I made some fantastic minted pea soup with oven roasted bread & crispy pancetta last night for myself and my man. all thanks to a recipe from monsieur oliver. the evening started with some red wine and a little cheese plate while I was cooking the soup. and would have finished with some fancy choc chip cookie dough ice-cream later on (we were absolutely stuffed) but someone fell asleep before we could get to it!

nevermind, more ice-cream for me tonight :)

I would’ve crawled to toronto to hear this live.

“there is love in your body but you can’t hold it in,
it pours from your eyes and spills from your skin,
tenderest touch leaves the darkest of marks,
and the kindest of kisses break the hardest of hearts…” 

hardest of hearts, florence + the machine

HORACIO SALINAS, photographer. my love of the moment.

I live for photographs like this. 

the light, the colours, the depth-of-field, the expression, the delicate movement of the model’s hand, the rip in her stockings… even in a set-up situation you are still hunting the image, and everything I could possibly want is captured, here.

skies like this make me want to send the creator of the universe a thank-you letter.
and possibly a fancy basket of fruit.

I think I’m finally ready to talk about last year.

In 2009:

- I packed up my life & moved across the country to pursue photography.
- I fell in love with the beautiful people in my course.
- My sister got married, and moved away.
- I fell in love with Florence + the Machine.
- I discovered I was good with people, thanks to Rob simply telling me I was.
- I got over my fear of public speaking, and enjoy the crap out of it.
- I got involved in a fucked up relationship.
- I learnt how to see in black & white, a major achievement.
- I was sexually assaulted.
- Several weeks later, I was sexually assaulted again.
- I stopped taking public transport after sunset.
- I got entangled in a sexual harassment case with my manager at work. He was fired.
- I fell in love with Regina Spektor.
- I finally started going to counselling, after dodging it for seven years.
- I make it out the other end of the year, having finished all my assignments & passed all my classes.
- I find myself surrounded, for the first time in my life, by an entire network of supportive, beautiful people who were with me every step of the way. Through the long, painful struggle, the depression, the tears, the self-neglect and abuse, despite all the problems in their own lives. Who did everything from hold my hand in the police station, to taking me grocery shopping when I had no money for food, to just telling me to call if I was feeling down.

And for all of this I want to thank them.
You know who you are.

I wouldn’t be here without you. 

instant delight.

exactly how many times can you fall in love with someone?

chema madoz makes me very, very happy.

one day I’ll print a book. and everything about it will be gloriously square.