I've fallen out of the habit of taking outfit photos - which is a shame because I've been wearing some pretty neat stuff lately - but I think part of it is due to the changing of the seasons. It's almost always windy out, and often cloudy or raining. And while I love Autumn, the smell, the crispness of the air, it doesn't really lend itself to my going out there in short sleeves for photos with my half-broken camera.
Necklace - Made by Me
T-shirt - Thrifted from Value Village
Belt - Ardene's
Skirt - Vintage from Kilo Shop in Paris
Mocassins - Sears
I suppose I can just start taking them indoors again like I did this photo back in early September. Eventually I won't have much choice either way. I'm spending a lot of time in my kitchen now, even more than usual. I'm trying to practice a lot of the recipes from school, which I think I mentioned before, but cooler weather always drives me to my kitchen.
This is some Scallop Seviche, with jalapeños and cherry tomatoes on a chiffonade of lettuce. It was actually really delicious and I'll definitely be making this dish again. I attempted to make a vegetable consommée this past weekend but due to some stupid mistakes I messed it up. I'll be trying again though, because I'm stubborn and it's something I really want to be able to do.
My parents were doing work on their bathroom late last week so my mother brought her ball python Fluffy to my place until they were done. I couldn't resist piling him in with my two boys, Galen and Rorschach. They make such a cute pile o' pythons!
I should probably start getting ready for my baking class this afternoon though. We're making the Choux Pastry Swans that I practiced last weekend. Should be a good class. Cheers!
I've mentioned often how I have a collection of exotic pets, from tarantulas to snakes. Here are a few photos I took of one of my ball pythons, and my two adult crested geckos. The lilac bushes in the front yard are in full bloom and I knew it would make for a perfect backdrop for my reptilian darlings. I hope you like them!
They're frightening and gross to some people, but these animals are just beautiful to me. Total sweethearts too, they let me cover them with kisses without issue. If I made just one person see these animals in a new and positive light, then I did good. Hope you have a good weekend. Cheers!
I only just realized that I never got around to posting the second half of my Reptile Expo photos. You're all probably cringing now and wishing I'd have left it forgotten, but I must share the reptile goodness!
One woman had the most amazing collection of adult tarantulas I've seen so far. It's a bummer the cover had so much glare, they really were amazing creatures.
I've told myself no more pets while in my apartment. The ones I've got now have a lot of growing to do, which will require their taking up more space in the very-near future. Eventually I'd love to get more snakes, they're amazing pets, but money and space constraints stop me. I hope you enjoyed these photos, even though I know most of you aren't big on reptiles and whatnot.
I hope all you Americans are having a Happy Thanksgiving and a good week for everybody else! Cheers!
It seems forever ago that I went to Toronto for the Reptile Expo. Yet not so long ago either, because one of the snakes I brought home still hasn't eaten. Ugh, finicky eaters! And I was totally not expecting to get trouble from the boa, either. Anywho! This will be a critters-only post, so if you don't like reptiles, feel free to skip this one.
To start things off, here I am with Brian Barczyk from BHB Reptiles/SnakeBytes TV. He and his wife, along with their team, work together to breed tens of thousands of snakes every year. Crazy impressive! I felt like I was meeting a celebrity heh. If you're curious about the expo, here's SnakeBytes' video on it. It really gives you a good feel for it.
Yes, your eyes do not deceive you. That snake above is selling for $2200. And that's actually a conservative price in the reptile business when it comes to exotic morphs and rare species. It's not unheard of for breeders to spend in excess of forty thousand dollars on one snake. Although that's usually for extremely new morphs, or new-to-pet-trade species. It's all about cornering the market and having something before everyone else.
This is probably the chillest little lizard ever. If I could reincarnate as something else in another life, I would want to come back as a chill lizard, because just look how chill he is. Speaking of chill lizards... A monitor lizard is having some lazy snuggle time with its owner below. Monitor snuggles! I adore these big lizards (of which the one above is a baby), and hope to someday own a Savannah Monitor in particular, but they get BIG and require a lot of room. Notice her tail hanging down by his ankles? Big lizard!
These little tortoises were absolutely adorable. About palm-sized, they were sitting in this tub on the edge of the table and I was giving them my aw-little-tortoise-goo-goo-eyes when this kid popped out of nowhere and started poking the left tortoise's head. I immediately had him stop and told him, tortoises are delicate, you can't just poke them like that. (Not to mention one tortoise like this is worth about $300, if not more)
Parents, teach your kids not to poke things, you never know when that thing might bite back... or be incredibly expensive and easy to kill. Just sayin'. And while on the subject of kids and tortoises...
As I was taking this photo, the boy asked his dad if they could take the tortoise home. I guess this was probably one of many requests for a creature by this point because the father replied in the most exhausted tone, "We really don't need a giant turtle..." Even though, you know, it's a tortoise.
If anything I mentioned here has you curious, feel free to ask some reptile/tarantula/snake/lizard/expo related questions and I'll answer them in the second Expo post. I hope you're all having a groovy Wednesday. Cheers!
