At Home

Home.

I rarely take photos inside my home but this winter I’ve been challenging myself to shoot indoors a bit (plus it is something I encourage participants in YAYOM to explore, so I’d better take my own advice).

The bathroom is usually my indoor photo comfort zone.  Bright light, white walls and the mirror to use to help me compose the photo.

In the rest of the apartment?  Not my comfort zone at all.

Its kind of a challenge because, well, I live in a lovely tiny little nest of an apartment.  I feel so at home here, totally safe (with my history of getting robbed many times this means a lot).  But it is indeed really tiny (what you might call a studio or bachelor apartment) and has very little natural light, especially on grey or rainy days.

I decided to just go for it.  To not be afraid to show you my home because I really do love it.  Living in a small space has proved to be much more lovely than I expected it to be.  It helps big time that my little nest is only 3 blogs from what I think is one of the best neighbourhoods in Vancouver.

So, part of that mission to shoot indoors more is to get a photo of miss Ladybug and I.  A family photo of sorts.  Its been a mission for a long time and it sure is a challenge to get her into a photo with me (she doesn’t like to be told what to do).  I adore that little bug.  She makes living in such a small space total bliss ’cause she helps fill it up with love.

If you’ve joined me here in the last few years, you may not have heard that I’m a total cat lady and that this little meow meow of mine has a chronic illness (polycystic kidney disease).  Her sibling Elliot passed away of the same disease  3 years ago and I’m beyond grateful that she’s been able to stick around for all these years.  She’s still super healthy and it seems like she’s going to be around for a while now, but having Elliot go so quickly, I’m not taking for granted that she’ll always be around.

So I’m setting aside any fears of sharing my home with you.  I feel really grateful to be creatively self-employed and living in a city with a pretty high cost of living, I do indeed love these four walls in which I get to live!

So the mission to take more indoor selfies with Ladybug begins…