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Definitely missing the summer color and warmth.

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The eyes are the windows to the soul?

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𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝟖 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 “𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝” 𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 - 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐝. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐱, 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚 - 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 & 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐨 𝐈 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞. 𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐈 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 (𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞). 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞, 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐟 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 & 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐩𝐚. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐈 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 be a part of 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲. . #selfieonfilm #nanaimo (at Nanaimo, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnI51JLLtwN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The Jealous Sea

It’s not jealousy, I just don’t want to share

It’s not jealousy, it’s just that I care —

Deeply. Too deeply.

But what does that matter?

You have both worlds

Me and her and her and me

You and I and her and —

I knew my choice

I made the rules

It seemed so clear

Felt so loose

Free to touch

Free to be

Me with you and her?

Don’t look!

Then she’s not real

Don’t look!

Your heart’s not steel

If only I could see

You more

But I

Not the priority,

Must be fine

With jealousy.

©️2022 Aviva SW

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I’m not sure how to get into Sally’s Bakery…maybe it was only a film set…but I seems like such a tragedy that all that yummy food was not eaten. Ugh.

I love the roses climbing up the walls outside this mystery building. I know it used to be the city hall or like the mayors office or something small town like that.

This town does have the cutest bathrooms. Always, happy to have to go when I stop here. Should probably take a road trip soon. Hard to leave the house these days.

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The best things in life are ______. I found this exquisite pile of brambles just up from my studio. The house has been for sale about a month and wasn’t moving. So naturally they thought ripping out all the brambles in the back yard and dumping them in the front yard/sidewalk would definitely make the house sell. The house is still for sale folks if you’re interested. . #expiredfilm #realestate #nanaimo #nanaimofilmscene #nanaimofilmphotographer #filmbyaviva #summer #filmphotography #analogphotography #analognanaimo (at Nanaimo, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmx8azNOQhX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I took this photo last December when I was recovering from surgery slightly high on pain meds and was told not to help shovel the drive way lest I pass out. So I popped a roll of Portra in my Yashica D and went for a very slow stroll around the yard. . Firethorn draped in snow ©️2021 . #portra400 #anaolgphotography #nanaimofilmphotographer #nanaimobusiness #snow #yashica (at Nanaimo, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmhRvNMPxmP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Print I made in the darkroom last night. Sunflowers in morning light.

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A few weeks back I was in #victoria and I saw some things. These are a few things I saw. Captured on expired film for strange color cast feels. Enjoy. . #analogphotography #canadianfilmphotographers #yyj #downtown #filmphotography #analognanaimo #colorfilm #expiredfilm #streetphotography #vancouverisland #victoriabc #canada #blastfromthepast https://www.instagram.com/p/CY42cEKPWng/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Visiting an old farm market I discovered all this “junk” looked really quite beautiful in the fading light of the day.

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