On the road again!

I have just got back from my annual visit to Florida. I visit my daughter-in-law's parents at this time of the year to attend a women's getaway and to have some R&R. This year I also spent a few days in Ohio visiting my friend Mary.

I like to travel to Orlando from my local airport, Birmingham, via Dublin where it is possible to go through Homeland Security and then arrive in Orlando as a domestic passenger. Interestingly in Dublin airport I couldn't buy a bacon sandwich but I could order a portion of bacon and two slices of toast. So I asked them not to toast the toast and voila I made myself a bacon sandwich.

On my first day I spent some time resting and taking photos of Kenny & Betsy's garden for a project later in the year. This is the mango tree in flower. Then I went shopping.  Michaels and JoAnn's of course.

During the afternoon Betsy & I went to get our nails done.

On Thursday I went to a hairdresser recommended by several friends. Here you can see the before and after. I was expecting it to be more radical.  Plus to be honest the after photo doesn't do it justice.

On Friday I made my way to Cocoa Beach where the getaway was based at the Hilton Hotel.  I had time before it started to walk along the beach. It was a very hot day and I foolishly did not take any water with me.  I thought I might be able to get a better photo of the rocket being launched from Cape Canaveral if I got closer to the pier.  Wrong! Plus it turned out to be 2.5 miles - each way! I was exhausted by the time I got back to the hotel.

And the photos - well I'll leave you to be the judge!  They certainly wouldn't win any prizes.

The getaway called Rejuvenate took place with a guest speaker on Friday evening and Saturday morning and ended with a fashion show after lunch.

I stayed an extra night at the hotel and went for a much more sensible walk through the park next to the hotel and back along the beach.

In the evening I went with friends to a Japanese restaurant where the chef cooks your dinner in front of you.  The chef was quite an actor!

The next morning I got up early - well early-ish!  It was about 6.50am to watch the sunrise.

The pelicans came to share the view.

After I checked out I went to the Waffle House to get breakfast.  However everyone else in Cocoa Beach had the same idea so there were no available tables and quite a queue.  I decided to drive back towards Palm Bay and hopefully find somewhere for breakfast.

And I did - at one of my favourite places.  Squid Lips in Eau Gallie.

And here are my pancakes.

After this I drove to church and then went to Kenny & Betsy's for a quiet afternoon.  Lovely.

Next time I'll tell you all about my second week which includes more shopping, eating and a visit to the zoo.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Glimpses of Jesus 16

Glimpses of Jesus in the Old Testament is a year long bible study written by Simon Clay of Jubilee Church Solihull.   You can join in at any time.

Today's post is about Boaz being the Kinsman-Redeemer for Ruth in Ruth 4:1-22

I had been watching some short videos by Hilary Beattie on using Gelatos and thought I would try them on the page.  I glued pieces of hymn book music to the page with Matte Medium and glued over the top.

I put the colours at the top of the page and spritzed water and held the page up so the coloured water would drip down.

It didn't work particularly well - either I hadn't put enough colour or the the gelato didn't like the glue!

Then I drew a cross with the Stabilo pencil and wet it with a wet brush.  The water reacted with the glue!  I used sticker letters for the words.

Do have a look back through the posts on the Glimpses of Jesus blog where you will find links to other people's art and poetry.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Art-Full Attaché

I signed up for an online class from Roben-Marie Smith called Art-Full Attaché.  I love her classes and this time instead of jumping straight in and doing the project I have been taking my time to watch the videos - there are over 50 of them!  And at the same time thinking about what I learned about the colours I like and what my voice might be in it all.

Sticking with the colour scheme I decided to play with the gelli plate.  I restricted the colours and the stencils and came up with these.  I have scanned them into the computer which has dulled them down a bit.

And this is my favourite

I printed out two of them onto thin card and then cut them up into pieces - a 6x4", two 4x3", some strips and punched some circles.  The joy of having them as photos is that I can print them out and cut them out in any format I want.   I could also alter the colour in a photo editor, (if I had one!)

I'm going to search my stash for a variety of papers and make myself up a kit and then I'll be ready to start - once I've watched all of the videos.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice