Sunday 18 January 2009

Pic of the Week

I like having a calendar on my desk at work. This year, I used photobox to make a deluxe desk calendar (week view). I was not entirely happy with the uploading process, but the customer service rep was very helpful and I am confident that it will not be such a headache next time. In any event, the finished product redeemed photobox completely: the calendar is beautiful (if I do say so myself.) The pages are printed on high quality paper, the prints came out better than I expected, and I am sure I will keep it long after 2009.


I used a selection of my digital photos going back to 2003 - more or less the beginning of my iPhoto library. Some of them had never been printed before, and I was curious to see how they would look. Some of them are simply favorites. The main theme is travel but I added some other categories as well.


I only printed three copies: one for mamasita and pop, one for lilsis, and one for me. I have been enjoying changing the page every week, and decided to share the images with the rest of you on my blog. I am used to having my calendar weeks start on a Sunday, but in British fashion, this calendar goes Monday-Sunday rather than Sunday-Saturday. So I will post the pic of the week every Monday, starting tomorrow.


In order to catch you up on the past few weeks, here are the photos you have missed. I started a dedicated flickr page (visible to anyone) so that you can click on the images and see larger sizes. Some of them will be quite small on my blog.


Enjoy!



Cover
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Kew Gardens, Sep 2004

I went to Kew Gardens shortly after I moved to London for my Master's at SOAS. I had visited the gardens on my first trip to London in summer of 1998, and loved the lush and beautiful flowers. In between, I read Orchid Fever, which paints a very unflattering picture of what happens behind the scenes at Kew - fascinating, if a bit disturbing. Even still, the flowers are amazing.




Week of 29 Dec 2008 - 4 Jan 2009
Week of 29 Dec 2008 - 4 Jan 2009
Venice, Jan 2004

I spent New Year's in Venice with J during my month long trip around Europe in Dec 2003 - Jan 2004. We had a lovely time, although we both caught damp-induced colds.




Week of 5-11 Jan
Week of 5-11 Jan
Utrecht, Dec 2003

Part of my month long Europe trip around Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy. I fell in love with Utrecht. It is a charming town, with a lively university and few tourists.



Week of 12-18 Jan
Week of 12-18 Jan
Paris, June 2006

S and I stayed at a friend's flat in Paris. Although he had been to the south of France, he had never been to Paris. We walked all over in two days and had a great time.

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