Life

Bella Venice

Well this is my last holiday post. From now on it’s back to scrapbooking. Thanks a lot for coming on the journey with us. And don’t forget you can fill in all the gaps by checking out the photos on my Facebook Album. You don’t need to be linked to Facebook to use this link. [...]

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International Scrapbooker Meeting

About 18 months ago I went on a cruise along the Danube and Rhine Rivers from Budapest to Amsterdam. It was a sensational trip and when we reached Amsterdam I met up with my long time Internet buddy, Antoinette, for the first time. We only had time for a quick cup of coffee so this [...]

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The Fat Duck

A Gastronomic Extravaganza We’re at the end of the UK leg of our trip. If you would like to check out what we’ve done so far you can view the photographic evidence on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150177400708963.302999.624863962 Well we wanted to go out with a bang so, after much difficulty we managed to book into The [...]

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Through the Eye of the Needle

After 28 long long travel hours we arrived at our guest house in London. Being 100 metres from Earls Court station it’s perfectly located. So we showered and changed and headed out. We ended up in Southwark and decided to go up on the London Eye. I wasn’t too sure about how it would work [...]

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London here we come

Seona and I are sitting in a ‘Harrods’ cafe at Kuala Lumpur airport waiting for our connecting flight to Amsterdam and then on to London. There’s nothing like being in a foreign airport to let you know you’re not in Kansas anymore Toto. We’re all excited that the trip is finally here, although after 8 [...]

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A Tale of Two Pantries

The picture below is my pantry. You may notice that it’s sitting in the back yard. An odd place for a pantry you might think. Let me tell you the story. I love this pantry. I made it 10 years ago when I bought an old trashed 1940s wardrobe (closet) from a second hand shop [...]

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Cheap Flights . . . or maybe not

Next month my daughter Seona and I are jumping in a big silver bird and heading off to the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands and Italy. I know, it’s a lousy job but somebody has to do it. Our trip was organised for us by a terrific independent travel consultant named Dorothy. And if you live [...]

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My Shakespeare Epiphany

Warning: This post has nothing to do with scrapbooking. King Lear at the DonMar Warehouse Theatre How do you feel about Shakespeare? I mean I know he is probably the greatest icon of western literature but do you like his plays? You probably had some exposure to some of his plays when you were at [...]

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iMusic is here

This is so cool I just had to share it with you. If you got an iPhone or an iPad for Christmas maybe you should team up with a few friends and try this for yourself. It’s North Point’s iBand and they’re making music using nothing but iPhones and iPads. Everything from keyboards to saxophones. [...]

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Canon PIXMA MP990 Review

One of the cool things about writing Scraps of Mind is that every now and then I get contacted to try out different products. And so when Canon Australia asked me if I’d be interested in trying out their PIXMA MP990 printer/scanner and all round multi function device I said I’d be delighted.

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