Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Marlee's Birthday Outfit (and venus's new camera)

I mentioned two things to you all in our last post: Marlee has had a birthday and gotten a lovely new outfit, and Venus has gotten a new camera. What better way to test out a shiny new camera than on a shiny new outfit? 


I am forever envious of how long Marlee's hair is, but I don't have her patience for hairstyling, I'm afraid. 


Marlee's earrings are adorable. I need to get some new ones- I wear the same gold ones every day! I don't think I'm brave enough to get a second piercing, though. 


In island news, Marlee and Venus took these photos in the early evening at the Jewel golf course. It's been warm, and I think we're all itching for this last month of school to hurry itself up. Tourists have started coming little by little, and while it can be a bit annoying, it is our island's biggest industry and you've just got to learn to love it. Not to mention that it means more frequent ferries- which in turn means going to the mainland more often.

I'll see you next time, with photos of a new outfit Indie has ordered. I think you'll love it.

- Zaira Joy Yumiko
(with help from Venus Amelia May Carter and Marlee Grace Thomas)

in this post:
shirt and overalls: our generation at target
earrings: straight pins 
shoes: grace's sightseeing outfit from ag

marlee is a marie-grace doll with brown eyes, freckles, repainted lips, and a frosted blonde wig from ruby red galleria.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Spring on the Island

Do you all remember these lovely photos we took of Madelynne in late summer on the mainland? We had taken a trip ("we" being myself, Violet, Maddie, and Venus) to the fort in St. Ignace and stopped on the beach before we caught the evening ferry back home. 

Well, yesterday Maddie was at my house after school, and we found these pictures and remembered the lovey dress she was wearing. We decided to meet Venus at Sugar Loaf to take some more photos, and I love how they turned out. We also took some on the beach in front of Mission Point- our favorite beach photography spot besides maybe in front of Arch Rock.





In other news and island life updates, the horses have arrived back on the island, which is the surest sign that spring has arrived. Two weeks ago, Marlee had a birthday (on April 3rd) and we had a lovely day at her house. Venus has also ordered a new camera and is waiting for it to arrive, but as soon as it does we'll be taking some photos of Marlee in the new outfit she got for her birthday- it's the springiest spring outfit I've ever seen and I'm so excited to see what Venus comes up with for photographing it. 

Indie and I had a picnic in our favorite little spot last week, which is Anne's Tablet. It's a memorial to the author Constance Feinmore Woolson, who wrote two of Indie's favorite books: Castle Nowhere and Anne. I like them as well, but I don't love them nearly as much as Indie does. I do recommend you read them. Silver in Castle Nowhere is one of my favorite book characters ever.

Anyway, I'll see you very soon with photos of Marlee taken on Venus's new camera!
- Zaira Joy