Moo.

Something not many people know about me is that my favourite animals are cows. I think it probably stems from being nicknamed "Anna Moo" back in the day when I was a chubby little kid. It didn't take long for it to get shortened to "Moo" and that kind of stuck with my family and with a few friends. 

Anyway, I saw this photo on pinterest and fell completely in love with it, so decided to share. Happy Saturday!!

Photo via my pinterest.

Caught on Film & an "Iced Barack Obama"

Today, I helped out at one of my favourite coffee haunts. The little brother got home from leavers (schoolies, whatever you wanna call it), safe & sound, and we had a grand conversation that included a discussion about the joys of British insults (twat). I drank 4 coffees. I pondered the merits of the potato as a romantic gift. 3 of the coffees were given to me for free by my lovely friend. I ate some tasty gelato, also given to my by another lovely friend. And as if that wasn't all grand enough, one of the coffees I drank has been dubbed the "Iced Barack Obama"**.

The Wildest of Dreams is officially off hiatus, except I expect it might be a little different around here. It didn't last long, but that's because somehow not having the pressure of posting magically cleared my mind and helped me to realise a few things. I'll explain more later, maybe, but in the meantime, I hope you enjoy the rest of the photos from the roll of film behind my "Honesty" post.

Over and out.

Rhi :)

**Sadly this is only its temporary title, although I'm still hoping the name sticks :P

Caught on Film: Honesty

"I love unmade beds. I love when people are drunk and emotional and cannot be anything but honest in that moment. I love the look in people's eyes when they first wake up and they've forgotten their surroundings. I love the gasp people take when their favourite character dies. I love laying next to someone in the dark listening to their thoughts drift off of their tongues and then lingering in the space between us. I love when people close their eyes and drift to somewhere in the clouds. I fall in love with people and their honest moments all the time. I fall in love with their breakdowns and their smeared makeup and their daydreams. I fall in love with their honesty."

Apathy.

Last night, I booked a one-way ticket to finally embark on an adventure I've wanted to go on for my whole life. An hour later, I found myself writing these words,

"I want doughnuts and gelato and a long hug. Booking the flight unleashed some kind of manic joy. I was getting out of here, at last. Leaving. Escaping. But then I took a deep breath and was overcome by fear. By the emptiness that had had hold of me before, and the unknown that lay ahead. By the fear that maybe I had lost something forever, and perhaps not even time, not even the years that have since passed, or exploring abroad, would help me to get that back."

I suppose what I'm trying to get at, in a somewhat cryptic but brutally honest way (for myself), is that I'm feeling a little lost at the moment. Empty and numb and broken all at once. The words just haven't been flowing for too long a time and I don't know how to make them come back. I don't even feel that inclined to take pictures of anything to remember this feeling that's been engulfing me for longer than I care to remember. So, apart from an occasional Op Shop Challenge post, the blog is going on hiatus.

I'll definitely be back. I'm going to study in Milan next year for 6 months, and as scared as I am, the excitement definitely outweighs the fear. From there, I plan to trek back to India to spend some time with the lovely people I met on the first leg of The India Project and to begin working on some actual plans to turn my dreams into a reality.

These are adventures that I'll want to document no matter what so, at the very latest, I'll be back here on January 16, the day I leave. I just wanted to let you know what's going on though because even though this is just a tiny little blog, I've still met some incredible people through it and I thought before my (temporary) disappearance, I'd at least say thanks all for being so rad, and for being there for me over some rough times of late :)

Hopefully I'll be seeing you all soon!

Over and out.

Rhi.

Bits and Pieces: Take 8

1 / These guys are rather amusing. They also closed for a week. It's been a terrible few days :P

2 / Went to a fashion show with this kid, tackled a Maccas drive through and then ran around a park in the dead of night. It was great.

3 & 4 / I sat in my backyard with two of my brothers and one of our doggys, talking and laughing and relaxing.

5 / Spent an awful lot of time at the beach. I love summer.

6 / Coffee times!! A Friday ritual :)

7 & 8 / A final farewell to the uni tav for the year.

9 / Had lunch with an old friend.

10 / Learnt how to play the Pepper the Pig game with my lovely cousin.

After all that finishing uni joy, turns out the past 7 days have been pretty hectic and taking photos hasn't particularly been on the top of my radar. I'm also getting excessively bored of iPhone photos. Can't wait for my new photo-taking machine to arrive for Christmas ;)