Advance notice – I’ve been working on Book 2 of Words on Birds: Feathered Friends of the Dandenongs and it’s almost ready to go to print. Can’t wait to get my first copy in my hands! Can’t wait to let you know it’s available for purchase. Here’s a sneak peak on the draft front cover.
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Visiting Blue Lotus Water Garden
This place, for me, is a must every year – and I go more than once, if possible. 2020 made that a bit difficult but this year I’ll make up for it and have gotten a season pass so I can go a few more times. The Blue Lotus Water Garden is on Warburton Highway,…
DRNP Shop Now Open
It’s taken me awhile but I finally have the shop operating here on this site. All sorts of items such as playing cards, jigsaw puzzles, a book written by me, filled with bird photos, phone covers, cushion covers, tote bags and many other things. Some items are currently limited and will need to be picked…
Missing Photos
Recently, a dear friend of mine passed away, but because of the Pandemic and that she was in another state, I was unable to attend her funeral and say my goodbyes. She was also very involved in the Virtual Assistant industry, as I have been, for many years, and for a time, she was my…
Jigsaw Puzzles now available
With the cooler weather coming, what better activity than a jigsaw puzzle to do indoors? And a jigsaw puzzle that reflects our own region? Plus I have some from the Flinders Ranges too. They also make great gifts and are lightweight for posting overseas. I have a variety of sizes suitable for kids and adults…
Wall images
I had the wonderful privilege of having an insurance company purchase two of my photos some weeks ago, to have them imprinted into glass walls. I couldn’t really imagine how they were going to look but at the beginning of this week I was invited to go in and meet the ‘boss’ and view the…
Do you receive my posts by email?
I’ve been updating the site, as you might be aware, and changing some of my systems. I’ve been going through a real learning curve with the new theme (courtesy of StudioPress Themes) and using the mail service at MailChimp so that I have all my blog and newsletter services in the one place, rather than…
Blogs I read
I came across a most fascinating blog today that told about another that has moving photos – not films, but a technique called ‘cinemagraph’ in order to make a photo appear to be moving. Hair with wind going through it, a man turning pages of a book, steam from a kettle. Absolutely amazing. Is this…