Isabella and The Staircase Gallery.

Isabella and The Staircase Gallery.

Isabella was a fan of photography. She had purchased some pieces from a couple of local artists and had strategically placed them in her staircase gallery. For hours, Isabella would perch on the stairs admiring the images. Sometimes, she would take her journal and write about how the images made her feel, about the ‘story’ behind the images, their composition, the light, the dark, the shadows. Once, Isabella decided to do her journal-ling after a few too many wines. Unfortunately staircases and inebriation do not mix. Isabella again learned this valuable lesson when her right Achilles heal was sliced open by the sharp edge of every step in her staircase gallery.

Isabella plays Hide and Seek.

Isabella plays Hide and Seek.

As an only child & being home-schooled , Isabella never really grasped the concept of hide & seek. Even now in her 20s she believed that if she couldn’t see you then you couldn’t see her. It made for a very fast game. She later told the story about when her mother had forgotten that they were playing & she was ‘hiding’ for hours and hours. It was fun until the sun went down & she couldn’t find her way back to the house. From that day on she vowed only to play the game during daylight hours.