Hibernation

Wanted to share these photos from the heart of winter before the season drips slowly away.

I can't believe winter is withering away so soon, there weren't even remotely enough freezing days for my taste. This winter was far from easy and I was mentally hibernating for the greater part, but in the spring I get ridiculously nostalgic about winter. Clinging to the memory of glittering fields, silent woods and all the dear dead flowers. The animal prints in the virgin snow and the distant winter sun, and even the cold that sucks all warmth from your bones.

dress / vintage from Budapest  rings / Blood Milk

   Looking at these photos I'm reminded of one thing: you know your sister must love you when there's almost -20 degrees outside and she still agrees to follow you on a snowy field to capture a few frames.

Woods to Conjure

We took a walk in the nearby forest the other day. Treading through those paths is like walking down actual memory lanes, as I used to play there really often as a child and poured many good memories on those paths.

Here's what I was wearing.

My love said I reminded him of Hecate and I took that as a great compliment, hehe! Although I am lucky to have only one head instead of three. Couldn't get much sleep from all the chattering of three separate extroverted minds, now could I? Sometimes even this one feels like too much to handle!

The Ovate hoodie is possibly my most used garment of this year, it always makes me feel like a modern druidess! The gigantic hood is like a safe haven in the storms and glares of the world. The other parts of the outfit don't fall far from the tree, it seems like I live in these items most of the time. (Well, the earrings and the tunic at least.)

There was something strangely medieval in this look when I added them all in one, but I quite like it! 

      

earrings ~ Blood Milk  /  hoodie ~ Ovate  /  transformer tunic ~ Noctex

harness ~Tyra Therman  /  leggings ~ second hand (Zara)

wedge boots ~ mom's 

I love the stillness of nature when the frost creeps upon the leaves and branches, breath leaves your lungs in steaming clouds and cold pinches the insides of your veins. The feel of the frozen moss crunching beneath your feet invokes the same rapture as the noise of crackling ice when you tread on it. (In puddles, not in lakes.)

The joy of the first frost lasted only two days - today the ground has already been invaded by the cold, white light of virgin snow. Farewell, high heels and bare skin. Brrr, I sense some snow photos in the near future! 

Japanese Whispers

Some moments are like special glimpses of life with surreal undertones, little sequences that afterwards feel more like a beautiful dream.

I'd like to share one of those moments from this summer with you, a picnic with two wonderful, always inspiring ladies that I'm proud to call my friends. The photos are phone quality as I didn't carry my camera with me, but they open a portal to the evening nonetheless. I had no idea about a Japanese garden in Helsinki, but I'm glad I had the chance to experience it, and in such an elaborate way!

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Special thanks go to Laura, if I only had known what kind of a prop she took with her I would've definitely put some more effort on my looks and wrapped myself inside a kimono. Just look at those treasures she brought with her; black silken lamps, cherry blossom embroidered blankets, black sushi, paper plates, everything! Even the precious visiting dogs fit the atmosphere somehow.

Here's my outfit for the evening, no oriental vibes there but I'll fix that for the next time. Which I sincerely hope will come someday!

Push The Sky Away

Scattered images from the past and the present and of the cold core of this winter that seems to linger on forever and ever. The photos tell a story of my inner landscape better than I could describe in a written form. I'm slowly starting to lose track of time, it's rushing towards me at such a painful pace and I feel like I'm bound in its iron cage. I simultaneously love and abhor this rush, it feels wonderful to work and accomplish things but free hours are a rare luxury. Almost extinct.

So, now that one of those rare free hours appeared I just wanted to say hi to you. And share this song of the moment. I hope to be back soon but I don't have it in my power to make any promises. Take care, darlings and darklings, I hope you are all feeling well. ♥