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A couple of weeks ago I preordered a necklace from the talented Isette & it arrived this morning :) The delivery time was a lot faster than I expected, I was prepared for another couple of weeks so I’m very pleased.

Epershand Necklace, Isette

“Epershand” is the Scots and Scottish English name for ampersand…
whereas ampersand is a corruption of the phrase “and per se and”,
Epershand is a corruption of “et per se and”, with the same meaning.

Excuse the poor picture – the lighting at work is not ideal for an impromptu photoshoot but I wanted to show it off straight away :)

the barefoot contessa, blackeyedsuzie

I was feeling quite melancholy myself last night when I happened upon the barefoot contessa on etsy & just fell in love with the style & detail of this art doll, the face is just perfect. I love the little stories that blackeyedsuzie gives each of her creations:

The Barefoot Contessa is from a very wealthy family, but due to some unmentionable (and unjust!) scandals must now dance for her dinner. She is famous for her mastery of the fan dance, her different-coloured eyes and for never wearing shoes. Her only friend is the tiny bird, Minou, who lives in her hair. (The Contessa knows that ‘minou’ is a French term of endearment for a cat, but she is a melancholy ironist.)

We went to the exhibition of contemporay Chinese artwork over the weekend but I didn’t take a digital camera… what a pain!! My phone camera is fairly poor & while John’s is as good as my regular camera, it has an automatic flash so no go.

I did take some film photos which will be developed this week, I’ll post those along with a couple of other images I picked up. The works that stand out in my head are the Metaphysica series by Ah Xian, & most of the works by Zhang Xiaogang which were so beautiful and haunting.

More later :)

I house sat for a few days a couple of weeks ago & made sure to take some pictures of their garden – lots of flowers & one very inquisitive cat. He is very sweet but very demanding of attention, my first night there he woke me in the middle of the night by meowing right in my face, he wanted a cuddle :) I wanted to stop the heart attack I felt like I was having. Have you ever heard a burmese wail for attention?

Fortitude Valley, Holga, Fujichrome Provia

Walking over Wickham Street from the train station into McWhirters. I like the view through these wonderfully 70′s triangle windows. Buildings on one side, sky on the other. While the recent renovations to the Valley train station was so overdue, I’m hoping they don’t try to ‘modernise’ this walkway, I like it the way it is. It’s a sunny little tunnel with beautiful light in fine weather & dingy and outdated looking on overcast days.

eagle street, brisbane

brisbane river, looking over towards kangaroo Point from the river walk

These are just two more pictures I’ve taken while walking to and around the city of a Saturday.