In Kai's room

Our journey on the top floor of the house has moved to the child's room where the light is better. Here are some of my finds from yesterday's wandering. It's a happy room, I must say, most especially when it's primary resident is busy talking and singing while playing. I hope she goes on doing all that till she's 12!

Assorted minis

Rays through the blinds

Beloved dinosaur

Fave instrument

Folds of a onesie

Hello K!

Hello K again!

Rubber mat

Photos by Babeth Lolarga

Aze Ong takes crochet to the next level | Vera Files

Aze Ong takes crochet to the next level | Vera Files

Wandering eye

I am extremely motivated to rise before the sun now that I'm earning "accolades" for my explorations into still life photography. Oh, I don't want to sound so pretentious so I'll call them "snaps." Today I took advantage of the light between 7 and 8 a.m. when the toddler wasn't up and asking for attention.

About those accolades, it's expected that they should come from women friends and relatives. Here are their comments about my past "interesting" and "delightful" two blog posts. So thank you, Lorna, Gou, Lissa and Ida in that order for using the art of looking.

If this were a movie, well, honey, I'm getting rave reviews!

"You have a fantastic eye -- for both the common and the uncommon. The kiddie chair with the fish is sooo cute. Thanks, Babeth."

"Lovely! Reminds me of a quaint book I read a while ago about traveling in/revisiting your own room."

"Love your collection of 'random' objects! so whimsical and meaningful at the same time."

"Thank you for taking pictures of my bears. And I like the pic of myself in a frame with a stiletto beside it."  

A little grimy

Back issues

Bookend

Cling-ons

Foot board

Her books

His books

Incense cones in a heart

Bedside lamp

Lanelle's spot

Mirror and coins

My desk

Nic and snowman

Paper and plaid

Pig on a door knob

Radio

Three-letter name

Water stain     

Door stop-toy

  Photos by Babeth Lolarga

Parts of a whole

This is part of my series of photos that document the accumulations and the signs of age of our home in Baguio. It's my summer's end project.

Ahhh...

Baseball and mitt

Bath towels

Shower curtain rings

Dog ear

Flash cards

ID

Left by circus

Madeleine shelved

Marionettes

Mermaid's tail

Moon shape

Paint peeling

Polka dots

Dusty screen

Dark spines

Upsil

Weave

Year of serpent

Nepali women  Photos by Babeth Lolarga

On closer look

Home-bound by choice for much of this summer, I've looked for some activities with which I could fill up some minutes while waiting for the Internet signal to return before it goes off again after giving me a small window of 15-30 minutes. The customer service person/s of PLDT must hate the sound of this complaining customer who dials 172 (for DSL connections) or 173 (for landline service) at first light.

I figured why not start looking at the little things at our home office with new eyes during those interim minutes. These photos are partly inspired by my current interest in Pinterest and partly by photography professor's Ernie Enriquez's photo-a-day posts back when I was still active in Facebook. I also recall my first photography teacher, Tita "Tata" Velasco Lim, who motivated our class by insisting that  the true snapshot takers never run out of subjects.

I'm not giving these snapshots titles yet. Let me just tentatively call and file them "Still Lifes in a Home Office."

Photos by Babeth Lolarga