Tag Archives: Australia
Intellectual Property Rights
As a writer and photographer, I’m often territorial about my words and images, so I can understand any creative person getting huffy or even litigious when their intellectual property is used without permission. If I want some pithy quotes, I … Continue reading
Filed under Life, History, Presidents, Travel, Abraham Lincoln, Humor, Authors, Novels, Books, Australia
Scientists Discover Origin of a Cancer in Tasmanian Devils
Above is a photograph I took of a Tasmanian Devil in January 2009 at the Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park in Tasmania. Links to my previous posts on the Tassie Devil are at the bottom. (I’m just wild about the devils!) The Tasmanian … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Australia, Health, Life, Natural History, Nature, Photography, Science, Travel
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa
Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney, Australia . The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different shades! … Continue reading
Farmville on Facebook
I signed up for Facebook a few years ago to see what my children were doing at college. Yes, that sounds like spying…. Instant Messenger, MySpace, Facebook. They signed up, I signed up. (They weren’t sneaky enough to keep it a … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Humor, Internet, Life
Stoned Wallabies Make Crop Circles in Tasmania
My friend Anita, who lives in Canberra, emailed me this story. We traveled together in Tasmania in January of this year and saw these poppy fields, and we saw wallabies lounging in rutabaga fields, but we didn’t get to see … Continue reading
Aussie Speak
I laughed when I read my friend Anita’s recent facebook status report: “having fun using words like kerfluffle, bungle (as a noun), shambolic (as in shambles), rectitudiness, verballing, and of course tradies, unis, bikies, footies. . .” Anita, an American, moved … Continue reading
Filed under Australia, Friendship, Humor, Language, Life, New Zealand, Personal, Travel
I’m Addicted to Digital
Last month, I stumbled across a photographer’s blog that mentioned the RedBubble art and photography website, so I checked it out — then I signed up. Now, I can’t stay away from it. The amount of incredible excellent art and … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Entertainment, Howto, Internet, Life, Photography, Random, Shopping
Just Call Me Little Bo Peep
Sheep are probably more common in Australia than kangaroos, but on a recent visit there I never got close enough to hear so much as a bleat. I wanted to see a sheep shearing (as seen on “The Thorn Birds”). I wanted … Continue reading
Filed under Animals, Australia, Environment, Kansas, Kansas City, Life, Movies, Nature, New Zealand, Personal, Random, Travel
I’m a Tasmaniac
I’m envious. Janelle of “What Makes Me Laugh” won a trip to Australia for herself and her husband by writing an essay about Jurlique products, based in Adelaide. Her niece told her: Get your butt to Australia before my college year abroad … Continue reading
Filed under Australia, Bird-watching, Conservation, Environment, Humor, Life, Natural History, Nature, Personal, Travel
