Painting

"A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places." (Paul Gardner)

Good Morning!

   "I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything.So if I´m going to learn, I must do it by listening." (Larry King)

Calm Waters

"The monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative brain." (Albert Einstein)

The Toy

"In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play."  (F.Nietzsche)

I know that You know...

"Listen to the wind, it talks.

Listen to the silence, it speaks.

Listen to your heart, it knows."

(Native American Proverb)

Something Good

"If you combine the sufferings great color palette you will find happiness as well." (Sorin Cerin) 

Listening to the God

Dreams

   Everybody must have a dream, just make your own...

Meanwhile...

   Somewhere between deadly silence of the personal computer (with a hope that the hard drive is taking good care of all photos), hiccups of my health,  and some life changes, I have some good news :)

   IT'S RAINING!!! Yes, after long 2 years of waiting..!

   And some photos of my blog been published ;) I wouldn't have imagined it in my wildest dreams, but this blog shares few credits in Norwegian guide book "The best of Gran Canaria: 66 handpicked experiences". As you understood it's written in Norwegian and for the moment only available in Norway, that you can see HERE and HERE . Soon I might have it myself but somehow still feel very strange and a bit intimidated by that...  :)

   Thank You very much for the visits, comments and support! With all ups and downs, the blogging must go on! Hope soon...

                                                                                                                                          

with Love,

Salty Sunday

   I know, it was a lot of salt here lately. I even been teased, if I should consider changing the whole blog into the "Salty Sunday"... But have you ever heard the saying that too much salt  in your meal means the cook is in love? Exactly, that's my case :) Living next to the Ocean has its magic, especially if you grew up in the place without it. So, please, forgive me the humble attempts of trying to capture the water's soul, trying to understand it, to reflect, to admire, to enjoy, ...

   At the end, we are not so much different from it, with the OCEANS of feelings and faces, changing all the time...

So ruthless... It gave me some water drops on the lens, which I didn't bather to remove...

Dreams and Memories

"Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rather than pushed by our memories."   (Jesse Jackson)

A Happy Good Bye

   "Respect yourself to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy."

   So this is the time to say goodbye. But not to you, to the Past! So many good and maybe not so good things happened then... I've lost some friends (where they real friends then?), who couldn't accept or understand my blogging experiments and I've lost some BLOGGER FELLOW ... I renewed forgotten friendships and made the new ones... But the most important, I made a peace with myself.  :)

   It was a moment in my life, when everything suddenly became surreal. Like in a stopped movie, I've found myself between meaningless routines frozen and paralyzed from the scary and uncertain future. Everything was just a big black yelling emptiness mixed with only one question - "But what about my family?!?"... It's like dealing for years with some chronic disease wasn't enough. Weird, how only one visit to the doctor can change all your life...  "Health is not everything, but without it everything is nothing..."

   That's how everything became Black. The color of not having a color, but very important one.

   "Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that is real." (Amy Grant)

   In some amazing way THE LIGHT passed by... It touched me like a miracle, like a hope, like a dream , like a promise, like a LIFE.  For many hours and days, half blind (surgery complications) and in pain I was browsing the pages of unbelievable beauty, repeating to myself that everything is going to be ok. And I will see more beauty which is all around in this world. THANK YOU, LORETA!!! In a  mysterious way, you've saved my soul and my life!

  So this is how my blog was born. Day after day convincing myself, that life is worth to live. That beauty is everywhere, even in this exotic, but very strange to me place. The journey wasn't easy; depending on the day my moods where jumping up and down. Sometimes I needed to force myself with all my powers to do it. Just do it. Day by day. Post by post. Step by step.

   And here I am. Happy and healed. Of course my soul got a bit stained after such experiences, but if I can forgive myself for not being so perfect, maybe you could do it too! At least I made some virtual friends and a few lucky shots. The beautiful power of creativity marked me, and I feel like there is no way back to the life without it, in any shape, idea or form...

   Today I've decided to change it, my blog. I have more life outside the computer screen now, so it will be less posting, and maybe different (or maybe not) style. We'll see. Can't promise anything yet!

   Thank you for your time with me, and for the things I've learned from all of you!

   P.S. Today is my happy birthday :))

 

The Virtual Life

It's good to be back :) My twisted strange reality is in need to be reflected... As they say, "One photo a day keeps the doctor away." Wasn't like that? Oh... For me this is my Secret Diary. For you ... ? Whatever it might be, you are welcome!  

Sun and Rain

"God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain.
 But He did promise strenght for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way."

Home Feeling

"Any old place I can hang my hat is home sweet home to me." (William Jerome)

Time to Enjoy

When it's the time for the acacia tree to bloom outside of my house,  every morning I look so much forward to open windows wide... The softness of the light through the branches softly whispers about something hopeful . The fresh blood of the flowers sings about the joy. My still sleeping soul is smiling, wondering if that's a continuing of my happy dreams.  It's a moment of blissfulness...