My hands are sore ...

Since 2 weeks I have terrible sore hands, was not capable of typing so that's why I didn't post! Thru bloodtests we know it's NOT reuma and (as you will understand) that's a relieve!!! What the soreness causes nowbody knows ... it's only guessing till I have an appointment with the neurologist (May). In the mean time I am trying to give my hands some rest ...

Luckely I have my camera which is a lightweight (!!!) and the weather is so beautifull in this time of year. I do a lot of practicing for my photocourse which I am enjoying more every day!

This week we had to choose a picture out of a magazine or paper. I saw this one in Zoom.nl and it intrigated me. I took the challenge of remaking it. I had to do it with a blanc skin man, I didn't have a black beauty for hands.....
DH is taking place as a model...He was soooo sweet to let me get him in the right position, tossing and turning his head, hands and fingers, giving directions to turn his eyes (No, not your head!!! haha).

I am pleased by the result and wondering what my teacher will say tomorrow..... What do you think?

Well, I am off to give my hand some rest (typing is not a good excercise).

Take care!

Happy EASTER everybody !!!

Easter stands for our door and I love this time of year. When I was a child I also got a new dress and new shoes for Easter. First time I could wear them was on sundaymorning when we walked to the church, I was so proud of being 'all new' and then in church we listened to the minister who told us about the new start we all could make because Jesus died to take our sins away.
New beginnings that's what Easter means for me.
Also nature is 'beginning' around now with lots of fragile flowers in the trees. I love the magnolia and almond blossomtree in our back yard:

Instead of buying new clothes and shoes for Easter (I kept that tradition for all my life) I treated myself with a new lens for my Canon EOS 400D. Yesterday I bought a 50mm 1.8 lens and boy, I am happy with this one. I immediately started playing around with it and it gives me so much joy to work with!!!

I decorated the house with a (porcelain) chicken and eggs and 50 tulips! The tulips have seen all corners of the room because I 'had to' make pictures with my new lens and wanted light doing it's job to my pictures......... :

And this one is to all of you wishing you

Enjoy the coming days and take care!

On my way to : Finding ME !

Okay .... I am on my way : here is the first spread I made to Corinne's workshop "Finding You".

This wasn't very hard to do because a few years ago I had to do something simular to this and that came out GOOD. The hardest part was choosing paper ;). I didn't use any embellishments because I wanted it to be ME (all done by myself). Ofcourse I bought the paper and pens the rest is handwriting and doodling. I 'had to' (hihi) use my CriCut tho, for the capitals !

Thanks to Birgit who took this beautiful picture in november last year.....

Take care!

Spring !

This time of year: I LOVE IT ! The warm sun, the beautiful (little) flowers on trees and the bulbs that try to give me asap a range of colors .....

Last week we went to the bulbfields in Lisse and Hillegom and the first field that occured we stopped the car, opened the doors and ........... WHAT A SMELL !!!

Gorgeous hyacints and their fragance came to our eyes and noses .....

For my photography course I have to make pictures every week with an other technique ... it's great to get to know all the buttons on my camera and what they do for me .... Shuttertimes, diafragma etc. have less secrets for me now, but still a few (!!) to get discovered.

My DH went with me and was so patient with me ... he took his Sudoku book and enjoyed himself with it while I was 'playing' with my Canon EOS 400D.

This is my Scrapbookbear which I bought in the US, he didn't know anything about bulbs ..... so we took him :-)

Isn't he CUTE ?

I was at Blokker last week and they have great (felt) flowers ...... I HAD TO buy them :-) and made a quick layout with it for my photography buddy Doritha :

Well, I think this is all for know.

This afternoon I am going to take pics for an article and then working on a deadline!

Take care y''all !!