Tissue paper balls

It's grey and rainy out there in Melbourne today so I thought I'd make some tissue paper balls to hang up in the children's bedroom.  I kept picking up ripped paper balls ... and finally found the culprit!  Lil Ru hiding out Ninja style... 

Elk necklace, Vanishing Elephant skirt

Photography as Art

Today the boy took part in a photo shoot for an art folio for a photographer...

In this series of shoots, the boy had to wear a bit of face paint - getting him to agree was tricky so instead I distracted him whilst painting the makeup on.  We got many a strange look as we wandered up the street to the art gallery where the shoot was to take place!  I'll post the final series here when it's complete and the exhibition has gone live.

Mixing up fake snow

With the artist

Spring sunshine

Sunshine has been so rare lately, a precious commodity 

Ru (our kitten) made his first foray outside today and although the boy wanted to take him for a bit of a walk, Ru was having none of it.  Much preferring to laze in the sunshine  :)  The boy was not impressed.

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Granada

One of the places I've visited in my recent travels over the last month has been Granada.  My favourite city in Spain.  The energy of the population - perhaps attributable to the high number of students - to the beauty of the buildings and the history resonating from the building blocks.

I stayed in the Albaycin area, the old Jewish quarter - a maze of tiny cobblestoned streets.

looking out at the Albaycin at night from the Alhumbra

Albaycin - view from my little balcony 

Granada

Gardens of the Alhumbra

Market fruit

Ubiquitous paella

Alhumbra grandeur

   

Friendly folk of all ages.

Pomegranates grow all over Granada - which means pomegranate!

Granada means pomegranate and this is evident as there are not only pomegranates growing abundantly on the streets, in the gardens...but also street posts are shaped like pomegranates and pomegranate carvings adorn many buildings.

  

Like most of Spain...music in all streets