photo app fun continued or get thee to the app store

this is the same photo as yesterday, run through the tiny planet app.  after that, i got a little obsessed. but it was way fun!

swans on our lake.

the lighthouse at blåvandshuk

husband at the north sea

an old german bunker on the west coast of denmark

amber hunter at the north sea - i LOVE the birds in flight.

and here it is flipped the other way in the app. even cooler, don't you think?

a watch tower at sunset on the west coast.

and the same photo played with in the diptic app.

get thee to the app store, i tell you. 

iPhones are a very good thing. 

i wonder if other phones actually still exist?

photo app fun

it's been awhile since i got all excited photographically-speaking, but i just had to share a new app that kristina (who is ALWAYS ahead of the curve on the cool stuff (she was on pinterest before pinterest was all the rage)) turned me on to.  it's called montage. it lets you cut out shapes and layer your photos. it's not entirely intuitive, but it's usable once you get the hang of it.

to do this photo, i used no less than 4 apps - i took and treated the original photo in vintage camera. then i loaded it into montage, along with another photo from a week or so ago - and clipped that photo into a circle. i played with it a bit to get it sized and placed as i wanted it. then i cropped it in photogene and uploaded it all to instagram. a little bit the long route, but worth the fun.  funny, how my old favorite - hipstamatic, isn't even on the radar anymore.  i do still occasionally use camera+.

it's good i discovered this, as my month of iPhone photos only was wearing a bit thin. it's been good for my photo mojo, as i'm ready to go back to the big girl camera come february 1.

what are your favorite photo apps?

things you can do when you have a cough

have i mentioned that i have the cough from hell? it's keeping me up half the night and giving me fits all day long. i get some relief from this opium-laced cough syrup, tho' it also leaves me unable to operate any machinery heavier than my iPhone. the lack of sleep is making me decidedly crabby.

so i went to the library for a little inspiration. i picked up a book of pretty pictures of workspaces and fell in love with the light and with the ladder and with the stacks of books in this shot.

the low ceilings around here meant my old ladder from the bathroom at the old house was too tall to be used, so instead i took one side of an antique iron bed i brought over from the US when sabin was a baby and used it as a ladder to hang up some works in progress - both as decor and as a reminder to work on them.

i picked up another book at the library...of course it's on nordic food and i love the look of this vegetable garden bread - leaving the veg rustic and whole in a focaccia - i'll definitely be trying this as soon as i feel better.

i pulled myself together and hung up some of our paintings that we did at the old house. they used to hang in my blue room and now they're on the wall behind the couch. i don't know why i didn't hang them ages ago. it makes it look like people actually live here.

there was even time for a bit of bunny love. the bunnies are wild demons as they chase one another around the cage, but as soon as you bring them inside, they're snuggle central.

and now, back to my knitting...

what do you do to pass the time when you're feeling under the weather?

the way is clear, the light is good

the way is clear,

the light is good,

i have no fear,

nor no one should.

the woods are just trees,

the trees are just wood.

i sort of hate to ask it,

but do you have a basket?

into the woods

and down the dell,

the path is straight,

i know it well.

into the woods,

and who can tell

what's waiting on the journey?

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a feather stone for the first person who knows where these lyrics come from.

preferably without googling it.

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i'm planning on having a slow year. 

and january is starting off a bit slow. 

i have a cough from hell. 

so i'm taking opium-laced cough syrup,

which gives the world a kind of a golden tinge.

and makes me feel all floaty.

and a bit distant.

but that said, it really doesn't seem that bad.

hello twenty twelve!

a brand new year, fresh, pristine, just like a brand new egg.  2012, i have a lot of plans for you. 

i know it's just another day on a calendar, but it does feel like a fresh start.

let's use it wisely, shall we?

so i've been thinking...

~ everyone should go to the beach at least once a month, just to clear their heads.

~ about whether you can eat the seaweed found on our northerly beaches.

~ and if so, which kind?

~ about the great wars of the last century (i'm reading ken follett's fall of giants, which is set in WWI) and the residues they have left behind.

~ about the need for an editor. and perhaps also a translator. or maybe just some english lessons. unless they really did want people to line up their dogs...

~ that sometimes the best course of action on a sink full of dirty dishes is to pour a glass of wine, turn out the light and go settle into the big chair with a good book. after all, those dishes aren't going anywhere.

~ leaving one square of toilet paper on an otherwise empty roll does not excuse you from changing it.

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what are you thinking about in this liminal week, while we wait for the new year?