Summer Days

Top photo by Lucian of Adrienne Photography, edited by me.

Living in a small and charming town in England particularly when there's plenty of sunshine feels a little like having a staycation. It reminds me of the hill towns of Tuscany and Umbria as well as the quaint villages in Provence that I'd explored years ago. It's a town where nearly everyone knows everyone. With a population of 99% white Caucasian, an Asian family that hailed from New Zealand stood out like a sore thumb, particularly when the 3 of us have very different accents and strange (to them, not me) colloquialism. (I strongly believe that pudding is a type of dessert and a cooked lunch is still called a lunch, not dinner. So there!).





In case you haven't noticed, this is the Extraordinary and Ectopic letter E standing in the middle of an ancient castle hall. Apparently, it's an Exciting project by the Hampshire County Council. My friend, Tara asked if I could photograph it for the HCC social media. Never have I seen so many sane women twittering about so excitedly about an ordinary looking letter. For a moment there, I thought I was being punk'd by Ashton Kutcher on MTV.

Dear Tara, I love you to bits but I won't be going to the Contemporary Art talk with you in this lifetime. Let's put it this way, how is it that Tracey Emin's dirty unmade bed be considered art??!







Anyways...... lately, the heat has rendered my brain useless so I took the opportunity to hang out with friends at various cafes (it's hard work but someone's gotta do it), packing our dinner and having it at the park (my kind of picnic), lazing indolently on any comfortable surfaces (inertia is a form of exercise) and catching up on my reading, exploring the markets and eating tons of quiche, salad and fruit.

We're still filming......the naive and gullible me thought it was going to be a simple project. I'm excited to see the finished product so hopefully, we could release the video by the mid to end summer.