Somerset

Dear Josie,

as a nice little break from exam revision, Sephy took me to Somerset for her dad's 50th birthday. It was so lovely being in the countryside for a couple of days: for the party we had to dress up as music celebrities (I went as Bob Dylan, and Sephy as M.I.A.), we stood by the fire at night, and we also played tennis the day after! It was ages I didn't play, it was my sport when I was a child - I thought I had lost all my skills, but I could still play. I'm so looking forward to the summer, I'll be done in one week but it feels so long now.

Garden

Dear Josie,

It's been a while I wanted to show you this, but I never had the time to update the blog. I'm studying really hard for my exams, so this post will be basically pictures. I hope you'll like it! x

p.s. there's no photoshop anywhere! the colours are so vivid in nature!

Abstract Ponyfish

Hey Elisa,
I thought you might appreciate these double exposures I took on my Diana mini of the Yarra. There is a newish bar in Melbourne that is on a little concrete island in the middle of the Yarra. It's under a bridge, and you have to walk out into the middle of the bridge and down some stairs, and you're there! It's called Ponyfish Island. These photos were taken on a Friday night after work, back when I had a job! It was a really warm and humid day, but very grey and overcast. Just as we got to the bar, it started to rain. It's outdoors, but luckily it's under the shelter of the bridge! It was so nice sitting there on the little island with our beers, watching the rain fall on the river and the boats go past us every now and again. I wish you could have been there.
xx
P.S. I forgot this silly one! 

Spring time

Dear Josie,

these are some of the things I've been doing lately:

loving old tube stations;

having beer by the Thames and good chats with sephy;

eating ice-creams of the same colour of my outfit (not on purpose!)

having tea parties

studying

playing with pois (it's so fun!)

hanging out with roxy

following the developments of the flowers in the garden

finding odd things

trying to have a nice picture of sephy and I - and I think this one is cool

laying down in the beautiful weather (this was today in Russel Sq)

Beanie

Dear Josie,

Yesterday I went to Victoria Park with some friends - the weather is starting to be really nice and warm, and we couldn't miss a day in the sun (even though essays are due soon and exams are in one month). We also took a walk in the area around the park, it really felt we were in a dream: fabulous houses and beautiful people, trees in blossom, loads of cyclists; we couldn't stop smiling! It was one of those moments when I realise to be really fond of London.

I'm really looking forward to move out somewhere else, plus house hunting is one of my favourite things ever!

My friend Sephy took some pictures of me and the beanie I finished knitting this week: I'm so proud of it, I've always wanted to have a white one and now I made it myself! I'm sure you understand the happiness of creating your own things and put them on the second after they're done. It's a bit of a shame that I have to wait for the next winter to actually use it, I'm looking forward to that.

Oh, and I was wearing my new favourite blouse in the world - Tarzan comics!

Live music

Dear Josie,

I have been seeing loads of live music lately, and I feel like sharing this with you. Here there are some of the concerts I went to, I'm definitely making the most of London!

Joan as a Police Woman

Peggy Sue

Lulu and the lampshades (such a cool name for a band! - I didn't know them before I went to see Peggy Sue, but it was a really nice surprise)

Lykke Li (she played at Rough Trade on the day of the launch of her new CD: the concert was only for those who bought the album that same day. It was awesome, we got a brand new CD and a concert all together! It was just a bit upsetting that she played only a 5 songs set..)

Iron and Wine (I saw them yesterday, a really moving concert)

Plus, we hosted at our place a small concert of Emmy the Great, who is probably my favourite singer. She was part of Pledge Music, a platform for artists who want to stay independent from the big music labels. She was raising money for her second album, and one of the things you could contribute with was having a gig in your living room (we actually were in the studio at the back of the garden). For all the time of the concert I couldn't believe she was there, in my house, playing all the songs I have been listening to for the last two years. It has been probably one of my happiest moments of my entire life, and my sense of awe lasted for days. It turned out that we knew the songs better than her, I felt a bit nerdy for that..

These pictures were taken by my lovely flatmate Simone.