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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Online Art Course/Verkkokurssi Summer 2007
Our course was somehow built around the word ‘Landscape’ . We were shown a thumbnail of this painting by Elin Danielson-Gambogi and told to write a paragraph about our impressions of the painting, what feelings we had and what memories … Continue reading
Online Art Course/Verkkokurssi Summer 2007: first f2f meeting
During the summer I took part in my first online art course with Minna Katteus. In our first face-to-face meeting, we did group work. Group 1 Group 2 : Group 3 Group 4 I was able to learn about art … Continue reading
Posted in Art Courses
Tagged art course, group work, Moodle, on line, Taiteen perusopetusta (Basic art course), writing
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Cabbage girl
This is a small part of a photo I took of a cabbage. Isn’t she sweet?:-)
Posted in Art, Video and Photography
Tagged cabbage, Local and nature photos, photography
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150 Headers
I’ve just made 100 headers for this blog from some of my paintings, using PhotoShop Elements 4. They will appear randomly at the top these pages. If you’d like to see the paintings themselves, then take a tour of my … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Technical
Tagged Art Exhibitions, headers, painting, photo manipulation, PhotoShop Elements 4
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Olivia’s nine-month check-up
Olivia went to the Children’s hospital today for her nine-month check-up. It was a month late. She’s really ten months old now from her ‘due date’, and 13 months from the day she entered our world, weighing 770 gms! She’s … Continue reading
Posted in Finland and Finnish Culture, Language Learning
Tagged language skills, Toddlers
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‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini
I’ve just read and thoroughly enjoyed ‘The Kite Runner’ , a short novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini . Have you read it too? It is the first novel published in English (in 2003) by an author from Afghanistan. I … Continue reading
Henriette’s art exhibition
This evening I went to the Opening of my friend Henriette’s art exhibition, ‘Glass Houses’, in Tapanila, Helsinki, Finland.It was quite far from home, so I was lucky to get a lift with a good neighbour, Frank. It was in … Continue reading
The status of women in Islam
I came across this interesting paper today, and would like to share it with you: The Status of Women in Islam Jamal A. Badawi provides a brief and authentic exposition of the teachings of Islam regarding women. CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION … Continue reading
An autumn walk locally
Today, I took some photos of the leaves just outside my home , and then, as usual, I walked to the seaside along this green, sunny path. The sunlight was beautiful, tho’ the temperature was just above zero centigrade. There … Continue reading
Posted in Nature and wildlife photographs, Video and Photography
Tagged colours, green, Local and nature photos, path, poodles, shadows, trees
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Stone creatures in or by the sea at Stone Bay
There were some underwater creatures very close to the shore. These ones were large! These ones were small, white and foamy, floating in the water and blowing in the wind. Through the water I could also see long thin creatures … Continue reading