Digital Artist Trading Cards

I have really been enjoying becoming involved with a group of Digital Artists who exchange ATC's on a regular basis. For those who have never heard of these they are limited edition trading cards the same size as playing cards and you make and then trade them with others. The artists I am trading with all live overseas in the United States, Canada, The United Kingdom and Germany. We make the cards digitally and then send them on by snail mail. It is so exciting to get so much mail each month from overseas, each one with a special limited edition card inside to keep. Our theme for November was `Locks and Keys' and here is my card. :)

Happy Birthday Anne

Tomorrow is my sister Anne's Birthday and I have made her a special card this morning. This is so good to be able to design a card and then email it to Hong Kong right away. Anne if you are reading this I hope you had a great day.

We have bought a Kayak!

For some time now Alan has been keen on the idea of buying a Kayak and we found a secod hand one locally and at a good price. It's designed so that it can be used for fishing and has several neat little compartments. I love it so now we may have to buy another one. I just love floating about on the water and it is a really cool and peaceful activity on a hot day. Here I am on the lake on Saturday having my first `kayak experience'. Seems like it will be good exercise too . We have quite a few places locally where we can kyak and picnic or fish so this will be fun. It is easy for the 2 of us to load on the back of our ute.

A Very Good Book

I have just finished reading a really interesting book called `Raven Road' by Cassandra Pybus. This book combines travel, adventure, history and autobiography as Pybus, who is a historian as well as a writer, journeys from Vancouver up through British Columbia to the Arctic Circle. She is following the trail of a woman called Lillian Alling who undertook the same journey alone in 1927. It's a wonderful story (in the US it is published with a different title `The Woman who walked to Russia'). I hate this, it happens all the time I know but the title of a book is significant and I think `Raven Road' is a much more evocative title. Anyhow you can read more about it here :http://www.4w8w.com/bookpybus1.html I am now on the lookout for more of Pybus' work.

An Enjoyable Family Sunday

We had a great day today. We drove down the coast to Kawana to watch our Grandson Joel compete in the Queensland School Kayaking Championships. It was held on a man made lake at Kawana which is a really awesome facility for this kind of sport. We watched Joel and his kayaking partner come second in their K2 event. Later they achieved another second which was great. At the same we were able to catch up with Tate who is doing really well and looking cute and chubby so I was able to have a cuddle :)

Some Beautiful Rain

Yesterday we received some much needed rain. We had almost 2 inches and we both felt like going outside and dancing in it. It has been way too long and we now hope that the Summer will bring some more :)