Summer Scavenger Hunt

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Rindas wonderful Scavenger Hunt. 2 pages to share today.

Item 1 A self Portrait, in Dublin
Item 3 A fire, in the hotel
Item 11 A forrest, in Wicklow
Item 15 A wooden Bridge at Glendalough
Item 5 A public meeting in Dublin
Item 20 A roadside memorial, in the Wicklow mountains
Item 19 A beehive, I noticed this in a village nearby on a journey home. I didn’t have my camera so went back the next day. That’s how the Scavenger Hunt got to me.

And the last 7 items to complete Rinda’s Summer Scavenger Hunt 2011.

Item 9 I found the unicycle in a sports shop in WSM £90.00 to you!
Item 16 The glass building is the Aviva Stadium Landsdowne Road Dublin. I love that I just saw it ‘in the middle of a housing estate!’ as we were on our way to the airport.
Item 15 Carters Steam Fair in WSM.
Item 6 Barry Waterfront Festival was awash with Pirates and Honest Seafaring Men as these two said they were.
Item 18 Sketching in WSM.
Item 13 6th century cemetery in Glendalough Co Wicklow.
Item 2 The world famous, one and only helicopter museum is right here in WSM

This was such a wonderful challenge. I really hope there will be another one (pretty please) Thank you Rinda.

Something…

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…gorgeous arrived in the post!

my first mail art, a lovely packet, beautifully decorated form Heather.


Thank you so much, I love it.
Sorry about the photo’s they don’t do the parcel justice. I have a new phone & haven’t got the hang of the thing yet.
I have been so nervous about my idea until today. I was thinking along the same lines as Heather, but never having done anything like this before, well, I just made it up! We will have to wait to see what my recipient thinks of her parcel. I will put it in the post tomorrow, providing the post office accept it and I can afford the postage having used so much glue & ‘cello tape, it should arrive early next week.

Learn Something New Everyday

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I was definitely 100% positive I wasn’t going to do this class again this year and then I got the e-mail!
I can resist anything but temptation & A Shimelle Class.
I made a plan. Digital, 5×7 photo paper, 1/2 the page journalling 1/2 the page photo’s. Simples. I don’t always follow the prompts, I’ll put the pages back to back & bind them on the binder whose name I have forgotten!

Here are days 1-7

Thursday 1st Oil removal
Today I learned that Surgical spirit and a great deal of patience are required to remove the oil on the carpet left by these shoes! I was very diplomatic when I mentioned said oil last night but the tell tale trail that led to his room gave him away.


I have Lion, the new operating system installed on my mac. I love it! I just had a couple of hours to play with it before we left for our weekend away. It has some lovely new features. I imagine learning Lion will feature in this LSNED project often.
Lionesses because the Lion is busy with me!

This beautiful Tall Ship is called Stavros S Niarchos. She has 18 sails, is 45 metres from top mast to water, 59 metres long and has 17 miles of rope, most of which Valerie & I photographed this weekend at Barry Waterfront Festival.


Forgotten soup
We were so exhausted after a fabulous birthday weekend with Alan that we needed comfort food! I made soup. Potato, Leek & Carrot were abundant in the fridge so vegetable soup it was. I served some beautiful fresh beef ravioli with it for a tired, wet and hungry son when he came in from work.
And Happy Birthday Alan.


Timing
I’ll only be a minute; this will only take a second. I’ll just finish this. I know exactly how long it takes to get from A to B. I know how long it takes to prepare and cook a meal. I know how long it takes to walk the dog and I know how quickly I can clean up.
I have absolutely no concept of time when it comes to working or playing on my mac. I really and truly think I will only be a second just finishing this before I come to bed. I don’t think I will ever learn that everything on here absorbs me so completely that it sometimes takes hours!


Learning from others
Today I learned as I played with photoshop. The history only keeps 20 actions before it starts to delete. I learned about taking a snapshot of it so at least I can get back to a place I liked when I am playing with filters. Thank you Paul x


I wrote my page for today and then wondered if there was a text speak translator on t’internet. Silly me, of course there is! I put my journalling in and got this!!
I got a txt frm d opticians 2day 2 sA dat my nu glasses wr ReD Hooray!. Ive bn despo 4 em. Ive bn warin d rong prescript ion 4 fr 2 lng. (another story n lerning point!) I also wtd 2 snd bac r electoral registration Dtails 2day. I went2 cYn & post it wen I noticd dat hre wz somit Ls u cUd txt. whatevah wl it B nxt. praps LSDN wl B n txt spk nxt yr? It’s a thort.

Thanks for looking, I’m rubbish at the forum!

Texture Tuesday

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Kim’s Challenge this week was to use her Autumn Burst Texture which is fabulous. We could interpret the verb ‘do’ as an either/or. Yes, of course I did both.
When I saw the prompt ‘do’ I thought “I do” so here’s a family picture to start

Thomas & Helena my grandparents on their Wedding Day April 1929

I was looking for a photo to try this new texture on and thought the light of the daisy and the dark of the texture would work, so I had a play. I like it. Then this song popped into my head. Oh, all day long it stayed with me.

I thought the texture would look nice on a building, this is actually the home that Helena was in for the last part of her life. It was/is very beautiful both inside and out. As was Helena. x

There are some fabulous textured photo’s over here this week.

Ten on the Tenth

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It’s the tenth of the month again, where did last month go?
I am linking to Shimelle again with some thoughts about September, ten of course.

I love September. I love the fragrance
and colour of Autumn. It has a ‘a new
start’ feel about it. It is the last quarter
of the year with Christmas at the end.

I always take the first two weeks in
September as annual leave

Smaller children wearing their shiny
new school uniforms start walking
past my window again

Shimelle’s Learn Something New
Everyday class starts

The weather changes, the heating
goes on, I un-pack my winter clothes
from their (short!) summer storage and
start looking for a new winter coat and
hat. (I already bought new gloves!)

Alan’s annual birthday bash to which
all the family went this year. We meet
up with people from last year and of
course some new friends are made.

There are three family birthdays, all
celebrated at the party.

Two family wedding anniversaries,
including ours, celebrated at the party.

September 11 brings quiet and sobering
thoughts.

The world around me changes colour,
trees have their autumn leaves,
hedgerows laden with red berries for
the birds and blackberries for us, if
we’re quick!

Strictly is back on the TV!

There are many and varied Ten on the Tenth posts here this month.