Another day at the office

So yesterday i shared with you a little bit of my office and the big green backyard. Today we had a visit from a bee catcher, he wore the white suit and all (how cool!) This little bee hive turned out to be a flippen massive one and had to bee moved ;) Thankfully no bee or person was harmed during the move. The bees, as well as part of their hive have been relocated to a bedfordview apiary (a fancy word for bee farm).

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This little shark guy is one of many in my office, i have to say its pretty cool having all these little characters positioned around the studio.

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As i swivel my office chair around to take this next little snap shot, you will notice the view i have is pretty cool!

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so i have dedicated ONE WHOLE HOUR to balloonvine as i feel that the neglect has gone on long enough. the next few little posts will be of everything in the next hour of my work life. . . i want to make it as exciting as i can so here goes. . . first thing my work space this is super not cool but i will share. I look after this little cherry tree which in Carnelian (have no idea what that is) helps to increase motivation and empowers self determination, it improves memory (which is not my strong point) and balances energy. The tissue with the doodle was a little gift from one of the animators he doodled me :) a glass of water to rehydrate ALWAYS, my collection of pens and pencils that i never really use and last but not least my lap top.....

A stern warning

I spotted this very stern warning on the label of a South African wine bottle, i had to have a little giggle although the warning is very serious, you must always remember DO NOT drink and walk in the road, you may be killed!

Simple thought...

"daily reminder", a typographic woodburn by becky murphy

Awesome places...

Neighbourgoods market braamfontein.

So this is exciting stuff happening right here at my finger tips.... i have just downloaded this awesome photo app to my ipad, i can now awesomfi any photo where ever I am and then upload it straight onto balloonvine...... WHAT!! ya, no jokes! so now i can confirm that my blogging ability just amplified a zillion times over and i am going to be all over this.. starting....NOW!

So every weekend until now and hopefully forever Braanfontein will house the neighbourgoods market. If any of you are familiar  with the old biscuitmill in Cape Town, you will be happy to know that there is the same concept happening in good old Jozi.. Flip Yeah! Do yourself a favour and take a trip into Town, hit Juta Street and walk!

Awesome Art by Popsaart!

When i first caught a glimps of this piece of art, i was like.. whoa damn! The artists name is Pappy Onwuagbu, he is 24 years old and has made good old Jozi his home. Pappy started off by drawing stick men with circles as muscles, as he stated "i love muscles!" He then trained himself up to a point where his characters no longer even resembled stick men but rather proper forms that took ownership of the paper that they were placed.

"The magical finger piano" by Pappy Onwuagbu.

"This painting is about a Zulu boy who hides the last remaining leopards from poachers in his magical finger piano, he releases them once the poachers are gone. In return they will have to train him to be a fierce and stealthy warrior like themselves." ~ Pappy Onwuagbu

Simple thought...

"Our story will always read LOVE," a letterpress poem art print from Sycamore Street Press.