Painting together

A square full of pigeons, a church built of characteristic red tiles in the background, a row of carriages with horses waiting for tourists who want a ride... yes, this is a snap from Krakow, known to those who have visited this place as tourists or if they have already attended one of the Hive meetups held in this Polish city.

I was lucky to meet for the very first time this magical place two years ago. But it was October. Now, in the middle of November, the days are significantly shorter and although I took this photo some moments ago (it is 5:30 now when I am starting to write this post), it is already dark now. I am getting ready to leave our accommodation and head towards... towards The Kingdom!

6:00 pm

We arrived at The Kingdom - @krolestwo (a few minutes late though... could be that in Spain the time passes at a different pace than here in Poland so we didn't calculate well the arrival time? 😂) at the Big Opening of the Workshop and HiveBeeCon.

After meeting and greeting the already familiar Hivers and some new people, while missing all the others who couldn't attend this time HiveBeeCon, a very important work started here! Painting clay tiles with Hive and Krolestwo logo, which will become fridge magnets in the end.

Btw, their logo has changed since we were here two years ago. Earlier it was the face of a poet and now it is a key, which is much simpler but makes a lot of sense. It is a key with an infinity sign and a crown. I think it is a great logo and David also said that it actually works. Many people get curious when see a key drawn somewhere on the street or find a clay tile with it. In the end, when they find the key and its meaning, when they find this place, they are happy. Challenge fulfilled - the key was found.

A few of us joined this little workshop... @akipponn, @alessandrawhite, @blind-spot, @mynewlife and even @ph1102. He surprised me actually with this as I know he didn't like painting lessons when he was small. 🤭
So, I chose this Hive clay tile and decided it will be red. Traditional colours first! 🤪

For the second one, I chose a different Hive clay tile, and the colour I mixed from red, blue and white turned out something like purple. I really loved painting this one!

And it didn't stop here... I also painted a third one. A combination of blue and white Hive logo was born here:

Around 8:00 pm

While I was painting these clay tiles in the workshop room, I heard from the other room someone playing the tune of Jingle Bells... there was someone trying to learn it and I heard always the same mistake. That one wrong note repeated many times made me stand up, leave the painting activity for a moment and correct that mistake. 😂 Professional deformation haha

Mission completed - the girl in the end learned the Jingle Bells tune, after the intervention of several piano teachers. 🎶

11:00 pm

So, the first day of HiveBeeCon finished as we all went home to rest and prepare ourselves for the day 2, which is tomorrow. I hope to make a little report tomorrow as well. 😉