A rainy day at Viva Bahia…

 

We have been told by the weather service that today will be a cloudy and rainy day, so we are prepared for just that. We have the book to read and a plan for shopping chocolate cakes. I love the rainy days here at the hotel in Majorca. It brings a lot of thunder and lightning and the rain can be pouring down. We got the camera ready so we can try to catch the lightning.

Yesterday I was walking through all the hotels on the strip looking for cool water fontains to photograph. When you are looking for them they are not so easy to find.  But, I did find them, and the pools with fish and waterlillies. I like those.

On todays card I used a sharp objeckt to write on wet acrylic paint. Easy and fun.

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For me to finish in time with the rest of my class: I have to make 15 of this cards in one day when I come home from my holiday. If I don’t finish in time I don’t think I ever will so I have every intention to catch up in one day.

It is a beautiful morning ….

m…with no clouds in sight. Yesterday we had a few hours of cloudy weather, but it turned through out the day. In the meantime my brother had me running around taking photos. I did plan to work on my lessons in my photography 101 class. My brother has decided that I have a lot to learn so he is keeping me busy.  He is sending me outside for a photo safari more then once a day. The last lesson yesterday was all about water. That should be easy around here. But, you just can not take photos of the kids in the pool. With all the perverts running around I don’t think the parents would like that. So I need to find running water. Not so much of that in this hotel, but I will look further down the street.

I loved making this card. We used clear embossing to make a background that matched the color of the card-stock. I liked it so much that I did not want to clutter it with picture and more stash.

Well, I had breakfast and it is time to go looking for water, and the beach is next up.

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….with no clouds in sight.

There is not any scrapbooking…

…to be done while being on vacation, but I did bring all my lessons from my photography 101 class. And I have been taking photos. That is not easy with all the light, the sun and the sea. But I am trying. We are all morning birds and we are the first ones to enter the breakfast buffet every morning. It looks like the days are getting shorter every time we come here. So we need to get an early start to be able to do want we want to be done.

I miss my scrapbooking. I had so much going on when my vacation came up so it was hard to leave. And I wish I could have been there for the big wig party this weekend. But this is a very good second place to be.

Today we are planning to do the beach walk into Can Piqafort. Someone got some shopping to do and I am tagging along with my camera. Even if it almost gives a heart attack to drag the camera along in all this sand.

Note to home:

Moises says hallo. He was so disappointed that Tor stayed at home. Last night we drank all to much red wine for dinner so we are a little slow this morning.

The mojo has left the house…

…It took me a long time to figure out what”the cool people” talked about. If you, like me, don’t fall into the cool category, mojo is a word used for inspiration. Greeting the new day at 5 am six days in a row kills the mood. I had to take a nap when I came home from work this afternoon.

It has been a warm summer day. Even the machines needed to be showered with cold water today. I have just been downstairs and checked that all the freezers worked. Knock on wood, everything still worked. The machines just don’t handle the heat, and that makes me dislike the summer. That again makes me feel even worse.

Close to midnight we have a beautiful sunset, making a perfect scene for the couple celebrating their wedding across the street.

Even though I haven’t been doing anything creative today, I have been working a little on my photography skills. I still don’t have a clue of what I am doing. The only thing I like when I empty my memory card is some weird photos, like this one:

A kind of sunset....

I was reading up on my photography class when a classmate put up this link;what-the-heck-is-an-aperture. I liked the way she approached the questions. It was more like; how to take a photo, for dummies. That is right up my ally. Well, I am going to bed crossing my fingers for my mojo to come home tomorrow.

We spent some time on The Atlantic Road….

…photographing today. My nephew Tor was so kind to take me out there so I could use my camera somewhere outside my doorsteps. I had fun, but of all the photos taken, I only got a few that I was happy with. Among all the tourists at the Atlantic Road today I met this little happy guy;

A happy tourist on The Atlantic Road

 

One more happy tourist.

 

Tourist?...No, I think I know this guy....

 

Freedom Friday challenge was Tina Bennett’s to give. And what a fun challenge that was. I picked the only photo I was happy with today. Not because it was good but because I liked it.

Freedom Friday with Tia Bennet - front page.

...and the back...

Tomorrow I will read the small print in Barbaras lessons.

I am getting ready for my Photography 101-class…

…I think….

I feel a little intimidated by all the photo specks and I have no idea what Barbara is talking about. I try to keep up with what is going on at the message board and read her critics in the gallery. Reading the critics and study the photos helps a lot. It has been cloudy and rainy days since we started the class so there has not been so much photographing. Since there are no happy kiddies, dolls or teddy bears in my home, I am pretty much depending on going outside. To day I have been outside for a few moments.

Our first week challenge was the word BLUE. This is my blue…

Challenge week 1 : Blue.

The second week challenge was metal. Lucky I did find metal just outside my doorsteps.

Challenge week two: Metal

Challenge week two; more metal.

There is no end to the metal outside my home….

Challenge week two; Metal.

Maybe it is time someone took care of all this metal….

I am so happy that Tor promised to take me on a photo shoot at The Atlantic Road tomorrow. We have a three hour gap between our shifts tomorrow and it is going to be a beautiful summer day. That is going to be so much fun.

Wacky Wednesday week 3: Kelli Crowe.

I really enjoyd Kelli`s ideas and I think I share her love for punching….

My Photography 101 – class….

…with Barbara Carrol started today. I have been waiting for the BPS classroom to open all day. That did not happen before I came home from work this afternoon. I guess the timezones are having fun with me. I have read and heard and I am still as confused as I was yesterday. I do believe that it will turn in a few weeks. To be honest as I tend to be….I still haven`t turned my camera to manual. But, one of these days I will. Barbare said; take your camera outside and take pictures – that is the only way you will learn. I can`t deny that fact.

This weekend I might get some fresh air. We have not been promised the best weather but you never know around here. This Saturday, Molde international jazz festival starts. That is the big happening during the summer. A festival is always better in warm nice weather.

Besides the photography class I made a 12×12 layout this evening. I could get used to this format. I only bought the page protectors to see if this was something I could like. I might go for a 12×12 album and mix all the formats in one. Already do 8×8 in my letter album and both of them goes in the 12×12.

“I got a plan”. Yes she did. While her grandfather and I looked at her she got her self all soaked. Funny girl.