Lovely Day

Today many lovely things happened to me, I don't know whether it was karma, lady-luck or just plain dumb luck but whatever it was, it was in plentiful supply.  

• Found a notebook by THE Florence Broadhurst for free with Bazaar Magazine! The notebooks printed by Signiture Prints are in excess of $40 so this was a real score in my books :)
• Had a lovely vegetarian lunch from Snoogies
• Found awesomely cool red paper that fades to white for my resume' which I handed to Shiva Moon (P.S. Just between you and me I may have a job there very soon)
• Found a new shop in Cairns that stocks Elke Kramer and Zou Mou jewellery, and wait for it... Holga Lomography Cameras! There are only about 10 suppliers in Australia so this is not only big news for me but big news for Cairns!
• Found the caramel brown shoes that I have been wanting for 7 months now and haven't been able to locate anywhere.  They were only $30 too!
• Suprisingly I found 'the classic The Graduate' film at the video store, which I will now be able to watch
• Wore my new fragrence; Escada Moon Sparkle for the first time

Kudoos for good news, it may not be your good news, or yours either but I'm sure that if you smell the roses that little bit more often you will come across some dandy things along the way too xx. 

Life Film

What would we do without the invention of the camera? As I was reading in the biography of an indigenous woman, she doesn't remember many of the things that happened when she was young because she didn't have photographic evidence to look at throughout the years.  I just found a disposable camera full of 27 exposures from when I was in year 10 that has never been developed.  Now I don't know whether I should develop it to unlock the mystery of the moments the 35 mm film captured or save the surprise for later down the track.   The only issue is that film doesn't make the best time capsule as it deteriorates over time.  But that could also make the photos that much more interesting, as there will be flaws in the prints, as lomographer nostalgically appreciate.  I also like the idea of saying to the salesperson that I give the photos to develop, how long I have patiently waited and the priceless smile on their face.  Okay so I usually hate suprises, but I will be a good girl and wait xx.

P.S. The Multi-Lens Lomography Rumble Competition has now closed, cross your fingers and toes for me kids.  

An Australian Girl

Her frank, clear eyes bespeak a mind

Old-World traditions fail to bind,

She is not shy

Or bold, but simply self-possessed.

Her independence adds a zest

Unto her speech, her piquant jest,

Her quaint reply.

- Ethel Castilla

Multilense Competition

Dear loyal readers, today after much time passing I finally got my lomography pictures from my trip to brisbane in Feburary printed.  Much to my delight there are some real gems amongst them including live pics of New Buffalo, colourful captures from the Flickerfest Short Film Festival, random things in shops and most excitingly (naughty) captures from the Andy Warhol exhibition.  I was even more delighted to find out that the people at lomography are creating a new book of photos from multilens cameras and I am so totally entering my photos.  With lomo its all about spontaneity, a creative and candid eye and often sheer dumb luck, hopefully mine is enough to get me in their pages. Cross your fingers and toes for me xx.