I walked into ANTHROPOLOGIE for the first time in Buffalo – where has this store been all my life??? We have this store in Canada? It’s really a shame that I’ve had no idea. My heart was racing inside this place. If I could live in a store, I would live in Anthropologie. That or Urban Outfitters. Urban Outfitters is a bit more affordable but I love both stores’ vintage gadgets and things equally. Ah, inspiration for my future shabby chic HOME and my STUDIO in my home. It’s going to be perfect. I want to fast forward to X dollar of savings so I can buy a house and decorate already! :)

The Niagara Air Show in Buffalo was PHENOMENAL. The CNE Air Show was child’s play compared to this one. We were inside the actual military base and fighter jets were lined up and down the entire place and you had front row views to everything flying in the sky. It was INCREDIBLE. The traffic to get to the show was sooo extremely bad that we missed two hours of the show, even having left Toronto quite early. I can’t wait to go back next year. It felt like I was in “Top Gun” and “Armageddon”.

I managed to make the patriotic Thunderbirds look soft and girly because that’s what I do. I thought that this photo would also be appropriate for the remembrance of 9-11.

Today was one big run-around and being in two places at once and switching the brain on and off from one meeting to another. Crazy and exhausting. I am so happy that it’s Friday – I have a full weekend ahead! I am going to an Air Show in Buffalo, NY tomorrow with the U.S. Air Force and guess what? I think I’m going to have perfectly blue skies. :) And then on Sunday, I’m heading up to a friend’s cottage for a product photoshoot. I am also going to see Contagion tonight, which scored a whopping 81% on Rotten Tomatoes. I was having a conversation with a colleague today about how much I loved morbid, scary, twisted movies, and… I learned today that SO DOES HE! Suddenly I don’t feel so dark in the soul. :) I know that all these girly pretty photos and pink flowers could’ve fooled you, but I actually like dark and sad things just as much as I love bright and happy things. Make it a good Friday night, lovelies!

I can’t stand being inside an airplane because I get air and motion sickness, but that doesn’t stop them from fascinating me. And it certainly doesn’t stop me from loving to photograph them! It helps that airplanes will eternally have the beautiful sky as a backdrop, which I think has become my favourite backdrop for everything. If everything can be shot against the sky, I would be a very happy girl. All this airplane talk reminds me: I took two Gravols on the way to Prague hoping to be comfortably knocked out the entire way there, but it turns out that the recommended two tablets were too much for my little body and I was way overly knocked out, I just could not open my eyes when I wanted to. Scary!

I can’t wait to share my airplane photos but I need to finish my clotheslines first (haha). It takes more resistance than you think to hold back on photos when I’ve been continuously overwhelmed with splendid photo weekends PLUS still barely scraping the surface of photos from my superfantastic trip. This is available as an 8×12 at my Etsy Shop. Come visit when you’re bored! :)

I can’t wait to add to my airplane series! Let the rain do its thing today because I will have no rain tomorrow! Am I tiring you out with clotheslines yet? :) I’ll be posting a few more and then I’ll be done with it, I promise. Oh and did you notice the patterned tiles on this wall? It’s a Lisbon thing – they have gorgeous tiles on the outside of their houses. Read about it here. Can I adopt this concept for my house?

I went shopping at Michael’s yesterday and bought a couple of rubber stamps – I think this may become my new obsession. I suddenly want to stamp my Etsy packages with cute things.

What I loved most about Portugal is that it was beautiful in its natural environment. This is how they lived, this is their home, they’re not the richest, in fact, they’re poor. Their houses were run down, they hung their clothes to dry, they took their time, they go at a slower pace, take it or leave it. There was nothing flashy or vain or materialistic. Everything was simple and natural, like they’re not trying to impress you. This is just who they are and how they live and it’s naturally beautiful. Maybe they don’t even know it.

You just will not believe how many clothesline photos I took in Lisbon. It’s going to become a collection of its own.

Boy, I am busy!!! And I love it!!!

but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” Here’s another one of San Sebastian – I am going to be uploading several more San Sebastian photos in the next few days because I have a super sweet and lovely customer whose heart is dear to this city and I’d like to show her a few more options before she decides on her favourites. :)