The official website will publish one chapter out of this epic music video every couple of days.

Check out my the beginnings here.

1) Houses & Birds print – $25
2) Ikat set of throw pillows – $180
3) Life cycles drawing – $39
4) Silk pleated ribbon – $14.95
5) Deck of 30 postcards – $28
6) Cloudbirds fabric – $65
7) Lot of vintage fabric – $34
8) Onions & leaves tea towel – $18
9) Blue needles block print – $15

and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles, and

milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles: and

may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it’s always ourselves we find in the sea

One way I would like to live is in a tree house. It’s a childhood dream that I just found out a French company La Cabane Perchee can make an adult size reality. They will come out, measure your tree and come up with a treehouse of your dreams. All of this without driving any nails into your beloved tree or otherwise harming it. Maybe you just want a little porch perched high up for a secret hideaway spot, or maybe you want a full-on house with a bathroom and an electric heater to live in? They can do it all.

To try out a treehouse living, you can rent this one in Burlingame.

To go even more native, book a night in the Nest in the beautiful Treebones resort. Beware; they do not care for children there, unless you are willing to gag them for the period of your stay. And let’s face it, who hasn’t thought about doing that from time to time?

And one day I would like to live in a house like this.

I will have a little vegetable garden, do my arts and crafts there, have dinner parties with lots of wine and Becherovka, sleepovers and go for long runs in the hills.

1) Indian headdress – $105
2) Hippie headband – $30
3) Starfish headband – $21
4) Rosette hair wrap – $24
5) Headwrap knitting pattern – $5
6) Gnome hat – $78
7) Antlers head piece – $50
8) Chunky hat – $25
9) Re-cycled cashmere sweater pixie hat – $22

1) Beleza gown – $1400
2) Custom cake topper – $150
3) Ring holder – $15
4) Raw diamond earrings – $196
5) Rough diamond ring – $640
6) Italian wool suit – $795
7) Typewriter cufflings – $199.99
8) Hair pin – $59
9) Shoe clip – $30
10) Mia dress – $230
11) Annie wedding gown – $950

NOTE
If you make this cake and you are by yourself, you will likely find yourself eating the whole thing, so it’s best made with and for friends, just like everything in life.

RECIPE
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened
2/3 cup plus 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, divided
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest (optional)
1 large egg
1/2 cup well-shaken buttermilk
1 cup fresh berries of your choice

Preheat oven to 375°F with rack in middle.  You can either butter and flour a 9-inch round cake pan, or I use a non-stick oil spray instead.

Mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and set aside. In a larger bowl, cream butter and 2/3 cup sugar, then add in vanilla and zest, if using. Beat an egg in a cup and add to the mix as well. This all can be done using an electric mixer on medium-high speed as well if desired.

Mix in flour in three batches, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour, and mixing until just combined.Spoon batter into cake pan, smoothing top. Scatter raspberries evenly over top and sprinkle with remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons (22 grams) sugar.

Bake until cake is golden and a wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack and cool to warm, 10 to 15 minutes more. Invert onto a plate.

LUCIE’s TIP:
If you don’t happen to have buttermilk on hand, you can easily substitute with kefir or yogurt, or you can make your own by adding 1tbs of vinegar or lemon juice to one cup of milk. Let it sit until it clabbers, about 10 minutes and  voila, almost-buttermilk is born.