Arranged. Sometimes you chance across things which were arranged on purpose, or on a whim – find something in your environment which was arranged by a human hand for others to enjoy! I found this heart on a beach on Koh Samui, Thailand, on Valentine’s Day I added the text and the texture for one [...]
Last Sunday, 18 December, a group of us went for a walk in my favourite spot – Sandima. These are some of the photos I took. view of the hillside with the ruins of the houses of the villages of Sandima and Gokcebelen in the distance view down hill to the bay of Yalikavak wild [...]
12.11.2011 On a glorious sunny afternoon I drove up to the abandoned Greek village of Sandima. It’s a place I love visiting as there is always something to photograph. High on the hillsides were vivid splashes of colour from the trees which are fast losing their leaves. sunlight streamed through the leaves on the trees [...]
According to Julia Cameron in her book “the artist’s way”, “an artist date is “a block of time, perhaps two hours weekly, especially set aside and committed to nurturing your creative consciousness, your inner artist. In its most primary form, the artist date is an excursion, a play date that you preplan and defend against [...]
Kim Klassen’s Texture Tuesday challenge this week was to use a photo containing the colour red and to use at least one of her textures. I did 2 versions of the same photo as I couldn’t decide which one I liked best. this one uses the autumn burst texture but I removed the texture from [...]
This week’s Texture Tuesday inspired by Kim Klassen’s cafe is “gratitude”. I have used 2 of Kim’s textures: burnt edges and simple things in this photo. I am sure these kittens are expressing nothing but gratitude to their mum! Mum is a street cat (ie. she doesn’t belong to anyone) in Turkey and some [...]
Kim Klassen’s Texture Tuesday challenge this week required us to use her texture called “autumn burst” with an option to add some text that included the word “do”. This is my offering. The photo was taken in the abandoned village of Sandima in south western Turkey. I love visiting this village at any time of [...]
It was sunny again this afternoon so I went for a walk, firstly in Yalikavak where I found this colourful garden. Then I drove up into the hills to the abandoned village of Sandima which provided lots of great shots with masses of flowers. an old water cistern On my way back I spotted an [...]
This is an ornament I made for a friend using some of her old and broken bits of jewellry. The central bead – the orange, blue and white one – is a Turkish bead for protection against the evil eye. Most homes in Turkey have several such evil eye ornaments. The colour scheme was chosen [...]
On Easter Sunday afternoon we joined the Bodrum hash house harriers on their traditional run. Well, 5 keen people ran and the rest of us walked and enjoyed the warm sunny weather and the masses of flowers everywhere. The perfume from the orange blossom in the orange groves was almost overpowering but glorious all the [...]
