Welcome Aleesah!

I love visitors! Today, I welcome Sydney author, Aleesah Darlison, who is going to talk about the difference between writing a stand-alone picture book and writing a series. In July 2010, Aleesah released her first picture book, Puggle’s Problem (Wombat Books)...

Willywalking

After the cooking class and sumptuous feast, a walk was a good idea. Sunday morning we took the dog for a walk along the coast at Williamstown. This is the other side of the headland from the city shots I’ve taken before. Being Spring, there were nesting birds...

Williamstown again

The restaurant where I’ve been working will close it’s doors on Sunday for the last time. It’s a French creperie and has some magnificent furniture. These pics are close ups of a wonderful sideboard thingo. If only there was space in my...

SCBWI Conference

Last weekend was the third SCBWI conference held at the Hughenden Hotel in Woollahra in Sydney.View from our balcony, entrance via the bathroom! We looked over the road to Centennial Park where we walked early Saturday morning and Corinne Fenton convinced me to put my...