Fotokiosk: Spring in the backyard

Mai Quynh on 5. April 2024

Spring in the backyard. Spring in the backyard.

2022

I think magnolias are beautiful. But who doesn't agree? I'm just about to catch the flowering season but actually I'm already too late.

There were no magnolias in our backyard. But spring says Hello in so many different ways. Everything is in bloom, the colours are exploding everywhere you look (and the hay fever is also saying "Hello!"). I once made a note somewhere that black and white pictures often have a melancholy effect. And although the colour is missing, the picture still has something spring-like about it. You can feel the light, the sun, even in black and white. Perhaps all the more because of that.

Camera + lens: Olympus XA2
Film: Agfaphoto APX 100
Developement: self developped
Scan: Charlie Engel Lab 2.0

Sicily in January

Mai Quynh on 18. March 2024

Sicily in January is as sunny as the sunniest spring, at the same time as frosty as winter can be. In the church, for the wedding ceremony, I really regretted my choice of clothes as I sat on the cold bench. I was freezing for an hour and a half, my toes had already said goodbye to a pleasant blood circulation at the very beginning of the ceremony. But the sun was shining outside!?

The next morning, with the sun still shining brightly, some guests recovered from the long night while others made their way to the beach. We joined the latter. A winter pullover on an Italian beach - I hadn't seen this combination coming. But the flair of the Sicilian city by the sea didn't care a jot about the temperature and invited us to take a stroll. Whenever that may be - I hope that the next time I visit Sicily, it not only looks warm but also feels warm.

Sicily, 2022.

Camera + lens: Olympus XA2
Film: Agfaphoto APX 100
Developement: self developped
Scan: Charlie Engel Lab 2.0

Announcement: Repair date

Mai Quynh on 11. March 2024

I talk (write) a lot about darning but it's actually been quite a while since I actively reduced my repair pile. The last time was in October 2023 - this was one of three repaired pieces.

So this is my announcement that I will get this on and do some repairing again in the coming weeks!

Inspired by Selmin and her blog post Ein Repairdate – Zack, komplettes Outfit I've been planning a repair date for a long time. The idea is so charming and I've finally set myself a date and put it in my calender! So the date will be the least I will do. But I really hope that I will do some repair before and after the date as well.

It's not so much about HOW MUCH, but rather about THAT I do repair (although "more is more" applies in this case). It doesn't have to be darning but whatever my technical repertoire allows and makes the repair heart beat faster is allowed and desired - it's not called repair date for nothing höhö.

Earliest in May I will give a report. Happy repairing 🪡

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This post is part of the series <Mein stopfendes Leben>.