Stumped!

Going back to the Museum of Modern Art and seeing that the "pop up art exhibition" had been covered over with freshly applied new plasterwork (which was nearly dry and ready to be coated with paint) in part made me a little sad but also happy because I felt privileged to have managed to experience something very special in capturing it on film.

Although all trace of what I had seen had been covered up, I couldn't help but feel like something had been left behind that needed nurtured and that I had a responsibility for. How ironic therefore that the main exhibit facing the front entrance was a huge Ron Mueck sculpture of a baby!

That feels like a huge responsibility though looking after and nurturing a giant baby! Right now therefore I really feel a bit stumped......, fingers crossed this one turns out as great as my real deal Dexter ;-)

Decisions, decisions, choices, choices....

This is going to be quite a weekend. Dexter is off to cub camp again with all his little pals and they are so excited about it, but Anders and I are going to miss him, and even more so because Sunday over here is Mother's day and my baby won't be there until very late on Sunday afternoon :-(  Well seeing the cub master's (who are male or don't have kids!) didn't do this on Father's Day - am I sounding hard done by!!!

So what are Anders and I going to do by ourselves this weekend without him? I really don't know!

Choices, choices, choices - and of course Mother's Day - yes Sunday is all about me and all the other Mother's in the UK - we worked hard for that title and day (ha, ha, ha)!!!!!

Any town, any street, anytime....

As I was sitting in the car waiting for Dexter who was at his guitar practice, I fell in love with the evening suburban landscape and so am looking forward to going back with a large format camera to take pictures as this one was just taken on my mobile phone!

I liked the banality of what I was seeing which also held an underlying mystery so not making it seem so ordinary after all. I know it is not a subject matter that has not been done before, but what I liked about this is that there was no staging, it was literally just a point and shoot moment like most of my images tend to be!  

Playing with your food....

About a month ago, Anders went out with an old pal whom he had not seen for a many many years. So Dexter and I went out for a Chinese dinner by ourselves at our local neighbourhood restaurant and had such a nice time chatting about what he had been up to at school and laughing about this and that and nothing and something. 

Waiting for the food (which surprisingly took a lot longer than normal) was proving tough though, especially for my hungry growing boy who kept asking "when will it be here" after about half an hour of waiting?  So I thought it would be absolutely fine to take his mind off waiting by getting him to do a little improvisation!

and I was right, we had a giggle and the staff (who are lovely and know us) also got the hint, and the food came pretty quickly thereafter!

Rosie, oh Rosie......

Flower Prints

I love the weekend when Anders, Dexter and I jump in the car and drive to some adventure listening to the radio enroute! It's especially great when we get to hear something that we have not heard that is a forgotten classic like this one from 1968 which I think sounds like it could have been made today:

Rosie by Don Partridge

So what else makes me happy, well this weekend we decided to go to the Gallery of Modern Art as it is one of these places which, well just inspires. This trip however was different. It resulted unexpectedly in me making a story with photographs over at Fotovisura:

Spectatum veniunt lenient 

which translated means 

"They wish as much to be seen as to see".

I may have looked like a nutter getting so excited and taking pictures of this entrance hall which resulted in this story, but I don't care as it made me unbelievably happy doing it.  To me, I had found something incredibly special :-)

So, what is happiness? Well it is just a state of mind, and I will leave you with another song that hopefully will leave you feeling happy - and yes, it was what we also listened to on the car radio this weekend!!!

Seven....

I know I live in a beautiful city, and like Rome, Edinburgh too is built on 7 hills.

Sometimes when I look at the view I wonder about all the stories going on within each of the houses and streets whilst the wind blasts about my ears as if telling me off for being so nosey!

For all the blustering winds, I do feel a sense of reassurance.

I really am very lucky to have beauty on my doorstep.

Friendly spirits

Even when you are not close to those you love, you still know you love them as much as they love you. To me it is like having a hauntingly beautiful connection a bit like a sixth sense which follows you around.