Tag: art

  • Casa Santa at Jardin de Miramar

    Casa Santa at Jardin de Miramar

    Would you like to see Santa on Summer time?

    Me: I wish!

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    Well, there’s a place in Antipolo City, Philippines called CASA SANTA – a museum of  3,700 Santa’s collected around the world and it is open all year round. There’s a minimum of 5 persons to open the place and each has to pay 180 Php or if you are willing to pay 900 Php even your group is less than five, they will still open it for you. And if you opted just to hang around the place, its free! Garden de Miramar is a three hectare garden event venue.

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    I took advantage of the “mom’s day” no one was able to say no 🙂

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    hey santa ! the door is open 🙂

    You can find the smallest to biggest Santa in this place, impressive! You can also see his bedroom, dining room and even his bathroom  🙂 Though I must say that the place is dusty and creepy, it should be more festive. Maybe on Christmas, it is a different scenario.(hope so! )

    Ladies…ho..ho..ho..ho..seven months to go..

    Location: 276 San Jose Ext. Bgy. San Isidro Antipolo City
    Telephone No.: 584-3199

    Cheers,

    jamilamimi@beautybeyondfifty

  • Photoblog: Art under the bridge

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    Art under the bridge along Medina road and Thalia St.

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  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting

    While visiting Pike Public Market in Seattle, I saw an old lady teaching her daughter how to paint, I can’t help but take a snap shot of them. A fleeting beautiful moments of togetherness.

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    actual painting
    Art is long…Time is fleeting
    Life is fleeting…It is to be enjoyed
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    the proud recipient of that fleeting moment

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  • Coffee Art ” Petra” it has to be seen to be believed

    Samples of my paintings..all in Coffee medium ,inspired by my trip in Petra, Jordan.

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    The siq
    the end of the siq
    the end of the siq
    Petra (rocks)
    Petra (rocks)
    the gate
    the gate
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    The ruins
    en route
    en route
    passage
    passage
    mystery
    mystery
    to see is to believe
    to see is to believe
    awesome
    awesome
    the chair
    the chair
    beauty is everywhere
    beauty is everywhere
    alone
    alone
    it is not the cloth that oppresses women, it is the illiterate mind
    it is not the cloth that oppresses women, it is the illiterate mind

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  • Coffee ART anyone?

    Have you found yourself at times, alone? drinking coffee? reading while drinking coffee, chatting while drinking coffee? have you ever wondered, your day will passed by doing nothing? oh well, i am a person who will always look for something to do, learn and try new things, so here’s one of my favorite pastime – painting using coffee inspired by my trip in Petra-Jordan.

    lined the border with a paper tape
    my paraphernalia
    watercolor brushes
    my coffee table

    Here’s some of my finished painting using my favorite coffee.

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    camel look
    camel look

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  • Special Photo Challenge: Inspiration

    blog is like a desert – an endless body of thoughts

    My discoveries are endless…I will continue to learn… to share… to dream…and to inspire!

    i got my inspiration from my sons passion in photography

    It is hard being alone in a foreign land where a woman’s voice is as rare as the rain pours. I was inspired to write my thoughts, what is happening around, the places I have been, the people I have met. I was inspired by other women who continues to fight, to dream and live happily in-spite of their difficulties.

    bonding with friends, laughter and places are inspiration

    Yes, out of boredom, i was inspired to start blogging but not to out pour my negativity but instead to inspire other women, to motivate them that there is beauty beyond fifty. I was inspired to learn how to take pictures from my sons who are both artistic on their own merit. I was inspired by the feedback i got from the readers.

    self timer is on! at 53 I can still run and jump

    I started my blog February 7, 2011, three months to go and  a year will pass, I will continue to blog, a memories of my days, places,friends and my families and to my would be grandchildren and their children,to them…my  memories,my thoughts, my life beyond fifty will always be remembered.

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    cheers!

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