Current Mood:
Exhausted
If I was “a little out of breath” last week, I don’t know what you’d call my condition this week!! I’ve spent a lot of time all over the internet to try and get word about my book out there. At times I thought I’d finally really go insane. I also had a few doubting moments, suspecting that all this action on my part was sort of futile, but it does seem to work, as a little number of books has already been sold – although the official release is mid-October! Well, I guess I’ll just keep drumming. :)
So it’s been a rather hectic week, and there was no way I’d go out and around to take photos. But the PhotoHunt is the one activity that I really don’t want to give up on! I had a look through my archived pics and this is what I came up with for this week’s theme, Original:
Two artist friends of mine, Austrian-born Hermine and Kathrin from Switzerland (both have been living in Gozo for many years), came up with this fabulous – and original! – idea to choose a fisher boat, belonging to Kathrin’s husband, as the venue for an exhibition in August of last year. Well, and that exhibition obviously housed a lot of original works of art! 
While having my first coffein shot in the kitchen this morning, my eyes fell on this framed – original – certificate. It sort of proves that I’ve been a certified geek since 1993. It’s strangely symbolic having it hanging in my kitchen. Unfortunately I was never able to use it to get a geeky job… but I had worked so hard for it (travelling to Malta two evenings a week after work for nearly a whole year and doing assignments at night), that looking at it occasionally still makes me feel the pride I felt when I received it! :)
Hope all y’all gonna enjoy a happy weekend! (I could almost pass for a Texan, eh? :D)
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Lovely photos as always, Sabine. Congratulations on the certificate that you got. My photos will be up in a short while yet. I time stamped it to September 29
How is the book sales going? Hope everything would be ok. Take care and have a great weekend! :wink:
Hi Julie, thanks! That certificate is quite a few years old, though!
And also thanks for that time-stamping idea – I always upload my entries when I find some free time, but it has never occurred to me to post-date it. Oh well, maybe next time… :D
Oh but the book is in German, anyway good luck I hope it sells well.
Original pictures too! Have a nice weekend as well.
Thanks Jose! I see you’re an early bird too! Yeah, it’s a bummer that the book is in German LOL! I sooo wish they’ll buy my English version too!
:pacman: I love your choices!!! a bit of ocean life, art, geeky certificate. Just great and very original.
Happy weekend!!
Und viel Glück mit deinem Buch
Vielen Dank Mar! :)
Very nice! Lovely photos! The Swiss do come up with great original ideas! ;-) hee hee
I have my up,, though I am doing it from Chicago. Here for a reunion with the families that we met in China when we adopted Maya. Does this make me a Photo Hunt addict??!?!
Great take on the theme…Congrats on the certificate!!!
Good shot for the original theme. I don’t believe I’ve ever been to an art show on a fishing boat. That is an original and cool idea. I think it’s great that your book has been published and also congratulations on the course you completed. Taking a class while working is an accomplishment and good to have the original certificate to remind you what you did.
That is certainly an original place for an art show.
Happy Weekend.
Great pictures and a wonderful idea. Have a good weekend and take it easy!!
that is a really impressive certificate! I don’t know how far Malta is from you, but it sounds like a great endeavor. Great post!
Sabine: Yep, the Swiss are quite good at original ideas – right after the Germans!
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Chicago, eh? Girl you’re really seeing the world! I’m envious…
(Oh, by the way… love your gravatar!
Nap Warden (love that nick LOL!): Thanks!
Carver: Thank you for your nice words (as usual! :) )
Pat: thanks – and a happy weekend to you too!
Chris: thanks – and I’ll try to take it easy. But that’s not easy, once I put my head to something.
Happy weekend!
Andrée: thank you! Malta is a 30 minute ferry crossing away from Gozo.
Don’t know how many comments I’ll be able to answer after this – but I wish a HAPPY WEEKEND TO ALL OF YOU!
I love art exhibits! The boat venue idea is really cool. Mine is up!!
very original idea…I like it:)
Nice pics. THe artwork look great and yiou have very right to be proud of your certificate. Have a great weekend!
that’s a proud achievement indeed! congratulations on your book! if it’s in English, I’d buy one! :)
Happy weekend! :)
I think a lot of people feel that same way about degrees and certificates we’ve earned. I guess the important thing is feeling good about yourself for completing something so difficult.
Beautiful pieces of art by the way!
Excellent original photos! The idea to use a fishing boat to house an exhibition is very original indeed – fabulous photos!
My original photo.
What an original and wonderful place to have an exhibition!
And geeky you might be – but you worked hard to get that certificate to prove it – and deserve to have it framed and on show!
What a great exhibit idea. And congrats on the geeky certificate. :) A certified geek is a good thing, regardless of how much you use it. :)
what a wonderful certificate. Great photos for original!
Did you get a chance to ride the boat? It must have been fun.
Thanks for visiting my blog.
Well, of course that is a bunch of good originals! Creative choices too :-)
…and you should be really proud over that certificate! Wuite an achievement!
This is a fabulous idea for the theme. It must have been a very tight venue for the show if too many people showed up at once. Thanks for visiting
You had some great choices again this week. Looks like there were lots of original work there. And you may have possibly passed as Texan until you added the Canadian eh at the end.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Great choice of photos, really original :) Mine is up too. Hope you can visit me. Have a great week.
Great pics – the interior of that boat must look wonderful, with all its original works of art. Have a good weekend!
That is a very original venue for a showing of original art.