plastic toy camera with 120 film.

Holga FN 120. this one i haven't tried yet. i bought it in sunny LA.
it will be my winter film. this camera it's the only toy one i have with a flash,
so indoors during this long dark winter it is. excited to use it this christmas.
sun is basically only up from 9 to 14 and plastic toy cameras love sunlight.
i really have to be fast if i want to catch those holga photos i want this winter.

i will post my favorite toy camera soon!

what is new on my wishlist for christmas?
well, film!
i came up with pretty lame things
for my wishlist, but that's another post.

advent.

december! the month of candles and gingerbreads.
4 weeks left until jul! 4 weeks until the days get
longer again. the only good thing about this constant
darkness outside is that i can fika all the time.

frost.

some winter photos from last years. and kasmir.
frost on trees are my fav.

a little meeting.

free little reindeers by the road.

i was so happy to see them, i got out of the car and thought
they would get scared but they just looked back at me.
i got to take a few pics before they ran away.
i guess christmas is here soon.

i love norrland!

for halloween.

Why dress up as a pumpkin or the devil when you can dress up as your favorite character?! we took halloween very seriously this year. that made it all so much more fun. my goodness. My list of favorite characters is at least a page long!

me as maleficent.
this is what sci fi and anime conventioners must feel like? i looked so funny. couldn't stop laughing. teletubbie. i failed at putting on an evil face. i threw this costume together before and after school while being sick, the same day i wore it.

frida as edward scissorhand's.

stina as zombie vampire Lestat.

first time we had pumpkins. my favorite thing were the marzipan fingers the sunshine girls had turned into chopped off fingers with "blood" and "nails" on them. they were a little scary cuz they looked a little real. those are def going to be a tradition. stina made jello shots, a recipe she brought back from america. jello.. such a strange thing. though these shots will probably make the tradition list too.

but why did Lestat blow dry Edward's pants?

reasons winter is good...

this is a pep talk.

can't wait for beautiful winter days with the sun shining bright.
those are the only ones i'm looking forward to..
i don't want winter.

i need to get some more 120 film..
i still have to try the holga.
for the icy pink skies and the furry white ponies.

above polaroids from last winter.

leaves..

still looking good. i was eating a muffin in this park this saturday.
not the best muffin ever, but right there at that very moment
it was the best one ever. everything was alright with the
world in that moment. for a few seconds.
but only almost everything. or far from it. äh!

some black and whites of LA..

oh happy dance! LA, by diana

i got my film back today. this is my first 120 film ever. and my first adventure with the Diana f+ camera. i thought i did so many screw ups with it so i'm sooo happy the photos that i wanted turned out. and i forgot to tape up the camera so i feared i would get lots of heavy light leaks ruining them, but no no no! i love them. these are from hollywood and santa monica pier and beach. in august.

sister blondie.

more pics from santa monica here and hollywood here & here.

film: fuji reala 100

lunch.

winter is the most beautiful season.
but oh, autumn is a darling..
i love all the earth colors.
and picking food from the ground!
gathering for the winter.
i didnt pick any blueberries or chanterelles this summer because i was busy,
but the apples make a great jam. for swedish pancakes.

saturday walk.

it was crispy cold. photos by stina.

happy friday!

today is the only free day i have this september. so i did all those important things.. scanned photos. created a photo project. i took the sunshine girls with me downtown as company while running little errands. we went to the armyshop and found cute german sailor shirts, we got one each. i bought some notebooks and left a film at the developers. i think the film failed inside the camera,but i hope it turns out. we talked about and planned our halloween party.
i will be jadis, maleficent or Dr frank-N-furter. haven't decided yet.

i dig archaeology. pictures from this september.

somewhere in northern sweden. bag it and tag it. my third dig so far.

get to read the landscape and play with very expensive equipment that does really cool things. but.. the little findings just can't be beat. oh the joy.

three more days.
it's like boot camp.
but without the military stuff!

sara and siv took the photos of me.
i took the rest.

home at weekends.

i am out in the field this september. i wasn't prepared for that really. but autumn makes everything more pretty, right before the leaves fall off.. that's the best time.. i'm happy i get to be outdoors and see it all every day. however it is still late summer in umeå. so i get the best of both. thanks!

these are tough weeks. it's been a couple of though days.. and i get home on weekends. i have a lot of things to do at home, but those will have to wait.. 300 years or so..!

*pictures from an ice age canyon. i loved it there.

today was my 25th birthday and we had a kalas.

mom was helga from germany and
dad was groucho marx.
i love this polaroid!

with our masks i bought for 35 kr each.
stina as charlie.. hilarious.

bro's.

the only thing i wished for was cake.