teema / theme:

joulukoriste // xmas ornament

Vastaukseni / here’s my entry:

 Stressitöntä loppuvuotta kaikille!

Blogini jää talvilomalle – palaan tammikuun lopussa silmäoperaation jälkeen.

Makroillaan taas vuonna 2013

Other entries:

This is my 1.215th post and the last one THIS year.
I’ll be back at the end of January 2013 after my eye operation

(no need for reading glasses after that).

Season’s Greetings

to all my readers

all around the globe!

week #50 photos

makroviikko/macro week challenge #84

teema / theme:

3 x 12

Vastaukseni / here’s my entry:

Ei ihan makro mutta hyväksyttäneen…

Other entries:

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I visited CAC Málaga * Centro de Arte Contemporáneo

on the last day they had Vik Muniz‘s art there…

It was a very inspiring exhibition!

You find CAC Málaga in Calle Alemania

“Vicente José de Oliveira Muniz, known as Vik Muniz born 1961,

São Paulo, Brazil, is a visual artist living in New York City and Rio de Janeiro.
Muniz specializes in remaking famous artworks with materials other than paint, and then photographing them.”

Double Mona Lisa made of peanut butter and jelly, 1999

and here’s a detail of that huge work…

Got the idea what the work is about…

Now two detail first – of ripped magazines…

If you google Gustave Caillebotte you’ll find the model for this work…

I recognized original Richter’s work which I saw in Berlin….

Muniz’s work is done of those pieces of paper…

Hay dos maneras de vivir su vida: una como si nada es un milagro,

la otra es como si todo es un milagro.

Albert Einstein

week #49 photos

What do you think this is?

Correct answer at the end of the post…

makroviikko/macro week challenge #83

teema / theme:

sinivalkoinen // blue-and-white

Vastaukseni / here’s my entry:

Finland’s Independence Day is a national public holiday held on

6 December to celebrate Finland’s declaration of independence

from the Russian Empire.

Want to read more, go to wikipedia

Mukavaa itsenäisyyspäivää kaikille!

Other entries:

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Sundays In My City

I couldn’t swim there even if looks nice – sunny but chilly!

For me it’s still autumn here in Málaga, not as cold as in Finland but not summer warm either…

When the sun is smiling it’s really nice and warm – if the wind is not too hard…

My future home. You are all welcome for a (short) visit!

And now the answer picture…

Beach umbrellas having a winter break…

♥

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

♥

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Both quotes by Victor Hugo

‘If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others:

read a lot and write a lot.

There’s no way around these two things that I’m aware of, no shortcut.’

Stephen King

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week #48 photos

makroviikko/macro week challenge #82

teema / theme:

muru // a crumb

Vastaukseni / here’s my entry:

Täysjyväleivän murunen opiskelee espanjaa

A crumb studying Spanish

Other entries:

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Sundays In My City

My previous post of ‘plaza de toros Málaga’ is here.

What a rocking lady she is – have a look!

¡Hasta la proxima vez!

…everything that isn’t me.

Albert Einstein

week #47 photos

makroviikko/macro week challenge #81

teema / theme:

nappi // button

Vastaukseni / here’s my entry:

Piti ostaa pyjaman housut ettei yöllä palellu jos peitto valahtaa pois päältä.

‘Queen of the night’ – eipä kyllä ole minun housuissani!

Other entries:

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This time every photo is a shadow shot!

Sundays In My City

The other day I had a long walk on the beach -

long because I had a camera with me!

Foot prints on Playa de la Malagueta.

And now Spanish music…I like this song a lot…how about you?

It’s called CAJON, the box one guy is playing…

There are more love songs than anything else.
If songs could make you do something we’d all love one another.
Frank Zappa

…you’ll create a problem that wasn’t even there in the first place.

week #46 photos

makroviikko/macro week challenge #80

teema / theme:

sormi // a finger

Vastaukseni / here’s my entry:

Sormi se on piirrettykin! ja kynsi oikealla lakalla lakattu

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Do you have any idea what this is?

‘I’m only responsible for what I say,

not for what you understand.’

That is so easy to forget…

Now some sky drama in Málaga…

if not a zillion, hundreds then

a plane soon landing at Málaga airport

Only one cruise ship…it didn’t rain – but later yes…

I love these magical clouds, shadows and a glimmery sea…

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Now the answer to the second picture…

it’s

‘What other people think of you is none of your business.’
Paulo Coelho

¡Buen fin de semana a todos!

week #45 photos

makroviikko/macro week challenge #79

teema / theme:

terävä // sharp

Vastaukseni / here’s my entry:

NOPE, I’m not cutting myself with this sharp little knife even if Spanish verbs are difficult

I peel fruits and vegetables with it!

This is knife has the only shadow I’ve seen for days – it’s been raining and raining…

but

* The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain *

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Sundays In My City

We had Halloween here in Málaga too -

here are some of the best models

She didn’t stab me!!!

¡Buen fin de semana a todos!

There are many kinds of fights in this world.

Here are two different kinds of arenas for fighting…

week #44 photos

makroviikko/macro week challenge #78

teema / theme:

piirros // drawing

Vastaukseni / here’s my entry:

Actually the book is not the arena – it’s my head!!!!

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Big shadows this week

Sundays In My City

On my morning walk last Saturday I noticed the door was open to

Málaga’s bullfight arena. I wanted to see it but not the bullfight.

I got a free ticket to….

…coffee promotion!

I was on my walk so I didn’t taste the coffee but I took a few photos.

 History of La Malagueta

“La Malagueta itself was built in 1874, by the architect Joaquín Rucoba. The first fight took place on 11th June 1876.”

read more here

more about bullfight arenas here

It was quite empty but when I left there were lots of people coming in.

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My studying is going ok but Spanish grammar is difficult for me.

So much to remember!

But I’ve noticed how much more I understand when reading a newspaper

or watching television.  Something has happened in my head!

How’s your week been, good?

*There aren’t enough days in the weekend.*

Rod Schmidt

¡Hola a todos!

ooooooooooooh, time flies……..

Unfortunately I don’t have time to blog as often as I’d like to

because I really want to concentrate studying Spanish…

so, from this week on till the end of January 2013

I’ll post only once a week.

(I’m going to have an eye operation beginning of January,

I need some time to recover – from that – too - )

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week #43 photos

makroviikko/macro week challenge #77

teema / theme:

punainen // red

Vastaukseni / here’s my entry:

Other entries:

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Sundays In My City

¨The Guadalmedina (from the Arabic wādi, “river” + medina, “city”; River of the City)

is a river that runs through the city of Málaga, Spain. Historically,

it has played an important role in the city’s history,

and has divided the city into two halves.

The city’s historic center is located on its left bank.¨
read more Wikipedia

I love exploring Málaga’s historic city…

¡Hasta la Próxima Vez!

week #42 photos

¡Hola a todos!

Let’s sing!

All together now:

oooh, that was fun, right?

La Malaqueta beach can be this beautiful in the morning…

or

like ‘morning after’

Piss everywhere…at the weekends city center is like a huge toilet,

really disgusting!

BUT.

Every morning, very early, city employees are cleaning the streets and plazas.

That is GOOD!

This is water!

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Sundays In My City

Have a relaxing weekend!