#kit.pics

if you have to perceive me as anything, let it be as an amorphous cryptid adjacent creature of the night.*

living in southeast scotland (via england, france, wales, belgium), speaking english & french, slowly & intermittently learning japanese (spanish and ukrainian are also on my list, but one thing at a time).

the floki pup (~10yo rescue staffie) has been my faithful companion for 8 years. expect pics (when they don't get flagged as mature, thanks dumblr).

i like all type of crafts, history (i study it, or try anyway), reading, writing, art (trying to get back into both and expand my horizons in the latter), sewing (mostly historical non electric techniques), antiques and vintage, all things analogue, linux (still a noob), ... (the list goes on and on, really)

mostly sfw space and none of the nsfw are the sexy kind (that's what sideblogs are for). dark themes and imagery will be present though, so ymmv, especially since i don't always have the spoons to tag things.

i wanna make friends! so please send asks or a dm if we're moots, as my brain won't let me bother you first. signal or email are also good options, just ask me.

*doesn't make sense? i plan to make a post about it at some point. *shrugs*

credits (where credit is due):

banner is my own pic of a local cemetery

icon is a picrew by @potato-lord-but-not

i also got to try out my antique folding bellows camera i got myself last month. got to try 120 film for the first time. got to do one black and white film and one colour. will probably stay with the black and white in the future, as the colour one is fucking expensive, and i prefer it anyhow, but i wanted to test both. will be sending them to be developed this coming week. i know for sure i got a couple of double exposure, as i forgot to wind it forward to the next exposure a few times (too used to the cameras that do it automatically).

i don't have the photos yet, obviously, so have some pics that mark the day.

from left to right, top to bottom:

my camera! it's a watch pocket carbine by butcher from somewhere between 1915-1923. still in great condition, just had to give all the lenses and the viewfinder a bit of a clean. even has the original shutter release cable, which made taking pictures much easier. i also bought a self timer to attach instead, except the release pin isn't long/wide enough to actually work. will be trying to find a way to fiddle with it a make it work in the future.

my hair today. yes, i tie my hair with ribbons. it's my fav way to get my hair up and is much gentler to my scalp (and curls) than a hair tie. also tends to last the whole day, no matter what i do, which is great. though i tend to have it all up in a pony tail rather than just half up like i had today.

waiting for my friend to pick me up and reading pride and prejudice (for the first time), i also use ribbons as bookmarks. i always have ribbons, i might as well use them. plus it looks good in my vintage books.

back at home, time for the other treat of the day, the gluten free brownie that i can only find at the garden centre, so always buy myself one. and pride and prejudice ready to be continued.

not pictures, floki and his own treat that he gets every time i visit the garden centre - mini dog cupcakes.