oasis child

Caught a ferry to Cockatoo Island for the biennale with Riz a week ago. It was... interesting. We had a pretty good time laughing at ourselves because to be completely honest, we were really underwhelmed with what we saw because we expected... more art? We left cackling and joking because we were thrown mad shade by some of the staff saying we wouldn't have been able to see everything in the time left until closing and we sure proved them wrong. I mean we did skip a lot of the video installations (???) after a few seconds of watching because some were just absurd (eg. a man running around a field throwing rocks and making guttural noises). At the end of the day we were left confused because we weren't sure if we just saw some "bad" art or if we just don't understand contemporary art. Aw well at least I took some cute shots of Rizelle.

At the end of last month I promised Will we'd go to the blue mountains and I'd buy him an ice cream. When we decided to make our spontaneous Katoomba trip earlier this month, we had no idea it was during the coldest day of the year. Before we left I checked the weather on my phone and we both scoffed at the 4 degrees it was showing and thought it was just a mistake and Will decided to stick to his decision to wear shorts. The trip down was fairly quick and very scenic (once we passed the west). As soon as we stepped off the train it became clear the 4 degrees my phone was showing probably wasn't a mistake. It. Was. Cold. It was a really really lovely day though. Shivering, huddling, runny noses and beautiful landscapes. Funnily enough, none of the shots of the landscapes are any good (curse of the expired film strikes again) but there are several photos (of will) that I really really love. Can't wait to go again, and this time actually buy this guy an ice cream.