Back to school!!!

Our Teacher Mrs. Matlock at jennymatlock.blogspot.com has started up school. We are going through the Alphabet again every Thursday. Please join us, there are so many fabulous bloggers that join in, it is delightful to visit them

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So, for the letter A my word is APPETITE

Since moving to So. Calif, I have discovered new eating establishments...such goooood food. Good for me, probably not so much, but I try to be careful, who I am kidding..

.I .LOVE good food!!

These cupcakes came from a place called DOTS

Never had one of these, Had to try one at the Fair this year...not so great.
Then there are fish tacos...found the BEST fresh fish tacos. Only $1.79. Not bad huh. Soooo good

Found a little Itialian place up at Big Bear. Had to sample their Garlic fritters....sooooo good.

Ok

I'm hungry now, off to have some breakfast.

How is your APPETITE ????

I'm looking for an A+ for this class project, I heard Mrs Matlock is cranky this year.

oops, I better stop giggling!

Back to Venice Beach we go

In my photography class, we were to take a photo at normal range...then zoom to isolate objects within our photo... This was a fun project.

I love pottery. These polka dots are so charming

Wouldn't you love to use one of these colanders.

And little pots.

Farmers Markets here in So. Cal are still going on every weekend. I love them

Rolling Greens Flowers

This was the most beautiful Hydrangia I have ever seen, look at the layers of petals..

And the varity of colors...they look like paper, so beutiful

And Orchids and Orchids, so delightful

And the leaves....

And PINK

Soft yellow with a hint of pink

If you are ever in the neighborhood of Culver City or Beverly Hills,

stop in,

Tomorrow...will be textures...come back and visit

On to Better People watching

I'll confess, Stacey took all these photos, She LOVEs taking pictures of people. Vence Beach was the perfect place to go

At the beach they have these walls and trees and trash cans that they let graffitti artist paint over, every week there is new art work

It was so much fun watching them, they love what they do, it is so nice that there is a legal place for them to spray their art.

The skateboard park was fasinating all I could think of most of the time was...

"stupid boys" and then laugh...when they didnt wear gear, and would go flying off this rail, and they would never land on their feet...stupid boys. hee hee

Actually, I loved watching them

And then there was an odd couple

And then we saw this guy, ouch.

Hope you enjoyed what we saw.

Tomorrow will be pretty pretty pretty.

We went to a place called Rolling Greens, fantastic garden shop in Culver City,

Crazy Venice Beach Day

What a fun day we had people watching...I guess this one speaks for itself. He had a boom box that he was jiggleing to.

This picture above cracked me up!

Then there was muscle beach...oh was this guy ever putting on a show for everyone. All my pictures didn't upload...I'll come back tomorrow with some more. Hope you had a good laugh.

Pink Saturday

Please join Beverly at How Sweet the Sound for more Pink Saturday Posts

I added a photoshop filter to the Pink flower above. Do you know what flower this is??

We needed to get away for a couple of days. So we went up to Big Bear. It looks so much like Oregon I couldn't believe it.

The above picture was taken for my class...I needed a big scenery and everything is in focus

This flower is to be in focus with a blurred background

Another week we were to take movement and make it crystal clear with no blurring. How fun did this one turn out. She was just a dancing in the water, having a good time!



Same with this one, capturing movement...I love how the camera captured all the little droplets.
My photography classes are almost over. I really enjoyed the challenges each week. I made me see things so differently.

Last day of Our Rainbow Class

Our teacher Jenny Matlock at Jennymatlock.blogspot.com has done a wonderful job with her class. We have been posting colors of the rainbow all summer long. Today is the last day. BUT, she is going to be starting up her alphabet class again. It is so much fun, I hope you join in.

So, with that said, the above photo makes me a little sad. It was a desert I shared with my blogging friend Susan when we met in person for the first time. He husband passed away yesterday. My thoughts and prayers are with you Susan.
I love these, flea markets are the best place to take pictures of unusal items.

And best of all, my rainbow colored ferris wheel

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I must take a moment here and let you in on my self discovery.

I have been taking on line photography classes. 3 in fact

while the classes have been fantastic, I discovered....

I really dont care about the f stops and the appature....

I know, I know, I should care...but after taking photo after photo learning this stuff,

then I get in a hurry and I use my AUTO...and I really cant tell a differance...

I have learned how to frame a photo, the lighting,( which I cant always contro)l

I've learned sooo much...but, with this new camera...my AUTO is fantastic.

I dont have a desire to become a professinal...so auto is my friend.
It is more important for me to "capture the moment"

then getting the perfect photo.

My photos are for blogging purposes and for sharing my moments with you all.

Tomorrow I will be back with a few photos of our Moutain weekend getaway

A little itty bitty book

I wanted to make a little gift for my friend DJ, who is, by the way, going to be having an on-line class on her style of book making. Check it out at Gentle Whispering Hues.

So, I made a little tiny note pad using techniques from DJ's class and I made the metal using Stephanie Lee's technique of etching from her class. My plan is to get some of these made up to sell, what do you thing...sale-able?? It measures 1" by 1 1/2"

What color is Liliac??? Oh, its suppose to be Violet

****Update....I had the wrong color, its suppose to be Violet!!!****

I'm sorry Mrs Matlock, please dont make me wear a dunce hat. (lol)

Todays class color is Liliac...What color is liliac, out in nature? Sure you can go get a color

crayon, but if you go to pick out liliac in the paint department...they aren't all the same.

So, here are my bits of Liliac in nature. A little purple, a little pink, a little lavender, a little blue.

It IS a beutiful color

Maybe if you visit Jennymatlock.blogspot.com

you will find the true color of Liliac...

Flea Market on a Budget

Went to the Pasadena Flea Market today to look for goodies for the couple metal classes Im taking, here are the goodies I found!!

I needed just a few tools. Ordering them online or at a jewlery making store...was so expensive.

There is a guy at the flea market that has just about all the tools one would want...I got all 4 things for $13 and no tax...some of those hammers run 23 bucks, I'm a happy camper!!!

Off To The Fair/ Pink Saturday

I took this picture of these fabulous birdhouses on the wall of a Hollywood florist. In honor of Pink Saturday I added a pink cast...below is the original.

Oops, no, I tweeked this one too..added a couple of vintage looking layers. Sorry I couldn't spend more time, Stacey and I are headed to the LA County Fair...its right down the road...It only costs $1 if we go between 10-1...and its suppose to be 114 degrees...ouch!

Indigo and French General

This week the color was Indigo...I have TONs of photos...do you think I could find indigo...I THINK if one looked hard enough...you should see some indigo in this beautiful peacock. To see true Indigo...go visit the other class mates in jennymatlock.blogspot.com

A girlfriend came to visit me...its been well over 16 years since we use to go traipsing around LA looking for shops to visit...We had one day...oh what fun we had...today I'll show you the French General. Packed with happy customers. It was a delight, I will be going back! Here is their logo on the side of the building

There were tables filled with glasses and bottles and dishes FULL to the brim with trinkets for making jewelery...WOW

Such variety!!

And these little samplers we so beautiful in person, I've seen them in their books

And shelves...lined with jars and jars of bead of every color

I did ask permission to take these photos...I told her they would be on my blog

and that I would give them credit...really??? And why wouldn't I? They were sooooo sweet and helpful. There were ladies sitting at another table making jewelery...I wanted to jump in there and do the same!