A new blog

Yes I've moved again! I decided to try blogging one more time - maybe it will help me with my writing since I'm terrible at it! I moved here if you're interested in checking it out :) http://paperwrenphotography.blogspot.ca/

Flickr

Hello :) Not sure I'll be blogging again, especially since I now have a flickr account - I find it much more user friendly.  So I thought I would pop in and post my flickr account link here in case you have an account as well.  Hoping to see you there! :):):)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/124625226@N08/

If you also have an account, please post the link in the comment section so I can follow you! Thank you!

A Year in Black and White - 6/52 and 7/52

Well it had been a long time since I had taken shots of the moon, and I figured this would be a good time to do so :)

6/52

And the next photo, well, kinda breaks my heart.  I was going through some stuff the other day and found one of Echo's belly feathers.  I miss him so much, I don't think I'll ever get over it.

7/52

*sadface*

A Year in Black and White - 4/52

Hello, I hope you're having a good weekend :)

My project is going well - going into week 7 on Wednesday!  I think I may do this again next year but with a different theme.  It keeps me motivated.

This is me peeking around the camera, looking in the mirror.  I purposely put it out of focus for a gloomy effect.  I was not having a good day.

4/52

A Year in Black and White - 2/52 and 3/52

I'm very surprised with myself - I'm actually continuing with my project!  Although I stalled the second week, big time.  It was the last day before the end of the week (new week begins on Wednesdays)  and it was one of those days where no effort was going to be made.  So I looked around the house and spotted something pretty.

2/52

This mask comes from Venice.  I thought it would look nice in black and white.  In reality it is black and purple.

Now my photo for this week is very different from the last one.  It's nothing spectacular by any means, but I am VERY proud of it.  It wasn't difficult to achieve, however this photo looks EXACTLY like how I pictured it in my head.  I think this is the first time this has happened.  And when I say exactly, I mean EXACTLY. 

3/52

I think this project may end up being a lot of fun after all!

A Year in Black and White : 1/52

Last year I debated starting a picture of the week project, which I ended up turning down.  I was too preoccupied to even think about photography.  So I decided that this year I will do this project, but with a very simple theme: all pictures are to be in black and white.  

It's not complicated (at all, in fact, it's extremely easy), however it will keep me taking photos with my very limited gear instead of... not taking photos at all.  I'm actually a little excited about it :)  I have a few ideas written down and hopefully more will come to me.  And now I will be taking my camera every where I go again, like I used to in 2010 when I did my Project 365.  I think one of my New Year's resolution should be that... when I see something that would make a pretty picture, to actually STOP and TAKE the picture.  Instead of brushing it off like I've gotten in the habit of doing.

So last week I stopped and took the picture :)

1/52

And it's been a while

Yep, it's been a while.  I didn't know if I would ever come back to blogging until yesterday when I got an update notification for the blogger app on my ipad.  And mainly I didn't know if or when I would come back because I don't really take many pictures anymore.  Or birdwatch.  Or go on roadtrips.  Or do anything I used to love doing.

There have been a lot of changes in my life.  For one, I am no longer in a relationship.  It was a long time coming and it's better this way.  A lot of changes going on at work, which I'm not going to get into.  I am also broke.  So I have to move back in to my parents' place when they return from Belgium next month.  I had to rehome Echo because I can't take him with me, he is with a lovely couple now who fell madly in love with him the second they met him.  So that was heartbreaking.  I cried non stop for days.  On day number 3 I seriously wondered how it was possible to still have so many tears left.  But I know he's with a good family who will love him as much as I do.  

So moving in with my parents will allow me to pay off debt, then save up for a down payment for a condo, which really, is a great thing.  I never want to have to waste my money and pay someone rent ever again.  But I feel like I'm losing so much in the process.  However it needs to be done.  So no buying camera equipment, no ridiculous spending, no travelling.  The latter is what is getting to me the most because to me, travelling = happiness.  I had to cancel two trips, one for this year and one for next year.  European trip and a middle eastern trip.  So yeah, it stings.

I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason; my parents moving back to Canada couldn't be happening at a better time.  And I have met some people recently who have come into my life at the right time also, because they are truly helping me heal when everything seems to be crashing down. 

And I know it's all temporary, but it's still really getting to me.  I've been feeling so down lately, I don't feel like doing much.  So I am making a point to put a bit of money aside for this summer and do a few new activities, to keep my sanity.  I'm used to be moving constantly.

I DO take photos at times, with my phone.  I just snap a picture then put a filter on it.  Nothing complicated because right now I can't handle anything complicated.  Or that requires effort.  Which, to me, is very sad.

I just can't seem to want to do the things I normally enjoy doing.  So this summer I will be doing a few activities I have never done before.  So we'll see how that goes.

I know this post is kinda depressing.  Kinda like how I've been feeling lately.  I just keep telling myself (because I really do know this) that it's all temporary.  I will fall back on my feet eventually.

:)