I've just learnt a new word: "hiatus". Thx, Suspiria!! In an email I received from her this morning, she apologises for the length of time it took her to reply to an email I sent her a while ago, saying: "...sometimes I go into an online hiatus". Well, not to worry, girl, (now I know the meaning of this cool new word!), I reckon that is EXACTLY what's been happening round here lately. But before Life runs away with me completely & I end up losing track of all comings & goings - not to mention my sense of sanity! - I guess a quick update is in good order:
Firstly, my lunch with Gia last week Thursday was brilliant. We chatted away like two long lost friends! Sooo much in common
Then on Saturday morning I went & saw Arwen at Arwen Corsetry about some clothes I want made. What a sweet girl. Only 28, but wise beyond her years. That was followed by a quick French pedicure at Sorbet in Cresta. And then it was onto Skin Tattoo Industries in the afternoon for my first tattoo! Gia joined us a little later on. Here are some pix I took of Milo at work on her armband:
I must say, I am very happy with my little Hello Kitty. We did it at the top of my back, centrally positioned, just below the nape of my neck. I will post some pix as soon as it has healed properly. At the moment it is still feeling rather tender & is looking pretty crusty
This Saturday, a whole bunch of us girls (at last count there were around 10 of us!) are going on a looooong-overdue ladies' night / farewell for Ronwen - who moves to the UK on 14th Feb. The venue is a little club right round the corner from where we stay, called The Red Room. Here are some pix of a few of the ladies who will be joining me. Next to Angela, these are definitely my closest girlfriends in Jo'burg:
Ronwen
Yolanda
Tarryn
Angie did all the makeup, & I took all the pix. It's gonna be really weird not having her there with us. She was always the life & soul of the party. While I was doing my makeup the other morning I thought of the way people often do toasts to "absent friends", & I guess this is gonna have to be one of those occassions...
Firstly, my lunch with Gia last week Thursday was brilliant. We chatted away like two long lost friends! Sooo much in common
Then on Saturday morning I went & saw Arwen at Arwen Corsetry about some clothes I want made. What a sweet girl. Only 28, but wise beyond her years. That was followed by a quick French pedicure at Sorbet in Cresta. And then it was onto Skin Tattoo Industries in the afternoon for my first tattoo! Gia joined us a little later on. Here are some pix I took of Milo at work on her armband:
I must say, I am very happy with my little Hello Kitty. We did it at the top of my back, centrally positioned, just below the nape of my neck. I will post some pix as soon as it has healed properly. At the moment it is still feeling rather tender & is looking pretty crusty
This Saturday, a whole bunch of us girls (at last count there were around 10 of us!) are going on a looooong-overdue ladies' night / farewell for Ronwen - who moves to the UK on 14th Feb. The venue is a little club right round the corner from where we stay, called The Red Room. Here are some pix of a few of the ladies who will be joining me. Next to Angela, these are definitely my closest girlfriends in Jo'burg:
Ronwen
Yolanda
Tarryn
Angie did all the makeup, & I took all the pix. It's gonna be really weird not having her there with us. She was always the life & soul of the party. While I was doing my makeup the other morning I thought of the way people often do toasts to "absent friends", & I guess this is gonna have to be one of those occassions...
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Sorry I've been so quiet the past month. What was supposed to be a quiet month in the middle of winter here, with no photography work, instead became a fairly hectic time. I had to submit some tech articles to be published in a photo trade publ here in the USA. A huge thrill for me. And then a lot of other things which distracted me.
I'll spend some time next week and properly catch up on your journal.
And I still owe you a reply as to when and how and why we emigrated to the USA.