Back to school

The kids have fallen pretty easily back to the routines of school and daycare. In addition to the regular day schedule, the twins get to have an art class once a week. And the eldest takes French lessons every Wednesday. I hope it's not too much; the school days are much longer here for first graders than they are in Finland.

I'm also back in school. I found a really interesting place in La Jolla, a private membership library that also offers art classes. Every Wednesday I drive to school to work on Polaroid transfers. There were a number of interesting classes to choose from, most of them painting or drawing classes. Maybe I'll finally have the courage to take a watercolor class.

This place is pretty fantastic. The membership fee is very reasonable: for 40 dollars a year members can borrow all the material they want. They have a large collection of books varying from interior design to architecture, painting to photography. I found four books on Frida Kahlo's life, just to give an example! There are also lots of art magazines to browse, and DVDs and videos to take home.

I was in a hurry to get back home so this time I only grabbed three books. One of them is a Minor White photography book. Minor was one of the photographers we examined in class, back when I was taking film photography classes and developing my own prints in the lab. Oh what fun that was.