So, I didn’t keep up with my blog posts while I was gone, but I have an excuse. I was on dial-up. I got so frustrated with the fricken fracken internet that I hardly even stayed caught up with my scrabble games. It’s all about priorities, right?

Anyway, I’m back, and I’ve just posted the last few days’ worth of self-portraits to my flickr page, so I’ll share them with you in order.

This shot from the 19th is photoshopped, and it’s best to view it in the large size to grasp the full effect. To do that, click on the image then click the ‘all sizes’ button above it. That will open it in a bigger size so you can see its true coolness. I worked hard on this shot and am happy with how it turned out!

It’s me snuggling up with my new favourite Free Store score, a leopard-spotted polar fleece boa scarf. It’s the best scarf I’ve ever owned. I want to sleep with this thing. All praises to the Hornby Island Free Store.

Other new favourite Free Store finds from this trip: a long slinky green velour dress with slits up both legs (rowr!); a pair of hiking boots a size too big that worked awesomely well with three pairs of socks and enabled some good walks while on the island; several warm sweaters, and various odds and ends.

I got arty once I got home. Originally, this one from the 20th was my face silhouetted against P’s skylight. Boring! So now that I am home and back on broadband, I’ve been having some fun. I edited this shot using picnik. Easier than Photoshop.

I quite like this one, actually; it’s the second photo I’ve edited in that puzzle-piece style. I think it suits me.

Almost forgot this one from the 21st. It’s me beside the woodstove trying to get warm. It was so cold! And P’s woodstove makes pretty flames, but it doesn’t put out much heat; it mostly goes up the chimney. I don’t do well in the cold, as I say later on in this post.

For the next shot, from the 22nd, I decided to go for drama. I was getting tired of my normal face. So this is the horror movie version of me!

Again, it’s best to view this one in large format. I was having a lot of fun with my camera and a sweet time with my sweetie and connecting with some old friends while on the island; but I didn’t spend as much time outside hiking and such as I had originally thought I would. I ended up doing a lot of indoor nesting, finding delicious ways to keep warm. I recommend it. I don’t like the cold.

Let me put it another way: I’ve had my quota of cold for one lifetime. When I was a kid, I was never warm enough. Now, I’m about ready to move to someplace tropical. If I can see my breath, it’s too cold. Snuggle time.

And now here I am, back *sigh* home, in my usual position in front of the computer.

I feel enriched by the last week, rejuvenated, refreshed and nourished. At the same time, I feel depleted, depressed, deranged and ready for some profound and fundamental change in my world. My life is beginning to suck butt. Yet, by now I’ve learned that this is just how January feels to me.

Still, I’m broke, and I have rent to pay. If you know anybody who wants or could benefit from an astrology reading (and just about anybody could), or any of the other services I offer, please do pass my info along to them! Thank you! Mwahh!

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