journey along an ordinary life: January 2012

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Monday, 30 January 2012

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Connect the dots and see the light

Solarjar from Consol. You can fill it with anything you like, I added these glass pebbles.

Postcards from Japan and the Netherlands

Sekiyado Castle at Chiba. Japan.

Another language, another perspective

So, more things borrowed from the Goethe-Institut library, some DVDs this time. It's pretty much the luck of the draw because I don't know any of the directors etc, so my selection was based on packaging alone.
Watched the first two short films on MY WALL last night, enjoyed them both. Learned about the island of Kivalina, Alaska where global warming is so in-their-face, their 250m beach has disappeared but they don't want to leave, they want to preserve their tribe and their way of life.
http://kivalinacity.com/

Printer's Block

Those were the days, my friend...

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Chinese New Year

Year of the Dragon!

Eat Chinese tonight.

Mosaic

This mosaic on the corner of Jan Smuts and Buckingham Avenue is made up with bottle tops.

Monday, 23 January 2012

Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Tshwane

New Windows application

As seen in Braamfontein.

Second oldest pub

Kitchener’s Carvery Bar, is Johannesburg’s second oldest pub.

Blue Heron Rising

I bought the print at Velo, Braamfontein. Part of 'Inspired by Japan' - a project where woodblock printmakers collaborate to support relief efforts for Japan.
To read more about this print: http://barenforum.org/japan/prints/dwinell_carole.html