plunder

found some rather nice things this weekend, i must say. crocheted vest, nerd glasses (give me headaches after awhile but they're still my favourite piece of eye-wear yet), retro looking tins, a plaid* bobby-pin-storage-device. and also that ink pen (its one of four), they bleed a little but still nice to use.

*this ensures its awesomeness.

and she was, too.

it was my friends birthday last week, and these were her presents from me. earrings that are little perched birdies, and a bow tie necklace, the pair wrapped up in a disused atlas as wrapping paper.

clouds, concrete

went op-shopping with the boy today, we found some great stuff. it was a nice day for taking photos too.

throw all consequence aside

i love old buildings like these. outdated, ugly in their starkness, concrete and grey; grime oozing from their pores. beautiful and cold, quite masculine.

pinhole photography. aah, the antiquated simplicity of it... we had to make our own pinhole cameras in photography this week. i brought an old tea tin with ducks on it, it works well enough...

i little note on skirts. they are wonderful, the most feminine item i can think of, apart from dresses (which can get tiresome). so much more lovely to wear than trousers or jeans, so much more nostalgic and true, worn upon the waist. i've bought three this week infact, it's summer afterall; two floral, one black.

I recall the sunshine as you were melting

two of my favourites from today. we traipsed around town with our cameras in tow, taking hundreds of photos. we had to take some breaks for coffee & hot chocolate and ended up with very sore feet, but it was worth it. i also picked up a few cute things in the opshops we went to, but more on that later...

raindrops on windows

what a cold dreary day... five minutes of standing in the rain (my umbrella also decide to be uncooperative, which didn't make matters any better) for our rather late bus driver, who then arrived and parked with the doors right in front of a huge puddle. but anyway its friday, and two friends and me have planned to go and raid the opshops & hopefully find some nice places to take photos, hopefully i can find some nice cardigans and maybe a brooch or two...