my new header?

Hope you like the new banner! I was getting so bored with the old photos up there, no flair, hardly any colour. This is my first attempt and I realise it's immaturity but I think it will do for now. I'm excited about the elements of it because a lot of it represents parts of me. Granted, some of it is just junk that I chucked in for the texture of it but you'll never know...

I got the buttons from my grandma when she passed away. They came in this old jar which had 70c stamped on the lid. It was full of a glorious amount of all shapes, sizes, colours and textures. A montage of collected and reused artifacts. I spot one or two of them where I can remember the dress they were attached to. It's strange how we can put memories in a jar. Objects left behind in a box, in a closet or a dusty drawer can throw our minds back in time. A smell of musty blankets or a perfume can prick the recesses of our memories. Selecting with such precision, a moment in time, like it were a file in a cabinet.

Our senses remember where our brains cannot retain the information. It's a comforting thought.

I was talking with a friend tonight just about being away overseas and how so many major things can happen. I think because I was away when grandma and Uncle Bill died that I haven't really gone through the whole process emotionally. I felt so helpless and unable to be with my family and yet I'm kind of glad that I was distanced from it. I don't think I would have been able to handle those events so consecutively. A lot closer to my heart. I would have been paralyzed.