Life is full of beautiful moments and sights. Sometimes you just need to look in your own back yard. The Adelaide summer has brought out the best in this Bougainvillea plant in our garden. It starts out slightly coppery and then goes hot pink. I am overwhelmed by its capacity to bloom about 9 months…
Twittering, catching up on US politics and just reflecting
I am a twitterer and am probably more suited to the short format. Whether it's finding time for a concentrated bout of writing, short attention span or just my nature, I am not sure. Most of my work day I spend at a screen and keyboard so I am probably a bit averse to logging…
January things
Locally grown avocados and stone fruits at the Adelaide Showgrounds Farmer's Market, my husband's birthday (he just turned 50, young thing), Tour Down Under and the Big Day Out. These are the January things that have me talking this year. I dusted off my old Avanti bicycle today and rode over to the Adelaide Showgrounds…
The tyranny of the day job
In itself, my job at the documentation factory is not that bad. I am currently redesigning forms for a credit union using Adobe LiveCycle Designer. "Designing forms, how boring" I hear you say. But, believe me, if you like technology and getting to play with new software, and feel good about process improvements and that…
I shouldn’t be thinking about work right now…
But I was talking to a work mate the other day about ligature and kerning and other terms to do with typography. When I started to explain these things to her, I realised there were some serious gaps in my knowledge. Sure I know some basics that I learned in the early days of Desk…
And now for some photos
I usually write here but would like to introduce some photos from our daily life. Well, when you have a cat or two, they really do rule the house. Speedy and Jose Gonzalez are two amazing brothers who came into our lives via the local vet who had rescued them. After nearly a year with…
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