
or your waistline, you see.

Joy is supposed to slither through the cracks of your imperfect life,
that’s how joy works.

You cannot invite her, you can only be ready when she appears.

And hug her with meaning,

because in this very moment,

joy chose you.

Donna Ashworth
adapted from my poem ‘joy’ in ‘LIFE’ https://amzn.eu/d/9Y6E6kz

Art by the astounding Lisa Aisato from her book ‘all the colours of life’

04/20/2023

IT’S TIME

There comes a day, somewhere in the middle of every woman’s life, when Mother Nature herself stands behind us and wraps her arms around our shoulders, whispering

“It’s time.”

“You have taken enough now. It’s time to stop growing up, stop growing older and start growing wiser and wilder.

There are adventures still waiting on you and this time, you will enjoy them with the vision of wisdom and the companionship of hindsight, and you will really let go.

It’s time to stop the madness of comparison and the ridicule of schedule and conformity and start experiencing the joys that a life, free of containment and guilt, can bring.”

She will shake your shoulders gently and remind you that you’ve done your bit. You’ve given too much, cared too much, you’ve suffered too much.

You’ve bought the book, as it were, and worn the t-shirt.

Worse, you’ve worn the chains and carried the weight of a burden far too heavy for your shoulders.

“It’s time” she will say.

“Let it go, really let it go and feel the freedom of the fresh, clean spaces within you. Fill them with discovery, love and laughter. Fill yourself so full you will no longer fear what is ahead and instead you will greet each day with the excitement of a child.”

She will remind you that if you choose to stop caring what other people think of you, instead of caring what you think of you, you will experience a new era of your life you never dreamed possible.

“It’s time” she will say…

“to write the ending, or new beginning, of your own story.”

Donna Ashworth from ‘to the women’:
UK: https://amzn.eu/d/i8Xpzmu
US: https://a.co/d/2FaN5Ey

Art by the amazing Watercolours by Rachel (prints and books available)

04/20/2023

This kid is from Nigeria and his dream is to become an Architect in future. He made a model of Camp Nou football stadium. He’s just 11 years old. 👌🏿

04/20/2023

THIS IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS

04/20/2023

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