MOVING THE SETTINGS...

taken 9.25.11

Breakfast of a "Champion"

well - I don't know about the 

"champion" title BUT

fruit + cottage cheese + slivered almonds

=

TASTY!

I think I've posted similar pictures

(about my breakfast)

but I was playing with the settings on my camera!

Took 51 pictures & this is the ONLY one I liked!

back to practicing with my settings...

This is a two movie weekend!

saw "The Debt" last night

(starring Helen Mirren)

edge of the seat suspense...

a matinee this afternoon

"Moneyball"

(Brad Pitt plays Billy Beene, the Oakland A's

manager who put together his winning team

using computer analysis)

What movies have you seen?

THE COLOR WHEEL-PART 1...

"floating flowers" ~ a rainbow of warm colors

Color Wheel ~ image found HERE

Kat Sloma's BLOG continues to stimulate my creative eye! peek at my recent post HERE, or CHECK HERE ~ why, I've been attempting to apply Kat's suggestions to my photography since DECEMBER 2010.

In her current EXPLORING WITH A CAMERA series, she asked us to browse our photo library & identify our "COLOR EYE" using the color wheel shown at the top of the post. From my photo file, I've listed samples of each category and provided a simple definition:

MONOCHROMATIC 

:: a single color ::

Natural History Museum ~ Oxford, England

"ornate" detail of column

shades of yellow-orange

ANALOGOUS

:: 2-3 colors with a common color ::

Big Sur ~ Nepenthe

"sparkly" set of stars

yellow + red-orange + orange

CHROMATIC GRADATION

:: a range of colors in a sequence ::

Portobello Market ~ London, England

"cool" hydrangeas

blue + blue-violet + violet + red-violet + red

An observation: my "COLOR EYE" tends to focus on colors that are contrasts... 

Astro-turf Car ~ London, England

umm, I wonder if contrasts will be Part 2 of the Color Wheel? check back or better yet, participate in Kat's EXPLORING WITH A CAMERA exercise!!

What COLORS do you find in your photo files?

TWO TWO-WHEELERS!

Monterosso ~ Cinque Terre, Italy (summer 2005)

JPE was looking at the gorgeous architecture!

I was looking at the PURPLE bike!

A SEAT + TWO PEDALS...

neighborhood park ~ Amsterdam, Holland ~ June 2005

What blogs do you check every day? Kat's blog, KAT EYE VIEW OF THE WORLD is one of my daily indulgences!

In today's post, Kat was talking about riding her bike... her description about learning to appreciate the "physical-ness" involved in riding a bike & riding with the "guys" brought back --- a flood of memories --- MY times spent riding bikes!

our room ~ middle, 4th window from left

One of my favorite bike riding memories happened during our European trip the summer of 2005. 


JPE & I started a month long European vacation with a brief stay at the Amstel Botel - YES, we stayed in a BOAT hotel for two nights! 

view of Amsterdam from our botel window!

As might be expected, our sleep cycles needed to be adjusted to European time, so we decided to spend our first day in Amsterdam ~ doing what the locals do! 

GOING FOR A BIKE RIDE... 

gingerbread-like home

JPE & I packed our day bags with water, snacks & a light weight shirt... walked a block toward the Amsterdam train station & rented bikes for the day.

no traffic to worry about!

Armed with a map of bike trails, we took a ferry across the channel & headed into the countryside!

IMAGINE... 


riding a bike along narrow roads...
catching a glimpse of life in adorable, gingerbread like homes...
admiring colorful flower boxes which decorated each window...

pontoon crossing

GOSH... we wouldn't been able to cover so many miles if we'd been walking!  


at one point in our journey, we took a small, flat pontoon boat to cross this channel...


AND, the bike trail cut through the pontoon owner's property! but he seemed thrilled to share a section of his farmlands with bike riders! what a treat!

check out the height of the hedge!

On this street, everyone had planted a tree hedge - which we later learned were "privacy hedges" ~ The hedges prevented direct views into the home's bedroom windows! CLEVER idea!


Winters in Amsterdam could be described as dark. long. cold... so during mild weather days, everyone ventures outdoors to enjoy the sun, fresh air & spend time socializing in neighborhood parks, restaurants, & public squares.

typical house along the bike route!

WELL, we had a nice, deep sleep that night! BUT... we made sure to put the sunscreen in our day pack! our sunburns turned into a nice, healthy tan... it took only 2-3 days for the sensitive-ness to go away!

Thanks for the memory jog, Kat! 

BLINK OF AN EYE...

leaf on the doorstep ~ 9.16.11

The weekend flew by with the "blink of an eye"...

"GUERILLA ART" COMES TO SLO!

Chorro St across from SLO Mission ~ 9.12.11

"Artists are among the most generous of people.

Perhaps inherent in the appreciation of creativity

comes a deep, underlying love of humanity

and our Earth."

~ Kelly Borheim

:: GUERILLA ART ::

"any art developed in PUBLIC SPACES - that is

'in the streets' --- is generally unsanctioned art ---

meaning it is not sponsored or organized

by a person, organization or governmental agency"

My first foray into the term GUERILLA ART

happened when I ran across

KERI SMITH'S BLOG.

After reading her BIO, I've come to the conclusion

she's a very down-to-earth gal,

who happens to be an artist, 

and is learning to "mommie" her young son! 

She doesn't have 2-heads,

nor a totally "TAT-ed out body"

and she doesn't use a spray can to share her art!

GUERILLA ARTISTS

~~ generally, want to remain anonymous ~~

~~ aren't interested in defacing property ~~

~~ want to share the "quirky" side of life ~~

KERI lists some very simple ideas for creating

your own GUERILLA ART at THIS LINK!!!

found upon googling Guerilla Art ~ curious? 

follow this LINK

I just had to learn more about this picture... 

SiLLy, fUnNy sTuFF

 using miniature people to create art

see more at this site:

LITTLE PEOPLE...

!! Hilarious !!

more GUERILLA ART...

Portland, Oregon ~ image FOUND here

...what fun to tell people you live on the street

decorated with six giant carrots!

leg warmers? 

Back to SLO ~ here's another view of the

GUERILLA ART Mom & I found last Sunday!

hand stand?

Have you run across GUERILLA ART

in your community?

(this post is dedicated to ACE who's planning some GUERILLA ART for her "un-named community")