msg everyday: moving

tomorrow is the big day... I am leaving my dinky little place in bothell and headed to the very lovely town of Woodinville. 970 lavish square feet with TONS of wall space. aaaaah, can't wait!

My days (& nights) have been filled with packing, sorting, recycling, donating stuff, blah blah blah for several weeks, so I haven't been able to pick up my d80 very often. Sad, isn't it? I have managed to snap a few pics on my little elph, though. I am realizing more and more how important photography is to me, especially when it comes to documenting things from the past. In a way, it helps me let go...

Take this set of dishes for example:

I love them. I love the feel of them. I love the texture of the green plates, I love the hue of the blue petals. BUT... they remind me of times that were pretty tough for me. They were wedding gifts for Paul and I back in 2001, and were "our" dishes until our break-up in 2005. When I look at them, all I could think of was the 2001 "me"... the person that was so hopeful, optimistic, determined; so naive. I have changed a lot in the past 4-8 years; both for the good and bad. When I looked at these dishes, it reminded me of how jaded I am now. I have kept them all this time, partially hoping for a link to my old past, and partially because dang it, the bowls were such a perfect size! But, it is time to move on; time for the dishes to go. Before they left though, I arranged them on my living room floor, moved my lamps around for "lighting" & took this picture. I used in-camera settings to get the sepia effect.

On a more positive twist, last night I cleared off all the random papers and photos that have been collecting on my fridge for the past two years. I took a few frames of my collection of fortune cookie papers, and have posted my favorite one below:

This one is both my favorite picture AND favorite fortune ;) I have actually held on to the same stinkin fortune since sometime in early-mid 2007, and even took it with me when I went to DC in the fall of 2007... it reads "There will be true and sincere friendship between you both." I relate this fortune to my friendship with my very dear best friend, dma. We are wierd, and our friendship really, really doesn't make sense to most people. Who cares?... The fortune cookie gets it... true and sincere friendship. I used ELEMENTS to convert this frame to black & white, added a very heavy vignette & believe it or not, lowered the contrast.

And here is a preview of the new place!

Hope you are having a beautiful day, and thanks for checking out these pics!