Friday 14 June 2013

iPhone-snapshots from the Week


On Tuesday I met up with my friend in down town during a lunch break. It was both a happy and a sad meeting: It was so good to see her and catch up, but -  After 3 years in Denmark she and her family are moving back to their homeland this fall! I will miss her sweet and tender spirit ... but ... we'll surely keep in touch both by mail and when possible, meeting both here and there.


As I was biking back home that day, the skies turned all of a sudden dark and it started to rain ... These soft, small raindrops were falling down - like small tears ... Saying farewell is not easy - Yet, we're to be thankful for the shared moments,cherishing them and our friendship.



Next morning I just couldn't find my keys! I checked every purse and bag I could get hold of, and also all the pockets and other places, I usually keep my keys. But without success - My keys we're nowhere to be found.
Well, I had to go to work without my keys to our house. I was wondering if the keys had fallen out of my purse, while I was biking the day before.

When I came home, my husband smiled to me and says, that he has found my keys on our back door! I could then remember, that I had let the keys stay at the door as I was picking up the groceries ... and I must have left them on the door as I went inside ... Well - now my keys are found!
 
 

"Mirror" was a theme of I Heart Face's daily photo challenge. It was already late, so I grabbed my phone and took a snap shot of the bathroom. Thereafter I used different iphoto applications to edit it:
1. Original image
2. Using Snapseed to adjust the contrast and PhotoToaster's Fade Out-effect (remowing frames)
3. Photo Toaster Polaroid-effect (removing frames)
4. Picfx Black and White-set Black 1, Urban-set Contrast, Cross Process- set Cross One
5. Photo Toaster - Deluxe: Lite Portrait (removing frames), Mextures: Yololomo Orientation 3 opacity 30, Dusted, orientation 3, opacity 30.



 
 
The roses from last week are decorating the kitchen of my friend now- it seems like the roses would be growing from the plate, that has a few painted flowers on the edge. I have edited this snap shot with the Glaze-Photo application.
 
A week with happy moments, sad moments,
a bit confusion, restlessness,
stillness ...
laughter and tears,
- gratefullness.
 
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A warm welcome to my new blog friends
Milena, Anastasia, Tracy, 2Momma2, Uniquely Undone,
Amy, Britney, Melani, Zina, Mama Roach and Amanda!
 
May there be rays of sun shine & moments of joy
in your weekend,
 
Nina
 
 
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17 comments:

  1. Your post is lovely, Nina - I like the thought of rain "like small tears." Your app iPhone photos are lovely. I must look for the glaze one.

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    1. Thank you Barb ... I enjoyed your small, beautiful mountain flowers ... they do possess stamina, to bloom up in those hights!

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  2. Beautiful photos with the iphone!

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    1. It's nice to have a "mini-camera" at hand - taking snapshots here and there :)

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  3. Love the photos but my favorite is the rose. Love it!

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    1. Yes Debbie, here is something about roses - I got yesterday some roses from the garden of my firend - as I woke up this morning, they had opened and the delictae rose-scent was all around :)

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  4. Your mirror photos are so fun - I love the perspective. I'm sorry your friend is moving, I know that can be difficult. Sometimes when I have a friend move, I try to think of it as another place to travel... Have a lovely weekend, Nina.

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    1. I like a lot your way of thinking about the moving, Karen: Another place to visit, sounds really good, Karen! Sometimes finding a new way of thinking about a problem really changes the perspective - Thank you for giving this much needed "twist" right now!

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  5. It is too bad that your friend is moving. I hope that you can keep in touch with her. I am happy that you found your keys. I hope you have a good weekend Nina, take care.

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    1. Thank you Dawn ... It was a relief to find the keys, and I do hope we'll keep contact with my friend in the future! And thank you for sharing the recipe for those delicious chocolate muffins!

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  6. These are wonderful iPhone photos!

    I have done similar things and misplaced keys. :)

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    1. Hi Mary, I dwell in your Words and lines of Summertime Joy! "their wonderful feline eyes ..." You have a gift of writing, creating poetic images by your Words!

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  7. What a beautiful post, I love your IPhone snapshots. You did a great job on The Heart Face's theme, I love it! And last but not least the gorgeous edit on the left over roses, breathtaking.

    I think I have to add an IPhone on my wishlist :)

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    1. Thank you Barbara - those Apps have some lovely ways of enchanging the Pictures ... and the Camere goes wherever you go, so it is very handy. So happy that "you're back" and everything went well! <3

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  8. So happy you had time to join in Nina -- always love your facts and interesting photos. Loving your selfies and that rose edit is fabulous. xo

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    1. I'm happy to be able to join the Rural Journey community - as often as possible, Nancy! I like the Tuesday Muse and the Random 5 Fridays a lot - you make a social platform for us bloggers, that means a lot in connection & making frindships in the blogger universe!

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  9. That plate of roses - wow! You use those editing effects wonderfully, Nina!
    I hope you take this as a compliment - you remind me of Jackie O (Jackie Kennedy) in those mirror photos. I love them!

    Catching up on reading - somehow I missed this post. These summer days are busy. I'm glad I came back to it!

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