Its Friday!

My sister made it to Salt Lake City safe and sound! If you've been following her on instagram and Twitter you know she is having a great time and witnessing some very cool stuff!!! Can't wait to see more pictures and hear the wonderful stories. So while she is in the very cold, I on the other hand can't believe how good the weather is down here in Florida (my friends tell me that it is way passed freezing in NY!). Have been walking in the mornings, catching up with worth watching movies*-just in time for awards season; of course painting and sewing and indeed practicing patience.

Looking 'up': my sister's airplane view arriving at Alt Summit;
Looking 'down': a beautiful tiled floor I found this week. 

Amazing how time flies and next week, January will come to an end. So many things to do, so little time! What are your plans for the weekend?
Sending sunshine your way. Stay warm and cozy!

Giannina.

ps: *the 'worth watching movies' links to the 3 movies I watched and loved!!! Highly recommended!

Instagram

My favorite App of all! The reason why I have an iPhone really! But I am not one to leave my photographs lying there in the memories of computers and such, so when I came upon Prinstagr.am I envisioned them coming out in all their tiny glory (5.3 x 8.5 cms to be exact!). They do have many other options, but I wanted the mini prints. I'm really blown away by the quality, and I'm glad they took their time (4 weeks).  The wait was so worth it!
So then, all those prints arrive (50 of them) and what to do? Here are some ideas, but if you have ideas you would like to share, please do, I'm running out of mine!

 Make an album/Journal. Write a letter to a friend and send a picture with it.

 Display them in a bunting (we love our buntings here in this blog).

Fill the album/journal with those tiny photographs.

Make a cute frame so you can send to grandma for Christmas?

Cover the box the prints come in and leave an opening so you can display a print.

Happy Instagraming!

Follow me or my sister if you like, you'll see where all this prints came from, and so much more!

Giova

Views from Above

I think it doesn't get much higher or better than the view you get from an airplane. And it won't get more beautiful and different either. You might think, Oh! There is that cloud again, or isn't that the same shade of blue as the one I saw 2 hours ago? Well, NO! Like Heraclitus said; "You can't fly into the same sky twice." Yes, he said river, but it applies to the sky just as well.
To say that I'm afraid of flying would be an understatement, so lately I've been "Instagramming" my flight from take off to landing. So far it has been working, I feel less tense. That is, until I detect a big grey cloud and can foretell the imminent turbulence approaching! The fun simply ends there.

How do you deal with situations or things that you are afraid of? I'd love to hear if you have any tips for making flying easier.

Happy Flying!
Giova
"You could not step twice into the same river; for other waters are ever flowing on to you." -Heraclitus

Check out this blog for really cool views of the Brooklyn Bridge!!