Super Mamika

Sacha Goldberger decided to cheer up his sad and lonely grandma by dressing her up and creating a photo shoot for her. She's now a hit sensation with thousands of online followers. Read more about it (and see heaps of kick-arse photos) here.

100 Photos - 100. Relaxation

100 Photos - 38. Abandoned

100 Photos - 99. Solutide

Chastised

I went to lunch with Nick today, and he made me feel bad for my lack of posts.  I told him I have nothing to talk about but apparently that's no excuse.

There was a story about my rampaging mint and how I almost made it into homemade peppermint schnapps, and today my flatmate went for a wander by himself in the Waitakere hills but didn't need to chop his arm off in order to come home again.  But in effect neither is one worth writing home about.  Instead, let me share some randomness.

In January I took this picture:

And when failing to make a highly lethal fermented mint cocktail I took these pictures of a praying mantis:

And if you're very good and encourage me with comments, I will post the details of an exciting project I am currently in the middle of...
(Here is a hint:)

Stay in touch...

~ Sezmeralda

Vivian Maier

A 'friend' on DeviantArt.com shared this link with me, and I strongly recommend you check it out.  It is the story of the discovery of over 100,000 photographs taken by street photographer Vivian Maier,  photographs no other saw until after her death.


Some examples of her work:

Also, more of Vivian's amazing work at this blog by John Maloof (where I took these photos from).

 

XXV - One Of Your Most Prized Possessions

"One of..."  Well that's lucky, at least it is not expecting me to pick a favourite this time.

Oh.. and just because I haven't strictly stuck to any of these challenges, here's a second of my favourite possesions: