Sundari Carmody

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Sundari Carmody is an australian-based filipino photographer. She has caught my attention for a while now and I am always curious to see what she posted on her blog.

One reason for inspirational photography

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When I am sitting at home, like now, and the sunbeams are falling into the room I really wish upon a little lake next to my house were I can sit all day and write and then dream and then write again and if dreaming and writing gets boring I just can dip into the lake. Well, unfortunately I do not have a lake next to my house and writing seems like a long and tiring process. But I still do have these little inspirational photographs like the above one and they help me a bit of getting over little lacks of motivation. So thank you!

The Dress and the Story pt. 10

Actually there is not much to tell about this dress besides that it is new. I realized that I am feeling very uncomfortable lately wearing trousers. That is kind of strange because I cannot remember a time in my life were I did not wear trousers or jeans and were I just wore skirt or dresses. I am turning into a girl! And that in the mid-twenties! But I figured it's still better now than later, because you'll never turn young, just old, right?

To not sound too pessimistic I know that I still have many years ahead to feel young and full of spirit and that is basically not told by your age.

This cute dress by the way is my first order from New Look because it was on sale. Yesterday I spotted a similar one at H&M, but it was way more expensive. Lucky me.

Anna Verlet

It's been a long time since I spend an evening just browsing through flickr and finding the most amazing pictures I've seen in ages! I really love photography, especially landscapes, portraits and unusual compositions. This falls into my landscape-scheme. That I am really blasted about the variety of american nature I must not say, but these pictures really give me a heavy time regarding my urgent need for traveling and beeing on a different place than right now (at my desk in my apartment). It's not really travelling though that I feel the need for, it is more the longing for freedom. It makes my heart hurt knowing that I have so much to do until the end of the year and even more after that. I don't know when the time will come when I will be able to go to another country, sit into a car and just drive around as far as I can and taking pictures and talking to people and where I don't have to think about evyerthing that I actually have to do. 

Besides that, I must admit, I really do like dreaming about it and that's why I love such pictures a lot!

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The Dress and the Story pt. 9

Yesterday evening I drank a glass of whine and what happened was that when I took my weekly outfit-pictures I really got into the mood for b/w pictures, so I ended up with some funny narcissistic nostalgic-looking photos. Oh well, why not.

But to come to the story this weeks' dress is telling: Last Saturday me and my friend went to a monthly indietronic dance party called NoNoNo at the local Sweat! Club. Unfortunately it was (supposed to be!) the last NoNoNo party ever that's why the dress code said Black/Grievance. I looked through all my clothes and I couldn't find anything that looked elegant and was black on top, when I stumbled upon my nightdress I am wearing a lot. Of course it was a really awkward feeling to go dancing in my night dress, but with a simple black tanktop underneath it and my black leggings I really looked like I was about to go to a funeral. 

the spot of dreams

To bring my latest obsession to perfection, here you can see my new bed in its whole brightness - literally! It looks especially pretty when the sun is shining and due to the latest outbreaking of summer it is just a dream. Also I am still surprised how well it fits into my room. I had to rearrange a bit and I am still looking for a new desk to work at, I think I like a lot more now than it looked a few weeks, months or even two years before! Of all rooms in our apartment mine was the one who changed the most. 

Well, besides that and working a lot for my thesis and work in general, I am quite happy to have the World Cup as a distraction from all of this. Though I am not really into soccer (at all) it IS something different when it comes to the World Cup, even the last European Cup was quite nice. So sitting in the blooming, cozy evening with friends, drinking beer and shouting is what I call a good relaxation.

The Dress and the Story pt. 8

I really like the above picture for that it is so imperfect (I mean, it's too bright and blurry!), but what's really a dilemma concerning my pictures is that I don't have an eye for composition. I always forget to get the feet into the picture or there is a huge something of nothing (in this particular picture it's the ugly wall above my head). But oh well, I am willing to learn! 

The only good thing about this image is that you can see my new, lovely bed! I will sure post more pictures soon because I am really obsessed about it. For years I had to sleep on a very uncomfortable foldable couch which just broke into two parts - lucky me - last monday. So this was my ultimate chance to get something really nice. 

This dress, by the way, I got from my favorite ebay seller which sells anything vintage and dressy and who seems to have just millions of clothes. Besides that I still think that ebay is just one large gold mine when it comes to clothes and it is not even that difficult to find something nice and cheap! 

To ramble about another thing that it's going on lately - it's summer! I still cannot believe it and for some awkward reason I kind of enjoy this blasting humidity. Maybe it's because it reminds me of DC-an summer where you were pouring just by making a step out of the house. Unfortunately it is supposed to be over again tomorrow, but it will return very soon hopefully!

The Dress and the Story pt. 7

Decentralized and standing in the last light of my old room, I present you my very first Etsy-finding! I feel a bit like Heidi and I would looove do things like running over meadows and fields and through the golden sunset of the evening. Basically that was what I did today because I went running again and suddenly, through the trees there was this bright golden light shining directly into my face. It was a really nice feeling and that's what I like about running in the evening. Anyway, I am still waiting to do my very first picnic somewhere out in the green wearing exactly this dress and eating all kind of fresh things. I really should do that some day.