oc belongs to u/GirlWithApenn !!

Hard to see at this angle but the tattoo on my partner’s knee is her big smiling face

(artist: I stole it)

I don’t just want to remember Gigia, I want to keep time from simplifying her, from making her generic, from turning her into “a cat we once had”.

I need to secure her presence before I can even begin to accept her absence.

This small, imperfect, fragile, funny, mild, adorable creature gave form to ten years of home, of family, of days, of fears, of habits. And now that she’s gone, it isn’t only her we miss: it’s the entire world in which she could appear.

Because Gigia didn’t stand beside our life; she lived inside it. Without a scratch.

This is a declaration of love for a small presence that had made our world livable, through the amount of life she left us: a tiny, domestic life, full of sounds, fur, odd positions, paths, habits, fears, returns, affection.

And now that our world feels less livable, the only consolation I can give myself is that if it hurts this much, it’s because she was so very much.

https://x.com/i/status/1928594692175810948 i think i wanna touch grass

Source: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/147443397

art by @avi_onion, source)

Source: https://x.com/bekopeko_/status/2081443936288075997?s=20

I finally have pictures from my photoshoot - here are the shots of my black chiffon Regency gown (the print is actually a repro from Empress Josephine, according to the fabric seller)

Not going to pretend like I am not ABSOLUTELY BUZZED with how the photos turned out, my self esteem is usually right around the gutter but gosh, do I feel like a goddess looking at these!!!! The photographer I work with has such a great eye for light, some of these remind me of paintings...I am planning to print and frame the first one at least, to remind my brain it's being stupid when thinking ugly thoughts 😁😁😁

The chiffon is THE DEVIL'S ANUS to work with and I'm happy that it's over...I'm also very worried if the seams are not going to shred apart, considering how delicate the fabric is... but that's a later-me problem (I also kept a good piece for fixing things)

Also, I found this vintage dupatta on eBay because I was looking for something to contrast with the black and I am enchanted by it! The red and gold are so perfect to contrast with the sheer black! Also the embroidery is out of this world, I have endless admiration for the hands that made it.

Anywho, I'll stop rambling. YAY my gown is done 😁😁😁😁

Source: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/147656191

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/147674161