Versus Blogspot: February 2010

Sunday, February 28, 2010

So what do these things have in common?

They are all things I have not been able to find when I needed them even though I had just had my hands on them a day or two before.

Okay. Calm down Katney. Sit down, say a prayer, ask St. Anthony to pass along the good word.

And voila! While looking for the flash drive, I spotted the Social Security Card--right where I put it. (Too late to go take the census worker test--that might have been a fun job.) And then I sat down and picked up a piece of paper and there was the flash drive--right where I had put it. The book I had tracked down yesterday--also under something else. And, you guessed it--right where I had put it.

So where is my birth certificate?

I guess that's different. I haven't needed it since we applied for our passports twelve years ago. It's probably right where I put it.

Andalusian Benches

Many of us appreciate RuneE´s Bench of the day posts. During my stay in Andalusia I tried to catch some photos of benches worthy a presentation in the spirit of Rune.

The first photo is therefore not one bench, but at least 15 rows of stone benches at the Roman Theatre in Malaga. Dating back to the first century, it was built during the Empire of Augustus. It was used up until the third century. The Arabs used parts of the theatre for their own building purposes. They took capitals and column shafts for their own Alcazaba fortress as support for the horseshoe arches over the doorways. The theatre has a radius of 31 metres is 16 metres tall and has an orchestra of 15 metres.

In one of the major shopping streets (Marques de Larios) these marble benches are mainly used as resting tools but may also be seen as sculptures.

The same can be said about this bench in one of the more narrow streets of Malaga.

The writer H.C. Andersen had a special relation to Malaga. "In no Spanish city other than Málaga have I felt that happy and comfortable", he wrote in 1862. The ugly Duck is together with him while resting at this bench at the end of Avenida Alameda Principal and start of Paseo del Parque.

Another famous person in Malaga is Pablo Picasso, born here in 1881 but left with his family to A Coruña in 1891 where his father became a professor at the School of Fine Arts. As far as I know he never returned.
Together with Pablo on his bench at Plaza de Merced outside his birthplace my sister and Brother-in-Law took a break before they returned to their second home in Calahonda.

My next bench can be found in Marbella. Not one but a lot of these beautiful decorated benches are placed in the park La Alameda in the center of the city and close to the busstop if you are using local transportation from Fuengirola.

We did so when visiting the city. Less than one hours driving time, price 2,75 euros and another bench to sit on when waiting for the almost precise departure time schedule. "Pero, mas o menos " is also a part of the spanish culture.

Mijas is also a place where benches can be found. (Where do you not find benches?) These stone benches we did find outside Grotto of virgin de la Pena

But as you will se from the next photo the iron bench must be a standard Andalusian. I passed a lot of them every day when we made our exercise walk at the Paseo Maritim in Fuengirola.

But just to let you understand that it was winter and great variations in weather conditions, my last bench is at the bus station outside our hotel. I never saw anybody sit on that bench. Either too wet or bussing not necessary when the sun was shining.

Sexy Lower Back Tattoo Designs

The lower back is an extremely sexy place for a girl to get a tattoo. Guys just go crazy over these tattoos and girls seem to love to show them off every chance they get. You will see girls with the low cut jeans and the shirt that's a little too small showing off that perfect lower back tattoo.

Why do girls like to get them and why is it that guys love them? Well it's probably has something to do with our animal instincts of picking a mate. This primal reason may be why we are drawn to that part of the body. It could also be that we just like to see exposed skin and a sexy tattoo just adds to the visual pleasure.

Another reason for why a girl may get a tattoo on the lower back is because that it is relatively easy to hide if for some reason you do not want to show it off. This could be the case in a work environment or some social events

There are some tattoo designs that you will find more often on the lower back. These include suns, wings, flowers, and also tribal designs. They range from small cute tattoos to the more large intricate tattoos.

There are a few things to consider when you are picking out a tattoo design. You should pick a design that you are going to enjoy and be happy with for the rest of your life. There are online galleries that you can pick designs from that will aid in this process. This should not be a stressful process and should be fun and exciting.

Sexy Lower Back Tattoos is a great place to find tattoo designs. I hope you enjoy your tattoos as much as I enjoy mine!

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Discovering artist, Sara-J

It must have been in about 1997 that I first discovered artist, Sara-J.

I was working at the time as marketing manager for a newly formed firm of consulting actuaries and our offices were in the popular V&A Waterfront and directly opposite the Red Shed, a vast warehouse space housing a variety of crafters and artists.

I trundled off one lunch time, on the hunt for lunch, and found a small stall in the Red Shed selling the most vivid, witty and wildly delicious etchings I’d ever seen. They were created by Sara-J - and I came home with two.

Indulgence

Tropical Adventure

I was at an interesting crossroad in my life and Sara-J's work really spoke to me - and since that time I’ve acquired several more etchings...

Decadent Duck

Lemon Drops

Last year, I finally commissioned Sara-J, to do an oil painting for me. At the same time I asked her a little more about herself and why she paints what she does.

“I paint because I am an artist. I'm inspired by where my life takes me every day and the people I meet and care about. I see the world differently, and feel passionately about aspects of the human condition. I hope that my paintings bring courage and humour to women seeking to express themselves freely, without censorship or oppression. I tend to use humour and colour as tools to mask inhibition and painful experiences, and to reflect pleasure, the joy of life, sexuality, relationships, and family life. My commissioned work often does the same for my collectors. The actual core of my work hinges on the human form. Drawing live models and reflecting real people, and myself, in the images of my work. Of course, if I could express myself in words as I can on canvas, I'd be a writer.”

Favourite Reflection

Hat Box

“Each of my paintings, like the one I've done for you, can be broken down into different elements including the characters, objects, events, etc., depicted.”

Of Madames De Die, a painting I quietly covet, Sara-J says, “Madames de Die – like your commission - can be broken down into different elements including the characters, objects, events, etc., depicted. The two ladies on the left - the jewellery shop owner and the notary. Me, the artist, on the right, admiring the scorpion we caught on the way to Xmas dinner, the glasses noted and enjoyed by all. The wine, local and delicious. The rest speaks for itself. But that's the idea. You may also notice other emotional elements. The artist still something of a glamorous outsider, the Madames vaguely unimpressed but nonetheless comfortable, reflecting my own sense of exclusion rather than their warmness, for example.”

Madames De Die

An exhibition of Sara-J's work in Die, France

I observed that over the years her work has changed as she’s moved from etchings to working in rich and vibrant oils.

Sara-J says, “Since coming to the Netherlands to be reunited with my childhood sweetheart, my career has taken on a very different form. I've moved away from mass producing etchings with master printers to focus on working with oils and more intimate viewings and solo exhibitions.”

I noted that one seldom sees her work in galleries to which she responded, “Apart from contacts with a limited number of galleries, my main outlet has been my website.”

To all my female blog readers, I urge you to hurry over there and take a look around. You will be delighted, amused and inspired because Sara-J knows how to touch the core of a woman, she knows and understands the full experience of being a woman - from the pain and sadness, to the vibrancy and the bodacious, succulent wildness. And oh go on, buy a picture – you know you want to!

My newly commissioned painting...

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