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As luck would have it
This photo of Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, was featured in my blog post, just before I started walking you through my photobook through my posts, back in December 2019. As if I knew that 2020 was going to be somewhat of … Continue reading
45,000 memories
When my sister kindly gifted me a photobook voucher for my birthday this year it gave me impetus to really dig through my 45,000 photos (yes, I’m not joking… and that’s after lots of culling!) to put together a very … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging and awards, Travel, Travel in France, World travel
Tagged Australia, Blogging, Christchurch, Jet-boat ride, Marysville, Murray River, New Zealand, Photography, Queenstown, Victoria
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Life is a fleeting adventure
Life has a way of slipping us by. The older we get, the quicker time goes – each day, month or year being a decreasing percentage of your lifetime to-date. And somehow our life keeps getting busier, with more and more … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging and awards, Travel
Tagged Family, Hobbies, House-sitting, House-swapping, Photography, Time, Working
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Encouragement award
Many thanks to Rosemary Kneipp (a fellow Aussie blogger in France) for nominating me for the Liebster Bloggers Award. Rosemary, by another co-incidence, calls her blog “Aussie in France” (stating the obvious perhaps? Or are we are just on the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging and awards, Travel, Travel in France, World travel
Tagged 7, Answers, Award, Blogging, Less than 200 followers, Liebster Bloggers Award, Nominees, Questions, Rules, Travel blogs
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Target achieved
It’s always good to work towards a target – to have a goal in mind to spur you on. Whether it’s planning your next holiday, losing x number of kilos, saving up for a special item, you know the sort of thing … Continue reading
What goes around comes around
Many thanks to the very entertaining http://forkinmyeye.com for nominating me for the Versatile Blogger Award … what goes around comes around as they say! According to the award rules (http://versatilebloggeraward.wordpress.com/vba-rules/) I need to nominate 15 other worthy blogs – wow that’s a lot… … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging and awards
Tagged Award, Blogging, Nominees, Rules, Versatile Blogger Award
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And the nominees are…
Blogging is great fun and definitely addictive. Not only to have the chance to share my thoughts and experiences through my writing and photos with anyone in the world who cares to “tune in”, but also to enjoy reading other people’s blogs – … Continue reading
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Tagged About me, Award, Blog, Blogging, Links, Nominees, One Lovely Blog, Pay it forward, Rules, Thanks
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