in our times of fury,
we roll in our wretched despair.
our skin drenched in the hate,
as it drips from our swollen bodies
over wounds laid bare.
we shout and we scream.
our anger scratches against the sky,
our words hiss as they mark the stars
and as we claw and rip and tear everything apart,
in the darkness we then cry.
we cry for what is broken,
in shaking fear that it cannot be fixed.
in the glowing ambers of our storm
we hunger for what now is missed.
Monday, 27 February 2012
mark the stars
Hello there! I'm Millie, the country girl living in a city built on sugar. When I'm not in the kitchen baking I can be found having a picnic and drinking strawberry tea... This blog is where I share my vegan recipes, so please grab a blanket and have a read, then grab your wooden spoon and get baking!
happy monsters
a few words about saturday night...
we were a mess. a beautiful writhing mess of happy monsters. we bared our teeth and pushed through the bodies, always wanting the music closer, to feel it seeping through our skin and scratching against our bones. we twirled and span and jumped and ran away from anything that could hurt us. we breathed in the night and it tasted so sweet. the sugary residue of those happy memories lingered through the dawn.
and as the cold morning light sliced through our consciousness, the happy monsters made their way home.
x
we were a mess. a beautiful writhing mess of happy monsters. we bared our teeth and pushed through the bodies, always wanting the music closer, to feel it seeping through our skin and scratching against our bones. we twirled and span and jumped and ran away from anything that could hurt us. we breathed in the night and it tasted so sweet. the sugary residue of those happy memories lingered through the dawn.
and as the cold morning light sliced through our consciousness, the happy monsters made their way home.
x
Hello there! I'm Millie, the country girl living in a city built on sugar. When I'm not in the kitchen baking I can be found having a picnic and drinking strawberry tea... This blog is where I share my vegan recipes, so please grab a blanket and have a read, then grab your wooden spoon and get baking!
Friday, 24 February 2012
fabulous fridays presents... gimmie a ring, but hunny, i don't mean on the phone
well hello pretty people! hope everyones friday is as fabulous as it should be?
bought myself a sweet little dress today to wear tomorrow. it was a rather lovely shopping spree that lasted almost the entire 30minutes of my lunch break. i am mentioning this because i feel it may be the ending to a bad streak i've been having lately with shopping.
me and those shops, we haven't been seeing eye to eye.
they closed their doors on me, they had slip slip tiled floors which made me go slip slip, all the clothes laughed at me and wouldn't let me get into my usual 10.
grrrr.
buuuut, today of all days, when i was doubtful that my friday was going to be anywhere near fabulous, today was the day that i skipped into dorothy.p and saw this dahling of a dress that shimmied over all the right places.
can i get a woop woop?
when i'm all dressed up tomorrow i'll take a pic to show you the dress that is the start of my winning streak :)
and ohhh before i go, heres some rings i've made recently from discarded brooches and badges.
and my first few necklaces.
bought myself a sweet little dress today to wear tomorrow. it was a rather lovely shopping spree that lasted almost the entire 30minutes of my lunch break. i am mentioning this because i feel it may be the ending to a bad streak i've been having lately with shopping.
me and those shops, we haven't been seeing eye to eye.
they closed their doors on me, they had slip slip tiled floors which made me go slip slip, all the clothes laughed at me and wouldn't let me get into my usual 10.
grrrr.
buuuut, today of all days, when i was doubtful that my friday was going to be anywhere near fabulous, today was the day that i skipped into dorothy.p and saw this dahling of a dress that shimmied over all the right places.
can i get a woop woop?
when i'm all dressed up tomorrow i'll take a pic to show you the dress that is the start of my winning streak :)
and ohhh before i go, heres some rings i've made recently from discarded brooches and badges.
and my first few necklaces.
love and all that jazz x
Hello there! I'm Millie, the country girl living in a city built on sugar. When I'm not in the kitchen baking I can be found having a picnic and drinking strawberry tea... This blog is where I share my vegan recipes, so please grab a blanket and have a read, then grab your wooden spoon and get baking!
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
wonderful wednesdays presents... curry lentils tofu style
well hello all you lovely people :) hope you're all having a wonderful wednesday?
today is a quick recipe that uses red lentils, the same as the lentil soup.
curry lentils...tofu style
ingredients (serves 4 people)
medium red onion
3 medium cloves garlic
tin of tomatoes
300g red lentils
2 medium apples
half packet plain tofu
3 table spoons mango chutney
a good load of curry powder
large pinch of salt
vegetable or olive oil for cooking
today is a quick recipe that uses red lentils, the same as the lentil soup.
curry lentils...tofu style
ingredients (serves 4 people)
medium red onion
3 medium cloves garlic
tin of tomatoes
300g red lentils
2 medium apples
half packet plain tofu
3 table spoons mango chutney
a good load of curry powder
large pinch of salt
vegetable or olive oil for cooking
1) chop onion and fry gently in oil for a few mins
2) chop apples into small pieces (the last thing you want is to be chewing your way through a gigantic chunk of apple halfway through your curry) and add to onions and cook until soft (5mins)
3) add the lentils and mix it together, then crush and chop the garlic and bang it in the pan!
4) add the tin of tomatoes and stir it all together.
5) chop up the tofu into chunks, you'll find that it's very squishy so it helps to sort of squish it with your hands slightly over the sink so that some of the water drains out. (if you use smoked tofu you won't have to do this)
then add the chopped tofu in with everything with enough boiling water so it just about covers and leave it to simmer, for about 10mins. (remember to keep stirring it here and there so it doesn't burn)
6) when it's almost cooked (the lentils will start to go all fluffy) add the mango chutney and stir lots and lots!
7) now stir in the salt and curry powder and you're done! see? told you it was eeeeasy :)
i was lazy tonight and just ate it as it is, but it's great served with poppadoms or a baked potato :)
lovety love x
Hello there! I'm Millie, the country girl living in a city built on sugar. When I'm not in the kitchen baking I can be found having a picnic and drinking strawberry tea... This blog is where I share my vegan recipes, so please grab a blanket and have a read, then grab your wooden spoon and get baking!
someplace in the sky
bonjour!
i captured this when i was out on a walk with the mother a few weeks back, when the air was that sort of cold and dry where it kinda hurts to breathe? but you know you need to take that next breath if only because the stuff that surrounds you is so god damn beautiful and you don't wana miss it.
i received the 'cute blog' award by the fantastically lovely tiny sailor :)
1. What is your go to make-up product?
black liquid eyeliner from the beauty without cruelty range
2. What's your favourite fashion trend of 2012?
erm, ok, i'm being totally honest here, i don't exactly keep up to date with all things fashion related...but i do really love all the big and weird statement jewellery i'm seeing around lately
3. What is your favourite dessert?
my mums vegan chocolate cake!
4. Favourite color?
ohhh deary me i do indeed love all colours! but olive green has a special place in my heart. (as does scarlet red!)
5. What is your middle name?
mary
6. What was the last song you listened to?
the girl, by city and colour
7. Cats or Dogs?
love em both! and rabbits
8.One thing I have never mentioned in my blog...
i want to be a writer
Cute Blogs:
love and all that jazz x
Hello there! I'm Millie, the country girl living in a city built on sugar. When I'm not in the kitchen baking I can be found having a picnic and drinking strawberry tea... This blog is where I share my vegan recipes, so please grab a blanket and have a read, then grab your wooden spoon and get baking!
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
easter cards
just a few designs that will be for sale in time for easter :)
i would just like to say a biggest hugest dinosaur-sized thank you to all you beautiful people who follow my little blog.
it makes me so happy.
and if it wasn't for all you lot all of the nonsensical mischief that bounces around inside my head would have nobody to talk to.
sending you all the love and pretty things x
Hello there! I'm Millie, the country girl living in a city built on sugar. When I'm not in the kitchen baking I can be found having a picnic and drinking strawberry tea... This blog is where I share my vegan recipes, so please grab a blanket and have a read, then grab your wooden spoon and get baking!
celebrating pancakes
happy pancake day everybody!
hope you've all got tummies full of yumminess.
i do love a good pancake, but weirdly only eat them once a year?!
and it's sort of the same for these goodies-
candyfloss-only at the fun fair or by the seaside
popcorn-only at the cinema
mince pies-only at christmas
icecream-only on my birthday (or somebody else's birthday and i have access to vegan icecream)
chips-normally only when i'm having a 'day out' somewhere cute and i want to be baaaaaad because it tastes so guuuuuud
jelly-only on my birthday
and it's not like i intentionally only eat them on those certain times, it's just the way it always seems to be. but then, after looking at that list, i think it may be a slightly good thing that i only eat it all occasionally, because i think if i ate it all the time i would be the size of a house. and not a small house either, one of those huge gigantic things that has its own gatehouse and stuff.
anyway...
i had a beautiful day in Hay On Wye with the boyf and our friend Scott.
between the three of us we bought eighteen books.
eighteen books!
that is a lot of books.
in case you hadn't guessed, we like books.
it's pretty much been my perfect day, plenty of words, coffee and good company.
hope you've all got tummies full of yumminess.
i do love a good pancake, but weirdly only eat them once a year?!
and it's sort of the same for these goodies-
candyfloss-only at the fun fair or by the seaside
popcorn-only at the cinema
mince pies-only at christmas
icecream-only on my birthday (or somebody else's birthday and i have access to vegan icecream)
chips-normally only when i'm having a 'day out' somewhere cute and i want to be baaaaaad because it tastes so guuuuuud
jelly-only on my birthday
and it's not like i intentionally only eat them on those certain times, it's just the way it always seems to be. but then, after looking at that list, i think it may be a slightly good thing that i only eat it all occasionally, because i think if i ate it all the time i would be the size of a house. and not a small house either, one of those huge gigantic things that has its own gatehouse and stuff.
anyway...
i had a beautiful day in Hay On Wye with the boyf and our friend Scott.
between the three of us we bought eighteen books.
eighteen books!
that is a lot of books.
in case you hadn't guessed, we like books.
it's pretty much been my perfect day, plenty of words, coffee and good company.
and of course, tonight there was pancakes...
so i am a happy bunny.
and speaking of bunnies...my next post will feature some handmade easter cards that will be for sale before easter :)
love and all that jazz x
Hello there! I'm Millie, the country girl living in a city built on sugar. When I'm not in the kitchen baking I can be found having a picnic and drinking strawberry tea... This blog is where I share my vegan recipes, so please grab a blanket and have a read, then grab your wooden spoon and get baking!
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