Anja always sends me amazing packages. Recently she sent me a lovely summery dress from Modcloth and included a vintage postcard of Beacon Hill Park here in Victoria that she found at an Antique Fair. In honour of this, I went to Beacon Hill Park and took some photos in my new dress!
I could never do these photo shoots on a regular basis. It’s too awkward! I don’t know how Anja does it all the time– she’s a real pro! Plus I am cursed with the inability to make a “serious” photo face. I tried to do it once when Anja and I were taking photos at the Grotto in Portland and I kept getting frustrated at how bad the pictures were. We came to the conclusion that I just can’t do it– I always have to smile or look goofy!
Some people are still slogging through snow in other parts of the world, but spring came to Victoria a month ago already. There are streets all around my neighbourhood where the blossoms have come and gone on the trees already and Cook Street, lined with enormous chestnuts, is bright and green.
This was the first ukulele I bought. It’s really crappy and never stays in tune but it’s also purple and sparkles. Looking at this photo now it makes me think of Edward sparkling in the magical field of flowers in Twilight. I hav a really nice one from Hawaii now. I’ve been taking a ukulele class for the last eight weeks or so and Monday night is our recital!
I almost had an embarrassing moment after I took this photo: I was putting away my stuff into my bike basket and was about to ride home and I ran into a girl from my work. I was so glad she hadn’t arrived ten minutes earlier or I would have been posing like a total idiot for the camera. Not to downplay the amazing self portraits most bloggers take!
