Twenty Twenty (2020) was just an awful year. It was in 2020 that the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. As a consequence, the state of Victoria – Australia – (state I live in) decided that it had to do massive lockdowns throughout most of the year (6-8 months of lockdown). That and the fact that I […]
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Apparently Pescado Rodrigo is a standard mexican preparation of fish, especially in Mexico City (or so I’ve read). This is what I got from my research, but since I have never been to Mexico City, I cannot confirm. I, obviously, took this off a Mexican cookbook. The recipe suggested serving it with corn tortillas. Since […]
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Every day that passes by, I fall more in love with little Hughey (who might turn out to be bigger than we expect). We took him to his first veterinarian visit this past week prior to his second shot because we felt there might be something wrong with him. Dean thought he had a hearing […]
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So, this little love muffin came into my life 3 days ago! He is the cutest thing ever and I want to be Elmira and just hug him and squeeze him and love him. Unlike the chickens, he actually enjoys the love cuddles. I decided that I had to take TONS of photos of him. […]
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This week was action week: I proposed to take photos of the chickens in action! I am proud to say that most of them did stick to the theme, but there was one that was a resting action (explained below). In trying to capture movement in their daily play, they can be quite unpredictable, making […]
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And so we start again. Dean brought 3 little chicks today. We have come up with two names, but haven’t been able to give the names to the chicks. We also wouldn’t know how to identify two of the 3. Here are Consuelo, Dolores and (Jane Doe).
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I have posted this photo here in the blog, the featured image is of a Superb Fairywren. It is a cute little bird often found here in Victoria. This particular one was found at the (Safari like) Werribee Zoo. A copule of years ago, my husband (then boyfriend) and I went with a couple that […]
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Today was the first full day under quarantine. We still have not had the time (or space) to unpack from our botched trip to Florida.
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Now that I have finally finished editing the photos of my father’s trip to Australia, I can finally post something here. I have a policy of not posting photos without release forms and I don’t generally get family to sign them… so, I will post only photos without family members. In the mix we can […]
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As part of our endeavor to get through all that we wanted, I was invited to do work. Take photos of a country house that is going to be advertised in Airbnb: Forest View Lodge. It is in Deans Marsh, just 15 minutes from Lorne. In exchange for the photos, I would get accommodation in […]
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