On the road again ...

Once you realize that the road is the goal

and that you are always on the road, 

not to reach a goal, 

but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, 

life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, 

in itself an ecstasy.

Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, 1897-1981

Today is the last day of April and I have been busy creating a mosaic of my photo a day for April.

Back in February I encouraged my friends to join with me to create a 365 Flickr group and take a photo each day.

With a little bit of trial and error we have managed to surpass our wildest dreams and had such fun on the way.

You can check out our 365 group here

We are spread out in the USA, UK, Thailand, Denmark, China, Vietnam and this is such a great way of staying connected.

I am just in love with my iPhone and the possibilities its brings, but any camera and a Flickr account are all you need to get started.

Because we love to keep it interesting, we have lots of mini themes going on such as : Floating, Fresh and Books we've read are a few of the recent ones.

Here's to enjoying the journey and having a few photos to remind me of where I've been  - because the way my memory is going I'll need this to remember what I did last week!

Technical info:

To make a square mosaic go here

To make the heart or circle go here

Be warned a 365 group is addictive!!

Stillness and excitement

No time to write much

but I just wanted to share

this photo I took

with my newly purchased 'Shibuya' film

on

my Hipstamatic App

for my iPhone

It makes my room look like an old dutch master.

When in fact

 reality is 

the last crazy stage of 

tidying

before Linda, Gerd, Jo and Marie

arrive from Copenhagen today,

to spend the next week

exploring Beijing

with me.

Can't wait.......

Hope your weekend

is filled with both

stillness and laughter.

Photos from my iPhone

photo: Ingrid Duffy

Wanted to share some photos I took this morning and show you what cool apps there are for the iPhone camera. Can you believe I could do this with just one click (and the Hipstamatic app too)?

I mentioned a couple of days ago that I am doing an amazing online course in photo journalling called Unravelling. I am learning so much from everyone there and this app was something that one of the great co-unravellers shared with our group. So if you have an iPhone could be that you need it too - unless you don't like scratchy retro feel photos.

Another really great download is Polardroid which allows you to turn a photo into a cool retro looking polaroid with just a click of the button. Then print it on photo paper and cut it to polaroid size and you have almost the genuine article. Thanks Kendra for the heads up on this.

photo: Ingrid Duffy

Playing around with photos can be so much fun. Please share any cool tips you have with me and my small but loyal? band of followers.

Which reminds me to ask if you like what you see on this new little blog, please make my day and sign in as a follower. Do share it with friends if you are feeling extra enthusiastic.