So I kept this rather quiet but I entered a photo into a contest… The contest was entitled “The Sacred” and I entered this photo — I came 82nd out of 165 so I am rather pleased. It’s not even that good a photo, a bit grainy/blurry so yay! You can see all the The [...]
So I wasn’t sure if I should write about the fires that are destroying the mainland since it is all over the news but a certain someone thinks I should so here goes… Oh wait… Incase anyone doesn’t know and wonders why I should blog about the fires… I live in Crete…. That’s the Greek [...]
So the knitting seems to be going ok, I’ve only learnt knitted stitches and purling at the moment, although purling seems to be a bit hit and miss, not sure why since it’s practically the same. I guess my hands got used to doing it one way and now trying to do it backwards I’m [...]
I think I fell in love with Photoshop. I had been using Paint Shop Pro before but when a friend told me it was like Frontpage versus Dreamweaver I hastily changed!! Here’s what I did last night… The original flower photo first which I took on the Monastery Trip. and then after photoshop (desaturate, history [...]
This week has gone sooo fast, once again I somehow lost a day as I thought it was still Tues/Weds when it was really Thursday yesterday…. Yesterday I went to the Monastery of St. George near to the village of Vrisses, Hania. I wanted to take photos of something “Sacred” so a church / monastery [...]
So I know i’m not supposed to start knitting til the winter cos I will get to hot but I thought it wouldn’t hurt to “practise” the stitches….. see if I can do it. Trouble was I didn’t have any knitting needles so I umm…… practised using pencils. Lol! Hey it seemed to work, I [...]
New books (in English) cost a lot to buy here in Crete, more than I am prepared to pay anyway. I get most of my chick lit novels second hand for a euro or two which is great but for those other books… it’s gotta be a visit to the Amazon site! I don’t get [...]
