sixty to sixty-four...

60: a supportive community to help with troublesome assignments

61: Monday night babysitting

62: no-one having been hurt at the next door shop's hold up yesterday morning

63: no "accidents" at school! yay!

64: children moved by books (R, Once, Morris Gleitzman)

Mark My Place

Here's a little insight into me and some of my favourite things...

I love to read. This is the book I'm currently reading Kate Morton's, The Distant Hours. Okay, I've only read the first paragraph so far but I just know I'm going to love this book, Morton's previous books The Shifting Fog and The Forgotten Garden were fantastic. I usually guess the end of drama/thriller type books but Kate kept me guessing right until the end, just when I thought I had the plot sorted another twist was thrown in my path. This book has extra value because Rhiannan got it for me for Christmas. The bookmark was also a gift, from my lovely niece; I love practical and beautiful gifts, they remind me of the gift giver every time I use them.

I love my camera kit (the lens pictured is not necessarily my favourite but a representation of the whole.) I'm only a beginner we all know that but I love learning and I love trying new things with my camera, like this still life shot. I've enrolled in a photography course, you might see a great improvement in my shots in the near future. I surely hope so!


Specs:
Canon EOS 400D
1/30s
f/5.0
50mm
ISO 100

100 Books...

Yes, it's that time of year again, Angus and Robertson's Top 100 Books for 2010 (as voted by the general public) was released recently (okay, nearly 8 weeks ago, I was a bit slow on the uptake.) Browsing through the list I realised quite quickly that many of the books are the same as the ones voted for last year and the year before... Other than by being stranded on a desert island with only the hundred books there is no way I could devour them all in a year, however, over two years, (discounting those I've already read and noting that quite a few will be repeated in the years to follow) I do believe that by the end of 2013 I could quite possibly have read the 100 books on the list that year. I just don't know if I could bare to read Harry Potter (at least there's only one of them on there this year) or the Twilight saga. :o Yes, you DID read those words. Maybe by 2013 they will have dropped of the list... wishful thinking?

Here's the list...