Good Morning from Noordhoek

Good Morning from Noordhoek is an inspiring greeting showing Life in a Day, each day, in Noordhoek, South Africa!

 

Good Morning from Noordhoek

Good Morning from Noordhoek started with heavy rain showers… and I had to go out for most of the day. While being in the area, I noticed the most incredible cloud formations above Chapman’s Peak and Silvermine Nature Reserve as well as above the Atlantic Ocean… I stopped many times to do some quick shots… it was absolutely astonishing! While I missed a beautiful rainbow as I was told, the sun came out in a blast and everything was shining like in a new light.

King Protea Photo

That’s when I took the above photo of a stunning King Protea right here along the path up to my home on the mountain… with bees and beetles having a late breakfast and a warm bath in the  sun.

End of Mayan Calendar

Here’s wishing you a blessed Friday – just the right swing to start into the weekend!

I’m sure there will be a stunning sunset today – which is a special day as it marks the end of the Mayan Calendar and the beginning of the era of Co-Creation and Unity. I hope that’s why we’ve come here in the first place…

Good Morning from Noordhoek

Good Morning from Noordhoek is an inspiring greeting showing Life in a Day, each day, in Noordhoek, South Africa!

Good Morning from Noordhoek

Today seems to be a little on the edge, without a clear decision… sunny or overcast? In any case, it’s warm and beautiful here in Noordhoek, South Africa – although there are already first signs of the heat and occasional strong Southeasterly winds ripping the clouds of yellow blossoms of my huge acacias apart and painting shades of golden brown…

The fragrance is intoxicating… bringing up memories of one of my favourite books by Emile Zola… when I was a student in Paris…

Although I went for the huge and stunning “Cup of Gold” – I was suddenly surprised by a tortoise, pushing its way fast and furiously through the groundcover! Down on my knees and here’s what I could capture as my “Good Morning from Noordhoek” picture for you today! Inquisitive, not at all intimidated – and clearly focused on something much more important!

The little bugger wouldn’t stop… so let this be a sign for getting things done and enjoying a terrific journey today!

Make it a great day!

 

 

Good Morning from Noordhoek

Good Morning from Noordhoek is an inspiring greeting showing Life in a Day, each day, in Noordhoek, South Africa

Good Morning from Noordhoek

It’s the 11th of October 2011 and – according to the Mayan Calendar it stands for “Fruition”!

Well, for me it started off as a tremendous day in terms of “Fruition” (which I will go into in another post) … and with glorious sunshine to accompany my search for the photo of the day “Good Morning from Noordhoek” that I dedicate to YOU – wishing you a blessed day filled with joy and fulfillment!

Trusting your Ability to ride Change

Because it is so significant in its content, and bearing in mind that “Trusting your Ability to ride Change” was written by Ian Xel Lungold many years ago, I’d like to quote him:

“We came to play hard and we came to play smart.

We came to tear Karma and Spirit apart.

We are on a quest to conquer duality

Stage by stage through our evolution

From within, to and through-out all duality

And so through-out all of Creation

The sum total of which is, Unity ()

This means we must confront and master duality.

And practice makes perfect.”

Leaving you with these thoughts for today . . .

 

 

 

 

 

Grevillea lanigera Photo

On today’s journey through my garden to capture the daily “Good Morning from Noordhoek” picture, I was amazed how bright the colors were despite the dark clouds covering the sky. While the daisies and vygies didn’t even bother to open, I could take a relatively good photo of a Grevillea lanigera:

 

 

Grevillea lanigera Photo

I love grevilleas, which to my knowlege originally came from Australia. I have about each and every species I could buy in Cape Town’s many nurseries in my garden. Interestingly, the above species was sold to me as “Grevillea rosmarini”, however, when researching on Wikipedia, my photo shows a Grevillea lanigera – a so-called coastal gem.

They grow abundantly in my garden, almost like a ground-cover. The colors are absolutely spectacular and they attract many insects and bees.

They proliferate easily through seeds… but if you want to transplant them don’t wait too long, it’s not that easy once the plant is too established. At least that has been my experience. As you can tell by their spiky leaves, they are extremely waterwise and look well after themselves while rewarding us – as well as bees and insects – with their glorious display of light pinks to flaming reds all year long.

I’m no expert here… just a passionate gardener by genes :)

 

 

 

 

 

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Logo Design Study for Zo Nicholas

Here below some images from a first logo design session with Zo Nicholas; the purpose is to create a logo which can be applied online as well as on printed matters. The following images represent the first 20 output shots. More to come.

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Branding your Printed Matters

Using Microsoft Office, it is a relatively easy task to brand your printed matters. The most recent Ycademy Seminar dealt with the various features provided by Office 2010 and this weeks calls will apply the branding concepts further.

Business Card Design

Starting from a template in Microsoft Publisher 2010, we can adapt the templates to the style and design of our websites.

Here some examples from last night’s workshop:

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Polo Sneakers at Global

Polo shirts by Ralph Lauren will forever be in style for those looking to dress with a more causal vibe compared to the streetwear style today. If your one of the many who rocks Polos on the regular check out the new Latton by Polo Ralph Lauren. The Latton models we feature here have an all canvas upper and a skid resistant rubber sole. The Polo logo is stitched onto the side of the upper while on the back of the heel theres a rubber Polo stamp. These Kicks are the perfect shoes to go along with the whole causal vibe when your just trying to kick back and relax this coming Spring/Summer. Polo did the Canvas Latton up in a few colorways as well, which use single color uppers accented by a secondary color on the Polo logo, making sure theres a color scheme or two to match up with your Polos.

Visit your Global in London to check on availability or scoop up a pair up at Westside Ealing where they retail for £70.00 a piece. More colourways in store.

Spizike Boots more stock in at Global

Jordan Brand winterized the Spizike for their Holiday Collection to create the Spizike Boot. The Boot features a layered upper of leathers, suedes, and ballistic mesh. The plastic “Wings” from the Air Jordan IV (4) have stuck around from the casual version. Cushioning is provided via an Air Sole unit in the heel and a rubberized outsole offers long-lasting durability. Three unique styles will be introduced from this Winter: grey/cherrywood-red-even, black/anthracite-flint, and dark cinder/black. Customers seem to be asking for them regularly hurry whilst stock lasts.

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On the Insert tab, the galleries include items that are designed to coordinate with the overall look of your document. You can use these galleries to insert tables, headers, footers, lists, cover pages, and other document building blocks. When you create pictures, charts, or diagrams, they also coordinate with your current document look.

You can easily change the formatting of selected text in the document text by choosing a look for the selected text from the Quick Styles gallery on the Home tab. You can also format text directly by using the other controls on the Home tab. Most controls offer a choice of using the look from the current theme or using a format that you specify directly.

To change the overall look of your document, choose new Theme elements on the Page Layout tab. To change the looks available in the Quick Style gallery, use the Change Current Quick Style Set command. Both the Themes gallery and the Quick Styles gallery provide reset commands so that you can always restore the look of your document to the original contained in your current template.

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Polaroid Effect with Photoshop

Referring to last night’s training, here some additional tips and instruction to create the Polaroid effect:

Polaroid Effect with Photoshop

T600 wide format
T600 high format
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Time Zero wide format
Time Zero high format
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Finisher
Finisher INDOOR

Use WIDE for photos in wide format e.g. 3000px width x 2000px height
Use PANEL for photos in panel format e.g. 2000px wide x 3000px height
(you can use images of ANY size and up to 599 dpi)

Choose the desired action with the right alignment and press PLAY in the action tab

After rendering you can optionally change/adjust all parameters in the Layer tab e.g. decreasing the opacity of the grain layer etc.

When you’re done choose the FINISHER action and press play. It will flatten the image, add a layer with streaks like they occur on real Polaroid prints and furthermore a bevel and a fill layer with the background color.

Sample Scrapbook or Grunge Design application from last night’s deYcademy Web Design Workshop

The above was just a quick sample. Leave a link to show your creations.

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