Ever since I was little I dreamt of being able to go to Venice, ever since I first heard about it. It had such a wonderful magic aura about it all. Ever since we moved to Italy a few years back, I've been so lucky that this year is the second time I went to see it and magic it remains. I'm a bit late posting my pictures, but this magic I cannot withold.
Many years ago I made a switch to digital as so many people do. The math I did was that since I developed so many rolls of film it would take about 2 years before I had earned my then Nikon D70 back. I don't know how long I had that camera before I sold it and upgraded to a D300, which I only had for 6 months and regretted having bought as soon after the D700 came out. I love the D700. The high ISO, quick sharp images, what else would one want. Well of course when I go looking at pictures on the internet the ones that allure me the most are those made with film. Of course that look can be achieved by photoshop, but I'm probably too lazy and the instant "I've got that effect" when using real film is very appealing :) But then life goes so fast with three kids, so film is not a great option for me. All the more since my film camera is a fully manual camera, the Nikon FM2 (Yes I'm very much a Nikon girl) But to develop a roll of film now and then is a great joy. The only thing to master now is how to keep the scanner dustfree...
And it continues to snow and the kids are happily off school today because of it. It's nice to have that once in a while. I'm not sure the chickens are very happy with the snow though...
I love it when it snows. I always hope there won't be too little snow and when it gets too much of course that can turn into a hassle but what we've had the last few days has been perfect. Also the temperature is such that apart from the roads that have been cleared, it stays a picture perfect white scenery whereever you go. It means lots of walking and enjoying for me.
Ah well, that was over a year ago that I had the intention to start more regular postings on my blog, but as life sometimes just happens without good intentions being executed more than a year can easily pass. Again I have the same intention, but only the future will be able to tell whether it will happen :)
I went to London for a few days. First reason was to visit a dear friend and I also had in mind to do the Leica M9 experience workshop given in the Leica Mayfair store. It was no problem getting a spot there. More about that another time. It wasn't until a few days before I left I finally found the time to see what else there was I could do in London and it turned out there is a big Hockney exhibition in the Royal Academy of Arts. The RAA is my most favorite exhibition space and Hockney is one of my favorite artists, so it was easy to decide I wanted to see that. However although the exhibition just started the weekend I was trying to find out how to get tickets, it turned out all tickets in presale had already been sold, so my only chance was to go to the RAA and hope to get tickets on the day itself. I arrived there 9:30am and doors open at 10am. There was already a queue. According to the guard outside it would take approximatly half an hour to get in from that point.
As I was waiting one of the two ladies in front of me put on a plactic cap. This is something I've only seen people and although I don't like using cliches, but really I've only seen old ladies use these type of plastic caps.
On New Year's Eve I'm making a final post for the year. I hope I'll be able to post a bit more regularly next year, starting tomorrow :) Have a good one everyone
One of my favorite stores in the USA is Williams Sonoma. Anything you need in the kitchen you will find there. I've seen quite a few stores, but this was the biggest ever. Four levels of kitchen goodness. If you are ever in San Francisco, Union Square, go and see
My daughter and I don't enter every week, but still quite regularly. <a href="http://www.spoonflower.com/contest_voters/new?contest_id=45">Voting</a> has started. Please look at all the nice entries and you can vote for as many as you like
The Summer flies by while the kids have their school. Although I 've been on the internet on and off, I feel I haven't had time to keep up with my daily two. I've been taking pictures every day, but many days without much thought and I haven't been happy how my daily two has been heading, since my initial thought was to take a picture inside and one outside, but I've had to let that go a long time ago. Now I think it is time to let it go all together. Instead I want to share the pictures that I'm really happy with. This Summer more than others we've had lots of cooling down in water
Lately I've been almost obsessed with Spoonflower. They also run a weekly contest. My daughter has been so keen to join in for a while now and this week her entry is finally in. She loves the idea of the mouse being afraid of the cat, the cat of the dog and the dog of the mouse
If you have time, I would so much appreciate if you go and vote.
My own design is there as well. All the papers I've used were designed by myself as well, although initially intended for another project, which I'll post about probably next month after I have the fabric printed, it came in very handy with this design as well. The nice thing about Spoonflower is that you can vote for any design you like, you don't have to choose just one. Voting is open till Tuesday. Thanks :)
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