birthday and bad luck

it's my birthday today. i am getting older (i know, we all are, but...). last year i could still - without bending the truth too much - claim i was in the middle of my thirties. but 38... no can't do. this is officially going on 40. it's ok, don't get me wrong, but i cannot help but think about how i perceived 38, or 40 for that matter, when i was say 20. it was old. so i am struggling a bit with these previous perceptions of age and what is old, and where i should be and not be at this age.

but who cares about numbers? let's just celebrate with a tiny garland of dried leaves and purple cottons string and a big hooray for today. this day should be fun (and certainly funnier than yesterday...)

so, what happened yesterday? my beloved nikon d60, a surprise present from D back in july when he went to new york, it died. a complete blackout. and i was, and i am, devastated. there it was, in my bag, my bag on the bed in the guest room/office. in comes a child (not sure who, and it doesn't really matter either), takes a sip from a water bottle, puts water bottle down on the bed (without cap on), bottle falls as bottles tend to do when placed on a soft bed, but child doesn't notice and, yes, that's it. nikon d60 and bag fills with water. its pretty much soaking wet when i find it. and when i try to dry it and then test the damage nothing happens. except it smells burned. not a good sign. i almost (maybe even did a bit) started to cry. such awful bad luck. i still cannot believe it.

this also means that my planned birthday giveaway, which i think you will love love love, has been postponed. because a giveaway without pictures of the giveaway... it's just not the same, right? but i will give you a hint: we're talking vintage botanical prints, yes, it's that awesome (says the vintage botanical print freak), so you might want to stay tuned, as i am planning to find that old point and shoot i forgot all about - including where i put it - when i got my may-she-rest-in-peace d60.

consider these board shots a little interlude until the giveaway has been photographed. i told you i miss fall in my 25 degrees celcius heat wave. at least i miss my dream of it, because i can totally live with the warm weather. but i still miss fall. so i made a little fall for the board. that was of course before i got fall in the mail from joyce. now i have plenty of sweet golden fall in the house.

now i will go and forget about the sad camera tragedy, put on good smile and have a happy day. wishing you a happy day too.