I have been BUSY. The usual thing but 3 times as much.
Let's start with Project 365 shall we? UPDATED:
This here is the resident 'Guru Swammi' of our dance world in mid-lesson doing what she was born to do which is teach dance. She will hate this. Care factor? Nada. She is uttering some French term for whatever she is doing. I originally named it "Omelette du Flamange" because I'm bi-linguistically challenged.
But I was politely corrected by a lovely French lady, Sophie that 'Flamange' was not in the French language but should have been 'fromage'. Translated, I believe it means 'Cheese Omelet' but you get that.
These are Jazz shoes (photo taken the next day) that I had to wrestle off Bev's feet. Not really but I had to explain her bewildered behaviour. Not really. I don't know why I said that.
This cart, by the way, is bright yellow. I want to marry Photoshop.
I recently learnt to do a montage in Photoshop. I beat my chest and high-fived myself when it worked. It was created for a website I am currently working on.
Recognise those barres? Incidentally, I just learnt that 'barres' is the correct spelling. It's NOT 'bars' as I would have spelt it. Who knew? Foof foof moving on...
And THIS. It's SOAPBOX TIME.
THIS is the latest message on a billboard outside a school that I pass by in the car several times a day. This billboard often leaves me bewildered as to what kind of messages they are sending to their students. I will have to take photos of them because some of them are real 'head scratchers' and they are always in the negative context.
For instance, "Learn or Leave". Whattha??? Or "Only idle minds reap failure." To name a couple. FMD! This is a private school that appears to endorse the "Hell fire and brimstone" approach to learning.
Me also thinks (does that annoy you, Red Pen Lady? =P) that perhaps the author needs to get 'some' and then perhaps we'll start seeing something like "Busy minds will reap success" and in response to the current display, "Speak up and you will be heard"!!!!!!
...puff...puff...puff... I'm OK peoples! I'm OK!
Love your photos, as always... Love the title for the ballerine photo! (hihi). And WTH is with that school sign? Too cool that you're taking photos of it!
Posted by: Liesbeth | 01 March 2009 at 09:37 PM
Cool photos. Methinks I know which school you're talking about :-) Obviously no one ever taught them the 'if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all' approach! Poor kiddies. How'd you land the butter factory gig? Lovely montage.
Posted by: Moira | 01 March 2009 at 10:25 PM
Lovely Ballerina photo !!
In fact... "flamange" doesn't mean anything in French !!
Cheese = fromage !!
But anyway I love to read some French on english speaking blogs !
xxx from France
Posted by: Sophie | 02 March 2009 at 03:10 AM
DANG....I WANTED TO BE THE ONE TO CORRECT THE CHEESE OMELET! Sophie beat me to it. Fromage does kind of sound like "flamage" when you say it though so I could understand the confusion.
Great photos. I like your montage. I'm curious now how you did it since there are so many ways to achieve the same results. I know how I would have done it but now I'm curious if you went about it in a different way. I wish we were closer...me thinks we could be polygamist wives because I want to marry Photoshop, too!
I think you should write that negative school a letter and point out their flaws!
Posted by: donnapiranha | 02 March 2009 at 05:11 AM
Love all the photos Lynette! (remember when we first met, and were in Donna's truck heading to her house, and all us American girls kept thinking that Sherryn was calling you "Lynnie". :) I always want to call you that now)
Anyways...cool montage...you are so talented!
Posted by: candice | 02 March 2009 at 06:01 AM
Awwwww....I like to read "remember when we were in Donna's truck, yada yada yada." I wish we could do that more often dang it! I miss all you guys. Aussies AND Americans.
Posted by: donnapiranha | 02 March 2009 at 11:19 AM
Lovely ballerina.
I think I have a love/hate realtionship with photoshop...of course I have el cheapo version aka elements so maybe that is the issue. Anyway there are the aha moments when I am in love with the program, but my hate moments rrrgggghhh. I think if only I had more time to spend learning its full potential!
Posted by: Melinda | 02 March 2009 at 01:07 PM
PMSLOL girl you crack me up! You have THE wickedest sense of humour ;)
Love your 365 day challenge photo's (don't ask me where I'm up to though LMAO!)
Lynette I have a blog award for you on my blog here http://tammytempleton.wordpress.com/
I'm also having a little give away if you'd like a look ;)
xxTam
Posted by: Tammy Templeton | 02 March 2009 at 01:36 PM
love the montage. can u do that in PSE? as for saving face? i would sneak over there in the middle of the night and leave my OWN message.....
Posted by: scrappysue | 02 March 2009 at 04:16 PM
ha ha Scrappysue - that is what I was going to suggest!!!! Or if you are feeling a little shy Lynette, you could just take photos of the sign and photoshop them with some POSITIVE messages and just pop them in their letter box as suggestions ;-) go on - I dare you!!!!!!!
Posted by: Petrina McDonald | 02 March 2009 at 07:36 PM
Ha ha ha ha :D Moi thinkz moi was zaying 'Oh bend zis way mon petite chou' (French for my little cabbage) and 'pleeze ignore zat womaan lying on ze ground wiz ze camera!!" xx
Great photos my friend!!!
Posted by: Bev | 02 March 2009 at 09:35 PM
I am slacking on my blog readin!!! Great photos! That school is crazy, wouldn't send my kid there!
Posted by: Kristi Smith | 04 March 2009 at 01:15 AM
I was sure I posted here yesterday. I wonder where it went????
These are all so gorgeous. I am so glad you are back to taking more photos. Enjoy your day Kiwi!
Posted by: Janette | 04 March 2009 at 03:18 AM