this was a good week

This was a good week! Here’s why:

• Some friends we haven’t seen in a while came over this past weekend, and one of them brought me flowers that reminded me of my grandmother’s garden, I pulled out a 35-year-old manual camera lens to photograph them, and Alex made the varsity volleyball team at her school. A great week!

• My sweet friends over at Uncommon Caribbean have compiled a list of ways to help the Bahamas recover from Hurricane Dorian.

• This corn salad may make an appearance on my dining table this weekend.

• I can’t stop staring at these weird-looking animals.

• Speaking of weird, this Instagram feed is for those of us with a truly odd sense of humour. I can’t stop following it.

• Beautiful women around the world.

• Speaking of beautiful women, my friend Eden suddenly and unexpectedly lost her husband last month; she wrote about him this week. It is a beautiful and touching eulogy, and and she is a gifted, gifted writer.

• And finally, for this week’s soundtrack: it might have been a good week, but here in Houston, it’s been a hot week — temperatures at the century mark all week. So this gorgeous, meditative video of beautiful Iceland was a welcome sight. Click here or the image below to enjoy.

Islandia is a non-narrative two minutes short drone film about primal beauty of Iceland. Islandia - is a Latin name for Iceland and relative to the old language since this film portraits primordial and rough nature of Iceland. For the short duration of the film, you will be transported to a place that easily could be a million years ago. From unbelievable landscapes and vast valleys to painting-like terrain and majestic waterfalls and lakes - this film shows the unparalleled beauty of Iceland and its unearthly glory. Please sit back and enjoy the flight. Technical info: - All footage shot on DJI Mavic 2 Pro. - Several ND filters from Polar Pro were used for filming. - I used Davinci Resolve 16 for editing, VFX, SFX, and grading. - Adobe Audition was used to mix soundscore. - Adobe After Effects were used for titles and minor fixes - Original music score by Luke Atencio and Ryan Taubert was licensed at Musicbed. - SFX are free samples by various creators and Singularity six by Film Crux.

Have a great weekend, lovelies.

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