I’m in love with shop houses. I want one. Actually, I want two, next to each other, so I can merge them together so they’re not super narrow like shop house tend to be. I think China House in Penang is actually four houses, and restored and decorated perfectly. It’s a big maze of art and dining spaces and even has a beautiful courtyard in the middle. This place inspires creativity <3
So now that I’m pretty much all caught up processing my archives of long lost photos, I wanted to do a couple of short posts on cool places. I’ve been mean to post this set for… oh… about a year, since I took them.
I love Nk’Mip wine. Probably my favorite of all BC wines (and BC wines are pretty much my favorite of all wines… call me biased… whatever…) I digress. Anyways, I was lucky enough to spend a night at their winery resort last year. It was at the end of winter so not much was a alive, and we were only there for the night and didn’t even stay long enough to tour the winery – sad face – but it was a beautiful place. Loved the desert inspired architecture and interior design; it fit right into the landscape. Maybe one of these days I’ll be in the Okanagan at a more winery tour friendly time of year.
Apparently there’s a Danish church just behind my house. I had no idea. I had the pleasure of shooting Svenna’s baptism there last week. I don’t think most of the people there were Danish, but the service was mostly in Danish. I still haven’t quite figured it all out.
Finally at the end of my Java photos. This was my second time in Jogja and I still love it. Maybe even more than my first time. Really looking forward to being able to spend a few months there at some point to study more Bahasa. It’ll happen.
That little bird has the funnies expression on it’s face.
Carlina, I just recalled there is a Canadian that I know. He lives in Yogyakarta and was a master degree student of Indonesian literature at Gadjah Mada University. You might ask him for help in bahasa :)
Oh, I have plenty of Indonesian friends to steal words from. I’ve been planning for a while to spend a few months in Jogja to go to one of the language schools, I’m just not really sure when.
Great post! It was great to see pictures from Prambanan and Jogya after returning from there.
The last picture is absolutely fabulous!
I’m in Thailand now, but in an effort to feel like I’m still working, I thought I should post another set from Java.
I’ve finally decided which of these shadow puppets I want: Baruna, God of the Sea. If anyone would like to find me a nice and authentic one and send it to me, I would be forever grateful.
Also… I’m posting this from a hammock.
He totally looks like my guy! I need to take him out of my closet and put him up somewhere…
