Well, if you know me just a little, you know I have a passion for vintage stuff, antiques even.  Unfortunately (or fortunately, the hubby would say)  my wallet stops me from hoarding all of those treasures I find.  I could spend daily on stuff, now that we have access to Ebay and Etsy,  and that everyone is ready to throw these pieces away, spending too much on them could be so easy.   It’s great that I still have enough self-control to resist temptation most of the times.  

One year has gone by today…  One year since you left…  It still seems unreal some days,  though I’ll never get over it,  I think I’ll get through it.   Life is different now and you taught me how to care and to be compassionate, how to give without expecting anything in return,  so with that, I should be good to go my own way.  With your example, I should be able to face almost anything life throws at me.   Even if I would prefer to do so with you by my side, as my ally, anchor and confident, I’ll get through it.  We all have to.  But I do miss you every day…

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And the day came

when the risk to remain tight in a bud

was more painful

than the risk it took to blossom

~Anaïs Nin

 That’s a lovely quote,  isn’t it?  I started out inspired by my recent photos, and wanted to share with you my love for florals and when searching for the perfect quote to fit the images, this one popped and stuck with me.

March is finally here!  I love this month for many reasons.  First,  it’s the beginning of spring and you just can’t beat that!  The winters here are long and cold,  so every day that takes us closer to see the snow melt is a blessing.  And March also means spring break!  Having the kids home for a whole ten days is wonderful, pausing the stressed routine,  not having a schedule and only doing fun things is just great!  That’s what we are doing this week,  and that’s why this post is a little short 🙂  I’m on vacation mode!   

I stumbled upon some very creative double exposure works on Pinterest, and since then, I know I have to try it!  I already have so many ideas in my mind!  I’ve been reading and watching tutorials, and tried playing with a couple of my images.  So far, the results are far from what I have in mind.  The photos I used weren’t taken with a double exposure intention,  so it’s hard to make them fit together.  But yet, it creates something visually interesting.  I mostly played with blending modes and masks so far.   And most of my images were on black backgrounds,  results are better on a white background from what I’ve seen…  I know I have a long way to go, but I’m finding I have a lot of fun in the learning process,  so that makes it worthwhile anyway.    And I might just discover another side of me I had yet to express so far in my photography work.  I haven’t been that excited to try something new in photography for a while and that is a good thing!  When I’ll achieve the results I want,  I’ll make sure to share the how-to with you guys 🙂

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