Welcome to Chaos !!

ICU is an abbreviation for intensive care unit and that is where a friend is right now. There are beeping machines, tubes, needles, bags with fluids......I am so sensitive to anything blood and needle related that I was close to fainting today. I had to sit down, concentrate on my breathing and hope to not pass out. BARF! I have a lot of respect and admiration for the people that work in hospitals caring for others.
I don't think I could do it. I am way too sensitive.
Anyhow.....I am hoping for a complete recovery within the near future for my friend. Life is crazy sometimes.
A few days ago when I visited for the first time I saw a small dead bird by a trashcan next to the hospital entrance. I picked it up in a white napkin and put it in a less busy area, next to a tree. Such a pretty little bird, golden and green feathers. It was so still and peaceful looking. Of course I started crying......thinking about life and death and that one day life will get very difficult to deal with due to sad circumstances. It scares me, I don't want to. Sometimes I don't want to live because I don't want to go through emotional pain.
What is the meaning of life? I don't understand.





Some sort of a blood container or blood pumping machine? Scary!



And now to a whole different topic. Watermelon. Did you know that watermelon is a diuretic? I just learned that. My brother loves watermelon and when he was here he ate a bunch every day, so I started eating it too. One evening I had a bowl of watermelon before bedtime and I had to get up and pee six times during the night. I was like.....I did not know one had to pee this much from eating some watermelon! Now I am addicted, I am eating watermelon every day. I need to learn how to pick a whole one that is nice, ripe and sweet so I can cut it up myself.

My photos are in another coffee table book. This one is called Scenic Curves by Wes VanDinter and can be purchased (hardcover) on Amazon. I have four pics in the book.
"A collection of 172 images from photographer Wes VanDinter (aka "wesfoto").
The work is influenced by the photographer's vast desert surroundings in and around Las Vegas, Nevada (some images are from elsewhere). These are a compilation of landscape images that accentuate the beauty and sensual nature of the models."
If you are looking for a nice coffee table book for you or as a gift for somebody, I think that Scenic Curves is a great choice.
The other coffee table book I am in is called live...love...SMILE , by WOLF189 photography and that one can also be purchased at Amazon. Also a great book for you or another person that is a fan of photography.



Photographer Wes VanDinter.
PS.....this looks like me in the pic above but it is not me. I had to ask Wes because I thought that was a pic of me but no. The model in the pic is Wendy.

So after one week at Burning Man (I have already been away from Burning Man for several weeks now - it feels unreal) the time came for the last night........and the end was in sight. It is not a fun feeling at all.
It was a Sunday night. That is the night when the Temple burns down but I don't go to that anymore. Too sad. Instead I head out and take in all the sights and impressions and then I go to Planet Earth to DANCE! I want to dance and smile my last night. Well, I want to dance every single night when I am at Burning Man.
I had on the best shirt ever but I was so cold that night, even inside Planet Earth, that I spent the most time bundled up but when I did take off my jacket all kinds of people told me they loved my shirt. Me too! So I am wearing the exact same outfit next year.





I ❤ the 80's! If I could be any pop star in the world I think I would be Simon Le Bon. Singing all those amazing songs and looking super sharp while doing it? Yes please. But my huge teenage crush, one of the most beautiful humans ever is Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran). Look at his smile, mouth, eyes and style. Nick has it all. Simon is crushingly good looking too but Nick was always my fave. Still is.
After Planet Earth I went to Center Camp for a hot chai. Iced latte during the day, hot chai at night. So they have a book about Burning Man at Center Camp. It is an extremely entertaining read.....I thought I should mention that fact. You can own your own copy, Burning Man Live: 13 Years of Piss Clear, Black Rock City's Alternative Newspaper .





Woke up around 9 am on Monday September 5. Reluctantly started to take down the tent and packing up. Nooooooooo!!! People were slowly leaving, we were in exodus for about five hours. Grueling.



Thank You! ❤





And that my friends was the last entry of my Burning Man 2016. I hope I can go next year....!

Another year, another Playa Barbie edition. This time the 2016 edition. It is just getting better and better each year......






Are you collecting the different Tatiana Barbies?

Sometimes random people just give you stuff at Burning Man. I always get the best stuff, I love all of my gifts. I keep all of them.
This year while sitting and reading at Center Camp a girl walked by and gave me these, what she called "love crystals". They were in a pretty pouch. ❤



And another time while I was walking away from Center Camp a man walked up to me and gave me this wooden necklace. ❤



I have an idea for what I am going to stock up on and give away next time I am at Burning Man.

I have some more Black Rock City pics to show......
First a pic of ME. 🙂



You have to stay hydrated.



With my brother. ❤



We drank tea.



I spent time at one of my face places to be.....Planet Earth. Depeche Mode time!



Wandered around.....





I like this pic, a stranger at Center Camp.



With friends.



Read the message. New beginnings.....yes, I walked through that door with determination.