these days


These days, I am being shaped and sharpened and woven into character and unique form. To live is an awfully scary thing, moreso to live in the world that we live in, because we are surrounded by so many things that tell us who we should be, by so many people that ask us who we are, and here we stand with our human hands and so many questions and so many battles and I still feel like a child who craves beauty, and adventure, and wants to feel and smell and hear everything the earth has to offer. I feel this yearning will always remain, and I hope it always remains, because I never want to lose it. 


 I believe fear is not an enemy, I believe fear is essential for courage, but in order to attain courage, we have to choose it over fear - and that is a choice I must make daily. If I am certain of my choices, and have no regrets, then I must be doing something right. Trust that life is not merely the number of years you live and the history you leave behind, but attaining your own journey and experiencing all the things you're experiencing to shape who you are. 


These days, I am learning to live. 

a spoonful of sugar

"A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down"

Anyone who knows me knows I am an avid Mary Poppins fan, thus quoting her words, but I thought it would suit the post quite nicely. As I mentioned before, my aunt and cousin are visiting from Switzerland, and she is a wonderful cook and a dessert expert. 

So we ended up baking a lemon raspberry tart alongside a chocolate mousse.


I brought the goods outside to have a change of aeshetic, color, texture, etc. It started to snow, but just enough to show up ever so slightly in the shots. 


Making chocolate mousse is surprisingly simple - we melted 300 grams of chocolate, and in order to have a good balance of chocolate and mousse, you take 12 egg whites and whisk them until very fluffy. Then, mix the chocolate and mousse together gently and keep in the fridge until you decide you want to devour it. 



Stoney's

Yesterday, we went on a small adventure with my aunt and cousin visiting from Switzerland to show them around and spend some needed quality time with them after not seeing them for five years. 
We went to visit the lake and later took them to a charming bread company called Stoney's. 


I must say that the butternut squash and pear soup was a wonder. Although that's quite bias because anything soup and butternut squash has my approval, but it also had my aunt's approval who is a food guru. 

basement nostalgia

It's bizarre to think these photographs were taken 4, maybe even 5 years ago. I remember using the basement in my old home for photos like these, with only light coming from the bathroom since I didn't own any external lights (and still don't), but I cherish the days when all I had was my Konica Minolta and my sister as my only muse and curiosity as my main drive for photography. 


Sadly, my first camera died last year (moreso it's just not turning on), but I will eventually order another online seeing as they aren't built anymore nor sold in stores anymore. Either way, I look forward to challenging myself this year to create as much personal work as I can.

Much love to you on this Wednesday evening, dear reader. 

to package

I think it's a marvel to create for others, whether it be a meal or a card or a small tidbit of appreciation. I have grown an immense love for paper in particular, and the art of wrapping to suit a particular individual's taste. One of the projects I will be starting this year is creating customized packages for clients, as well as sets of analogue photographs printed and wrapped to be sold on an online shop. 


Packaging things and objects has and I think always will be one of those little pleasures people enjoy doing and giving, because it involves the process of intricately making something that is unique to your craft, and offering that to people who appreciate detail and the beauty in little things.

 Keep an eye out for the online shop that will be up next month, the website is coming along slowly but surely and should be completed in February. I wish you all a wonderful Tuesday!

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