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My husband spoilt me with a a brand new Digital SLR Camera for Christmas. It’s a Nikon D90 and takes lots of photos in quick succession (up to 100 which it buffers then saves to the memory card) so it now means I can take action shots without having to wait for my camera to catch up with me and be ready.  I found that most frustrating when out at Mountain Bike Races with my husband.

Anyway, I have a photo blog so I won’t post many photos here, but thought I’d share a small number with you, to give you some idea of what I’ve been doing.  If you click on the image below you’ll see an album of shots I have loaded at Facebook. This picture is of Shadow, one of our cats. Amazing what you find in the garden, isn’t it?

I’m thinking I might print some of these and frame them or see if I can put them on items such as mugs, cards, posters and such and sell them. What do you think?

Photography is something I’ve always enjoyed and I used to belong to a club many years ago – before I started my business.  I’m hoping to pick it up again soon.  As our children fly the coop and Graham and I become ‘empty nesters’ I find I want to spend more time outside and in the country.  And my new camera will become my constant companion – after all I have to show hubby just how much I appreciate his gift to me, don’t I?

Tags: Author's Thoughts, Having Fun by Kathie Thomas
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I wanted to go ask a specific question the other day on two writer’s forums I belong to but both were closed. Both were with Ning and I was in a fix because I wanted to post my question now!  So, what should I do?

• I posted at Twitter

• I sent an email to another forum

• I did some research at Google

• I kept revisiting the Ning site waiting for it to open again.

What do you do when you can’t get into the group you want to participate in?

Tags: Forums, Having Fun by Kathie Thomas
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I’m a member of Aussie Bloggers Forum and one of the members, Kin, organised a Secret Santa gift swap.  Well, my secret santa gift has arrived and someone knows my vice.  I’m a stationary junkie!

I wonder how they knew?  Thanks Secret Santa, whoever you are!  All I know is that you’re another Melbourne Aussie Blogger.

This will be a constant companion for notes for those blog posts I think about when not in my office!

Tags: Aussie Bloggers, Having Fun by Kathie Thomas
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Wish I’d thought of this post! At Aussie Bloggers an excellent post called “It’s Just Like A Party” has been written by Jeanie about participating in forums and it’s real commonsense stuff. And yet I see so many breaking the often ‘unwritten’ rules of etiquette when it comes to forum participation.

I love being involved in forums – a great way to network with others in a casual way and really get to know people. Perhaps further down the track you might do business with them or socialise with them face to face, who knows where it will lead, but it’s important to start off on the right foot first.  Otherwise you could end up being branded a spammer or troublemaker when it’s possible you’re just being enthusiastic and didn’t think. Especially if you operate a business – all business owners want to let others know what they do and where to find them, but it’s best to play down that enthusiasm and get to know the lay of the land first before linking right, left and centre and being accused of spamming a forum.

Why not read through this list and think on it when you’re next in a forum? It might just help you to have a lot more fun!

Tags: Having Fun, Networking by Kathie Thomas
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