Festive Remnants

Remnants of the Christmas in July costumes include this cute pipe cleaner candy cane that I assume to have originated from a Christmas tree costume. I was really pleased to see the amount of effort people put in to make their costumes and get into the Christmas spirit. Also very happy we managed to get rid of two hundred plus cups of red and green jelly as well as two hundred and fifty lolly bags. Go team!

Wicked Witch of the West

Playing around wearing my Zara top and a party hat from a bonbon left over on the ground neatly folded up from the Year 12 costume day Christmas in July. I always seem to have a weird fascination with the party hats and their portrayal in variations. In Harry Potter the wizard bonbons provide even better hats than the paper thing crepe ones we Muggles get. I also think there was a touching scene in which The Doctor (Doctor Who Christmas Special 2010) spends the eve of Christmas with Abigail Pettigrew family and they all have their hats on and are breaking bonbons and look very merry; the perfect postcard snapshot of a family Christmas. With a dapper 900- something year old alien who wears a bow tie. Point of all this weird science fiction trivia about paper crown hats is that I really like them and pay close attention to their appearance in television specials and when they are on the ground. On day I'm just going to buy a box of fourteen bonbons all for myself and collect the hats and jokes and turn them into bunting somehow. I'm not sure how that would all work together but I can make it work.

Fish out of water (Girls out of water)

A few weeks ago was my friend Jess' 18th Birthday so she took a bunch of the girls down to a Rye to enjoy the warmth of the natural springs and have a good soak. The only problem was that at the time it was Winter so it was fine once we had plunked ourselves down into the soothing warm water but if we wanted to move in search of a better spot to soak then we had to endure the stings of a Winter breeze and watch the steam our off of our bodies as we walked with our arms crossed across our bodies; hugging ourselves for warmth. It was a relaxing day and I felt sleepy until two days afterwards and it was also nice to see her quaint little holiday house decorated with family pictures collage into one massive heaps on the walls. I also feel welcomed and relaxed by homely things - what does that say about my own home life really though? I always love to take a picture of the cake with the candles as well as all my beautiful friends.

One Eyed Monster

I didn't realise until I uploaded these photographs that the poor leopard only had one eye and that it's eye socket appears to be healed shut :(
I thought it was just a little squinty on that day or maybe it was just trying to save some energy and relax.

Cottontail

One of my favourite things about having little baby rabbits around was seeing how long their ears would grow and at different rates as well as watching their tails fluff out from skinny little triangular balls of fluff barely covering their tail bones.

Hello Possum

I have a tendency to paparazzi the local possums that think it's a smart idea to sit in the trees outside my bedroom window, especially when I seem to hit the metaphorical wall and need a flash of brilliance to strike. That's when I use a brilliant camera flash to dazzle the possums.

Sunsets

Something about the combination of a sunset in Winter and a faint little drizzle of rain brought out some amazing colours in my street this week, and since the trees are all bare since they also dropped their leaves I got some nice effects out of it as a little study break. It's funny, sort of in the middle of my semester I felt like I had no time for relaxing and taking a few quick snaps but it does sort of help me. I also took a few photographs of this scene using my Diana F+ Mr. Pink using 800 ASO film and a telephoto lens as well as having the back panel taped up to prevent unpredictable light leaks. I hope the lens was "focused" but then again the definition of focused can get very blurred with those plastic cameras...

Dungeons and Dragons

I'm writing this and took these photographs as a way to have a little break from doing my Physics homework and reduce the tasks which I have to write or hold a pen. I feel like I'm going to get RSI from doing Year 12 alone, the amount of writing and homework things I have to do every night is getting on the ridiculous side.

On the plus side I remembered where the little purple dragon was for the plastic castle and the dust look is sort of good but also a sad reminder that I am not a child anymore and I am getting closer to some parts of my life and further away from the happier parts.

Peter Rabbit

I didn't even have the chance to dress them all up in little clothes; but if they had lived longer and I had my pet rabbits I doubt I would've had the energy to dress them up in little costumes. They were always very cute to me anyway.

Cheshire Cat

The Cheshire cat in all his lovely curvy and stripey self. I almost bought a Cheshire cat trucker hat when I accidentally wandered in to a sex shop but I didn't since I never wear hats and don't really have the hair to pull it off anymore. I don't like to wear hats since I don't have a front fringe anymore and my hair looks a little better out I think. I think dressing up as the Cheshire cat for a costume party would be a lot of fun once you got the right patterned material and some purple and pink fur...

I'll eat you up I love you so

I miss the way they used to brighten up my days when things had been a little tough at school or I was in a bad mood. And I miss the way those long soft ears were attached to the best listeners in the world that would always keep your secrets and never tell another living soul.