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Thursday Thirteen #31

19 October 2006 by kristarella

Thirteen places I’d like to visit. 1. Paris. I learnt French at school and did one uni class on it as well, I’d love to go there and try to speak the language. 2. North and South Carolina. Nicholas Sparks always makes it sound so lovely in his books. 3. Perth. Yep, I live in […]

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Unfreakin’believable!

14 October 2006 by kristarella

I got 164 spam comments on my photoblog… overnight! All from the same three names and many of them saying the exact same thing. Before that I’d only gotten two which I deleted last night. Did they know I was back and just doing it to piss me off? Well it didn’t work, mostly I’m […]

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Thursday Thirteen #30

5 October 2006 by kristarella

Thirteen things about my husband, in honour of his birthday. 1. He is quite ambivalent, verging on dislike, towards birthdays. 2. He is very intelligent. 3. When he was younger he read encyclopedias at bedtime. 4. He looks like Tom Hanks. 5. At school some guys called him Mr Bean because they thought he looked […]

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Pftt

2 October 2006 by kristarella

I installed the image-headlines plugin. It seems to be working but not with certain punctuation marks. I’m sure those characters are in the font file. I’m leaving it up for now so that hopefully I’ll get a response from the maker of the plugin (if indeed my comment actually got saved, I hope he has […]

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Thursday Thirteen #29

21 September 2006 by kristarella

Thirteen phobias A-M 1. Aibohphobia: Fear of palindromes. 2. Bibliophobia: Fear of books. 3. Chronophobia: Fear of time. 4. Dextrophobia: Fear of objects on the right side of the body. 5. Ergophobia: Fear of work. 6. Felinophobia: Fear of cats. (There’s about 6 different words for a fear of cats, must be because of those […]

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Joy, rapture!

16 September 2006 by kristarella

Just a quick one while I get around to those Thursday Thirteens. My question got answered over at Useless Advice from Useless Men! I’m renting at Recommended! I also had two great rent periods. One at Tiny Voices in my Head and one at Ramblings of an Undisturbed Mind. Rent at these places if you […]

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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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