Snow Scenes

Winter 2010 scenes

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! 2011 is going to be a great year!

This is my first attempt at creating a photo collage with Picasa - I am busy creating some photos for a calendar, and this is the November photo - but I thought it would be rather apt for a New Year pic too.

Happy happy new year and thanks Dancin Fool for the Picasa link!!

Claire xxx

Gerty

Gerty - a beautiful gentle goat who touched our lives and gave so much for so little.  Rest in peace Gerty - you were loved so much and we are so sad that you have gone, but will never forget you.

Niki

Thought I'd post up this pencil drawing of my dog Niki I did when I was 16.  I discovered it again in my attic.  It's slightly damaged (probably from the water leak again)

Anywhere here it is:

Dislocated shoulder

Today I  did something I haven't done for nearly 20 years - I dislocated my right shoulder! Ouch!

It's very wintry today and icy and sleeting - but did I slip on the ice? No! I fell and slipped down the stairs! What a plonker!

Have written a blog post today, albeit typing veeeerrrrry slowly with one finger! No work I guess for a few days as I'm in a sling and can't drive either! I would really like to use the time constructively - so hope to do some more scanning of old favourite photographs and post them up, so if there is a mad flurry, you will know why!  Just need help getting the boxes of photographs down - there are so many things I now can't do - you'd be surprised! Put your dominant arm behind your back for a while, don't use it and see how difficult it is to cook, write, use scissors, eat, dress, wash, etc etc....

I'm back at Fracture Clinic next week and will see what they say but the chances are I will be off until the end of term now - hurrah!!!!! :-)))

Work of Carl Albrecht

On my very first blog post I mentioned that my love of photography (and art to be fair), was enhanced by the encouragement and invaluable help, and support from Uncle Carl Albrecht from New Jersey. I was encouraged to start writing to him by my parents, as they were quite worried about his failing health and being a new but budding photographer, they thought we would get along just fine ...! It was great actually, I used to write pages to Uncle Carl and in return would get lengthy letters back, often accompanied by items such as a light meter, filters and even a twin lens reflex camera! We developed a lovely friendship - he was only too pleased to write to his late wife's neice and encourage and support, and then took over all my film developing and printing!

So I was delighted today to find some of his work - original American magazine articles, both pre and post war, featuring his photographs, along with a few other photographs and designs he had had published. I thought I'd share them here - a tribute to my Uncle Carl - who I will always be so grateful to.

Uncle Carl in the 1950's

This is one of Carl's published photographs - of my Aunt Sylvia - she was quite an artist herself!

More published work - this was in Harper's Bazaar, October 1937

Pre-war photo

More published work- pre war

1956 - c0ver of Pace College Magazine - Seal designed by Carl when he was Director of Art at the College

The Cinematic Orchestra 'Breathe' - Live At The Barbican

T-Bone and I are off to see Cinematic Orchestra on Sunday at the Royal Albert Hall. I can hardly wait and just watching this video again has given me goosebumps!!!