blackberries and boats along the canal

another lovely saturday gave the girls some time to wander the canal

lilah ate her blackberries on the way home

fay made a blackberry and apple crumble

checking out the boats

flags!

riot grrls we love

lilah and fay

bratmobile

bikini kill

L7

the original runaways

pj harvey

a trip to the fire department

glasgow and edinburgh do this amazing thing and have an "open doors" weekend

so anyone can come into around 100 different beautiful buildings and see inside

some of the buildings are not usually open to the public

some are not open at all, ever

last weekend, lilah and fay went with katja to the fire department for open doors day

fay is totally into this

now lilah is, too

she's gonna be a truck driver, like her momma

focus...

let 'er rip, lilah!

at the weekend

lilah has been spending quite a bit of quality time lately with Rob and Katja (who have become her Dum and Mad, respectively).  so lilah and fay are getting to be pretty good at sleep-overs, and hanging out together on Saturdays, playing around and doing fun things in the city.  Katja has been keeping a photographic diary for me, so i'm going to post some of the gems on here...

this was a free (!!!) day of music for kids at a wonderful centre in the east end of glasgow.

aunty ashley and uncle drew and little jack were there, too.

aunty ashley clued us in to this amazingness (she's got her finger on the pulse)

zenning out

lilah and katja (her Mad)

a fourth birthday party

a very happy lilah

a very lovely totoro 

(handmade(!!!) gift from katja, rob, and fay)

and a beautiful autumn photograph

(courtesy of ingrid mur)

thank you, all for such a pleasant and mellow party

and happy birthday again, lilah!

dance with dad before bed

listening to crystalline remixed

dancing with dad generally includes a circus-like finish

this is a recurring event 

that still makes my heart flutter

Grandma Sue knows Lilah's style

Thank you SO much, Grandma Sue, 

for the extraordinary Venetian mask

birthday present

It arrived safe and in one piece, and it is the most beautiful thing we have ever seen!

Lilah is in love.

xoxo