i'm all ears

just how cute are these guys! well, this gal and this guy maybe? i know this is not the best photo, but i like the fact that mommy goat provides a slightly darker background for the cleaner, lighter little goat. and my, look at the expression on their faces! priceless. plus i have always been a big fan of olive trees. their misty greyish green texture is really a feast to the eyes. i think they deserve their own entry. if only i had a better camera and better photography skills. (note to self: join a photography group).

this picture was taken in the wonderful kaz daglari (goose mountains would be a rough translation -but what good would that do?). kaz daglari might as well be a gift of nature. soo many surprises along the way! i would like to go there specifically just to sketch everything. and we didn't even go into the national park. it's a huge place.

now you know what i have been doing instead of blogging. have you ever been to kaz daglari?  what are your impressions?

nope, i haven't been lying...

what in the world is this? can you guess? it is a hard one, i must confess... more on this later. see, i was busy after all! welcome to my new follower by the way:)

asphalt eaters

alright, here are some photos from our beloved trip (some of them courtesy of hubby). i downsized them quite a bit, if it is too much, i'll try a bigger size next time. i will try to keep the entries simple, 3 photos maximum for each place, so you don't get bored to death!

so i have broken my own rule already. this photo has nothing to do with our last trip. so why did i put it here? no idea! it is from a trip on 23-25 april to assos. but my, what a surreal view!

ok, now for the real deal: this is simav, a lovely camping area near a lovely (and bird-laden) lake. we were there quite early, around 14:00. the pictures do there no justice, actually.

i told you i was going to birdwatch, and you didn't quite believe me, did you?. well, we did, and we saw soo many different fantastic birds. i could easily say that this was an amazing nature kind of trip. the little gal here was quite timid and we had a hard time photographing her.

after a comfy nights' sleep and lots of amazement, we continued our way to pamukkale. this photo was from a secondary road not so far from simav. most of the time our jaws dropped at how beautiful it was around (and yes, that is the windshield of a motorcycle:)

i will try to continue with one post each for every place we stayed over the next days. is this a travel blog? well, i don't know yet. stay tuned!

it's not a sewing machine commercial, either

these days you can't take a photo of an object without getting the logo in the viewer. so, this guy is the crazy machine that helps me to and sometimes prevents me from sewing my stuff! hehe, you might say 'what is so fancy about this thing? it's an ordinary sewing machine, that's it!' no, it's not. never in my life would i imagine to have one of these, much less use one. and i don't plan to sew my own trousers in the near future.

i must warn you, though. the guy sometimes eats fabric... lots of it.

nature will take over

of course i couldn't leave you without an entry in the last day of this short cute little month. here, a fresh photo from the oven. can you guess what this is? a really tough one this time:) hihi.

inspire me

this photo is from the same village where this rusty image was taken, and which i turned into a small guessing game. well, since it is no mystery any more, the village is 'anadolu kavagi'...

the place in this picture seemed almost like a movie scene to me. i loved the worn out texture on the stairs and the overall dirty color scheme (the cloudy weather helping that scheme, too). don't you just love the plant in the tire? necessity is the mother of.. creativity!! hehe.

i'm really happy to see another follower, alecos! thank you:)

need more images

once more, i have been busy like crazy. an image-laden entry is due. right here where i'm working i don't even have a photo to post. i don't like these text-only entries, but you'll have to wait for a couple of days for a more colorful one. how about some colored text? no?

don't keep us waiting!

i have been asked to design my 3rd book cover! the problem is, first the book needs to be written:) that'll happen soon, i'm sure. or one day...

i've got a lot going on my mind. i have to prepare lessons like crazy. still i'm glad that i can find time to deal with my own projects. and feel depressed evey now and then:) it's important to have time to fully embrace depression. and to stare at the walls.

some nice photos coming soon! when there are no images, i hardly find anything to talk about. hmmm.

shutter speed

today one of my friends took lots of pictures of the work done in my classroom. yes, i do some teaching:) i was really excited about the results; he did a fantastic job! i can't wait to see them printed for an exhibition... i hope i can handle that! i'll keep you informed.

more texture!

hehe i've been absent quite a while, haven't i? i've been out of town, which is my favorite activity nowadays. not only nowadays, but always. i need to get out of town.

besides swimming and eating whatever comes to my sight, i took some photos. i even saw one wild animal (which was really surprising for me) for the first time in my life. in the daylight. can you guess which ferocious wild animal i saw? sorry, no photos of it because the ones i took were quite shaky. so i made this into a riddle. hint: it has a domestic version, too.

you know by now that i'm amazed by texture. here i leave you with one. i think this is made of reed, used as a roof material. look at the gaps and the mismatched pieces. the non-uniformity of the string that holds the reeds together. there is always some randomness in which things are handled in this geography. i think i sometimes (not always) i like it. ok, my quest for textures will go on. do you have some textural research material, too?

bye bye july. although i am quite crazy about summer, daylight and hot weather, i never liked you. and i like your younger brother, august even less. what a month! september is ok. may and june are the best;)

black and white

is this a 'me and natural life' blog? no, it's not. then why are the last 4-5 posts on various animals in poor light? hehe. what can i say, inspiration comes from everywhere. and to be honest, there is not much else around here:) you wouldn't want to see even more cliche sea and sun photos, would you? all of the world's sea and sun photographers, please don't be mad at me. you are fantastic. it's just that... it's not you, it's me.

can somebody tell me what this weird chickenesque animal is? i really like the texture.

shopping

finally i managed to buy the items on my shopping list, and i'm ready to start some model-making:)) sometimes i really get sick of spending time on the computer. so this is going to be a good change for a while. for a short while, of course...hm, real objects! can i handle this?:D

i hope to be able to take a photo, soon. until then, don't forget to get some nice sunshine in!

out of nowhere

there is a different kind of logic that applies to small cities. the people, the traffic, the behavior, the food, the energy... you need to be in a certain frame of mind to survive in a particular city. i got an unreal feeling from my short trip. i cannot explain it very clearly, but maybe if i post some photos over time, i might give you a sense of what i've felt... does that place really exist?

talking about photos, let me ask you what this one is about... i enjoy looking at it. is this an easy one?
what do you think about small cities?

i'm back

hi, just a quickie to tell that i'm back from vacation. it was a really fantastic one, and a good change. of course i have tons of photos and lots of new inspirations:) una por una, ¿no?

hm.. home sweet home. ok, no slacking, gotta get on working!

las escaleras

ok let's cheer things up a little.

here's a tough one: can you guess where this photo was taken? hint: it's the same city where the last photo was.

i probably will be away for about one week starting from monday. i'll catch up when i come back. more promises to keep, right? until then, take care and have a nice weekend everybody!

p.s.: my mother contacted the publisher and it's still not clear if they are going to republish the book. for free of course. we'll see that later. ok i'm stopping now because i feel the anger creeping. grrrr.

one piece of discovery, one piece of guilt

i recently found out about harvie krumpet, a sad yet interesting short by adam elliot. just wanted to share. his new feature film, mary & max will be around sometime. i'm sure the guy doesn't need my advertisement, but i always get extra excited with clay animation-so can't help myself.

makes me want to grab some clay;)

my mother asked me to design a bookmark (i'm not sure if this is the right word) for her. i had to turn her down because i was super busy at the time. now i'm sorry i did that; and i'll try to suprise her with the said bookmark as soon as possible. of course you won't be able to avoid seeing it, because i shall put it right here immediately!!!

i didn't forget about the origami dog, the biomimicry and the animated short stuff, but everything one step at a time, right? keep checking, please.

oh, and this 'guess where?' thing with photos seems quite fun. hehe.

how about some rust?

hehe another quickie before i hit the road. i will be away for a couple of days but most probably will post while i'm there.

let's see some color, right? enough with the b/w stuff. ok, you couldn't guess where the last photo was, but can you this time? hint: we've been here together with some people who mighhhht be reading:P

textures, colors! do you have a weakness for them too?

p.s: comments are finally enabled, i guess;)

gotta refresh a little...

i'm sorry for not posting. it has been a laaazy week for me. hope i can brush it off. anyway, i want to see some work around here! the computer program learning is going quite well. i feel more empowered and free to do anything i want. but sometimes all i want to do is watch movies...

i don't claim to be a photographer, but i would like to leave you with this photo anyway... can you guess where it is taken? hehe...