My husband and I have embraced healthy eating, and so we are always on the look out to find eateries where we enjoy a meal or a treat. I discovered Natural Harry on Instagram a little while ago, and drooled over the delicious cakes, slices etc that were posted on their feed. Natural Harry is […]
Back in April 2013, a new crime writer appeared and released his first book, The Cuckoo’s Calling, to great reviews. About 1500 books were sold and then the word got out….he was actually a she….a very famous she! Robert Galbraith is actually an pseudonym of J.K. Rowling…yes, as in Harry Potter. This series of fictional […]
I must admit I don’t often feel the need to use typographic images, but I have come across an app that has inspired me to get creating! Typorama is a free app that provides a quick and easy way to create beautiful typographic images to share. The aim is provide all the tools you need […]
I adore colour…bold, bright colour…and I like to wear colour whenever possible, although I admit I still occasionally drift into the Melbourne uniform of all black. But when I heard about this book, I felt it would be right up my alley, so to speak….and it was. In fact, I reserved a copy at our […]
I love photography and photo editing apps…I have far too many on my iphone/ipad…but this one is a little different. Colour Splash does something rather clever…in colour mode, it desaturates your photo into black and white, and then allows you to select certain areas to remain in full colour…or there is gray mode which allows […]
My regular readers will know that I love reading books about the fabulous city we live in…the world’s most livable city…Melbourne! The last few books on Melbourne I have reviewed on the blog have been more photographically oriented, but the focus for today is on an anthology of contemporary Melbourne writing. The idea for Melbourne […]
I haven’t done a Mag Monday for a while but I have a really interesting publication to share with you today. When we were at Melbournalia about a month or so ago, I came across the first edition of the Melbourne Dura…a unique print magazine that presents historical “Melbourne tales of intrigue and wonder”. Printed in black and […]
Anyone with an email address will have received those strange emails…emails that contain scams such as unclaimed inheritances, crazy business offers, or friends who have somehow been stuck in a foreign country and need your help….and all involving sending money urgently! As I delete these emails without even reading them, a thought has occurred to […]