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Some of the prints I made yesterday. Aren't darkrooms quite spooky places though - you are all alone in the dark, doors locked, taps dripping... oh I find it quite scary, but ever so enchanting at the same time! Anyhow its nearly lunchtime, and I am still in my jim jams, so I must go and get changed and tidy my little room and then perhaps watch 'I Capture the Castle' with a cup of tea.

A x

Tap Tap Swing Jive

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Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire

A secret wish, since I was a tiny girl, was to be a singer... however I was gifted with neither the voice nor the confidence to fulfill this rather idealistic dream!

Adding to my list of virtues - two left feet... oh the cruelty! I can quite happily bop about at a disco, but when it comes to learning routines and moves... my, it quite goes out the window - dignity and all! Recently though, I have been going to dancing classes at University, learning Jive and Salsa (!) Its not quite as bad as I thought - I might even admit that i am enjoying clomping my way through basic moves. The next G. R. though...? Perhaps not!

(More wishes) ; that I was a slender and graceful ballet dancer, that I could do gymnastics, that I could sing beautifully, that I could play harp and drums. That's all at the moment.

p.s developed a roll of film today all by myself - going in earlier tomorrow to make prints! A day is always so much lovelier if you have something to look forward to, don't you think?

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Luella is a true genius.
Those heart cut out dresses would be something I would replicate if I only could sew more than a crooked seam... they are just a dream. I visited my dear grandparents and took some photographs which I am hoping to use in my photography portfolio this year.

Oh, and super duper exciting news - Topshop has arrived in the far off realms that I live in: New Zealand. I never thought I would see the day - if only it really takes off and moves further down the country. For now I am going to order a Cherry Red Parka from the UK site, or perhaps grey? Decisions decisions...

a small introduction

Perhaps, until I become a little more comfortable with blogging, my posts will exist as nonsensical, whimsical little snippets of my life; pieces of this, that, and the next thing... But it is my hope that in a little while, someone, maybe someday, will read this and gain the same enjoyment and inspiration that I have found in the pages of other blogs for so long!

The hardest part in any assignment is always beginning. After the first few lonesome words are joined by others, things often fall together in unknown and surprising ways. I hardly know where to begin, so I will start with a few of favourite pictures that live in my collection.

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new years eve

here I am, with my nose cut off!