CutieB

My name is Bambi, and I collect beauty. Not stamps or postcards, but moments. I really love taking beautiful photos. Not just pressing a button, but catching the light - the soft, honey-like light that falls on the windowsill in the morning and makes even an ordinary cup look like a treasure. When I hold the camera, it seems to me that I am preserving small pieces of air. Sometimes it is a shadow from a curtain, sometimes dust in a sunlight, sometimes my smile in an old mirror with slightly worn silver.
I love dressing up, even if I'm not going anywhere. I open my closet and it's like a fairy tale store: dresses made of light chiffon, lace collars, ribbons that can be tied into bows. I put on a long skirt, a necklace, and imagine that it's 1910 and I'm writing a letter with a quill pen. I love the way the fabric rustles softly as I turn around. In those moments, I feel light as a dandelion.

I have a special love for antique jewelry. Small brooches with delicate patterns, rings with misty stones, earrings that look like dewdrops. I always wonder: who wore them before me? Whose secrets did they hear? When I pin an antique brooch to my dress, it seems to me that I am friends with the past.

And I also love lamps. Not the modern bright ones, but the ones that shine with a warm golden light. I have one - with a cream shade and a thin leg, a little worn, but very noble. In the evening I turn off the overhead light and leave it alone. The room immediately becomes soft, as if wrapped in a cashmere blanket. I sit on the floor, spread out old postcards, decorations, ribbons - and take pictures. The light falls on them so gently that it seems as if time slows down.

They tell me I live in my own little world. Maybe. But this world always smells a little like dust from old books and a little like perfume with a hint of vanilla. There is always soft music playing, and there is always room for beauty.

I'm just a person who knows how to notice light. But I know one thing for sure: as long as there's tenderness, lace, and warm lights, I'll be happy.