I had a most industrious day today. In addition to continuing on with my quest to import my entire CD collection into iTunes,  I made some designs for my Cafepress store, uploaded some photos to Flickr (see post below), cleaned my room, worked on my novel and watched a newborn foal in his first hours of life.

Annie’s new colt – Saddlebrook Appaloosas – Live Webcam

More Photos Here

We’ve just finished the assessment period for term 1 and are in the midst of report writing. Hopefully I will be online more after that! My birthday on Friday was great. On Saturday, Mum and I went out and took some photos at the wetlands at Salisbury and then of the horses up in the hills that I visit. Saturday night I went out for dinner with my family, my sister’s boyfriend and my friend K. On Sunday, I relaxed. I did a little bit of shopping and processed some of my photos.

I have opened up a shop at Cafepress.com to sell my photos and some of my graphic designs on clothing, homewares and the like – the link is on the right hand side. I am planning on uploading more images soon.

I still haven’t made much time from writing although my head has felt in a fog since the weekend – too much staying up late, I think. We have two and a bit weeks until the holidays and I am looking forward to the break… I just have to get through marking and reports first :p

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Over the last two days I have been driving through the Adelaide Hills looking for some good photo opportunities. There is a spot about twenty minutes from my house where horses often graze. More often that not they aren’t there when I want them to be (ie, when the weather is the nicest) but I was very lucky yesterday, especially when some of them came down to the fence to greet me and pose for photos. Today’s attempt at taking horse photos was not as good because the main group were out of sight but I did get some nice flower shots instead.

Holidays are here! After I got home from work tonight, I put the dogs in the car and went for a drive through the hills. There was low cloud, which was quite beautiful (and very wet) and I managed to see some kangaroos and some horses. We have had a LOT of rain the past couple of days, so the paddocks may green up just in time for me to take some photos these holidays. I also managed to get some nice photos of the flowers in our garden.

11408 words. Today is the hardest day for me to write because I have to watch Criminal Minds – it is the only show that I watch every week on TV without fail. Yesterday I wrote 1216 words, which was less than I had planned to write but I also let myself sleep in. I was up early this morning to get some more done and have my laptop set up so that I can work on my novel during the ads. So far today, I have written 678 words.I am looking forward to working hard over the weekend.

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Yesterday I went with my friend K on a drive. We had originally intended to go to the Adelaide Botanic Garden but it was busier than I thought and I went past the last few parking spaces available, so after a second try, we changed our minds and headed for the hills. Because of the recent rains, the hills are lovely and green; yesterday was also a much better day than our drive last Friday – the skies were beautifully blue with a sprinkling of clouds and there was very little wind.

We ended up driving along the River Torrens, up to Mount Pleasant, where we enjoyed lunch in the hotel and then came back through Williamstown and the South Para Reservoir. We also met a friendly horse, saw emus and lots of pretty spring flowers.

Photos on my Flickr