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The beauty of science

16 August 2007 by kristarella

Today’s XKCD comic reveals a marvelous truth about science. It’s the same in biology. Put a PCR on, or something that needs to digest or wash for an hour or two and then do something interesting. 😛

Filed Under: Comics, My life & thoughts, Science Tagged With: humour

Memory – The Olden Days

15 August 2007 by kristarella

I was reminded just now of my youth… I mean my baby youth when my concept of time was almost non-existent and my knowledge of history came from fairy tales. Looking through a photoblog there was a photo of a old cobble street with sandstone buildings. It reminded me of when I was a little […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

Fixing my blog problems

11 August 2007 by kristarella

I decided to check the status of my support request on the wordpress.org forums today. It was regarding the missing navigational links on the front page of my blog. It was very difficult to navigate posts because there were no links to older posts. There were no replies to my query, but a saw a […]

Filed Under: Blogging, WordPress Tagged With: websites

Fractal software for Mac

10 August 2007 by kristarella

While doing a bit of cruising through deviantART I decided that I wanted to try out some fractal art. I don’t really know much about it, but I do know two more things than I did before. That is: 1. Xaos is a free (under GNU licence) fractal zoomer. At first I didn’t install it […]

Filed Under: Graphics Tagged With: free, Free Software

Latest artwork – Dreaming into space

8 August 2007 by kristarella

I just finished my latest graphic project. It was good fun! Looking at it I’m still not 100% sure that it’s complete, but I always over do things and then ruin them, so I’ll leave it for now.

Filed Under: Graphics

Silly Duffer

8 August 2007 by kristarella

I’ve done some silly things. I did another today and was reminiscing about my stupidity. Today I went downstairs to check the car for a bottle of juice I thought I bought because Hubby is extremely sick and wanted some juice. The juice was there, but I locked myself out so he had to get […]

Filed Under: My life & thoughts

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A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying t A triptych of baubles. These are very satisfying to paint ❤️💚💙

#watercolor #watercolour #christmas
I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! S I have really enjoyed this Christmassy painting! So glad my friend asked me to make some cards for our church helpers, because it set me on a roll!
#watercolor #watercolour #christmas #christmascards #watercolorcards
Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Title Had a great Saturday at the GKR Karate State Titles! I was a sub for @jamesxuereb.me in the Blue Flame Dragons thanks to his sprained ankle; we won first round and came fourth overall!
I did a bunch of judging and officiating, which was really good.
I didn’t place in my individual events, but had a very fun final round of kumite (sparring).

#gkrkarate #karate
More stamping tonight. Even better than last night More stamping tonight. Even better than last night’s!
Did some stamping this evening. Love it! I wish I’d done some pages in other ink colours before I dismantled the stamps 😂
Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit Had an appointment in the city, so I got to visit the @legocertifiedstores_anz Wicked display!
#wicked #lego #afol #sydney
A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample ca A little book I made from Bunnings paint sample cards. It’s going to be for mini paintings and collages. Sometimes it’s nice to start with a colour rather than a blank white page!
A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel A little while ago I did some swatching of Daniel Smith and Schminke Horodam watercolours. So soothing! I love some of the granulating colours!
#watercolours
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