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Kumano Kodo

8 January 2019 by kristarella 1 Comment

Last July my team went to Japan. On our main activity day we went for a hike on a portion of the Kumano Kodo trail. It was quite the challenge for me: completely useless at walking long distances, especially up hills. Despite that it was scenic, interesting, and satisfying. Beauty Wildlife Oddities Signs and writing […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Automattic, Japan, meetup

Shirahama, Japan

5 July 2018 by kristarella 1 Comment

My current team at work is named Patronus and we have just spent a week in Shirahama, Japan. Shirahama is a coastal town in the Wakayama Prefecture, South of Osaka. For the first few days it was pretty quiet, it felt like we had the place to ourselves. It got a little busier over the […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Automattic, Japan, Patrons team, team meetup

Grindelwald, Switzerland

7 July 2017 by kristarella 1 Comment

After WCEU, I took the opportunity to visit my cousin who is living in Switzerland for the summer. Not far from where she lives is a town called Grindelwald and up the mountain from there, Pfingstegg. As it happens, our grandparents visited there about 40 years ago, so we decided to try to find all […]

Filed Under: Photos, Travel Tagged With: Europe, family, Grindelwald, history, Pfingstegg, photos, Switzerland

Leavin’ on a jetplane (to WCEU)

12 June 2017 by kristarella Leave a Comment

Woot! WordCamp Europe (WCEU) is just a few days away; and as I write I am in the airport lounge doing some work, enjoying some dessert, and thinking about WordCamp. I love WordCamps in general for a number of reasons. In no particular order some of those are: learning teaching amazing community swag inspiration community […]

Filed Under: Travel, WordCamp, WordPress Tagged With: Europe, Paris, photos

Automattic Grand Meetup 2016

29 September 2016 by kristarella Leave a Comment

The GM Each year (nearly) everyone at Automattic gets together for the Grand Meetup (GM). The GM is essentially a company retreat. We work, we train, we develop, we discuss, we play, we eat, we drink… it’s an amazing time of getting to know each other better and working and planning towards better products and better […]

Filed Under: Photos, Travel, WordPress Tagged With: Automattic, Canada, Grand Meetup, photos, Whistler

Tower, green hills, red roofs

Český Krumlov

11 July 2016 by kristarella 1 Comment

On my trip to WordCamp Europe, via Prague, I got to go on a tour to Český Krumlov. It was fantastic! Český Krumlov is a town to the South-West of Czech Republic, which is famous for its castle. The castle began being built by the Lords of Krumlov in 1253, giving the oldest parts of […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Czech Republic, Europe, photos

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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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