I love editing photos. As soon as I've downloaded my photos from my camera, I start editing them.

Today I decided to make a quick video about how I edit my photos for my blog using Picasa. I really enjoyed making it. Would you like to watch?



Do you like editing photos? What's your favourite effect?

One of my favourite things about Christmas is seeing everyone's faces when I give them their presents.

This year, we've decided to get involved in Operation Christmas Child: a charity which sends shoe boxes full of Christmas presents overseas to less fortunate children. Some of the children who will be getting these shoe boxes may never have received a present before. This will make their Christmas very special.

We have filled two Christmas Child boxes with presents. Two girls will receive them at Christmas. I hope they like what we chose for them. I wish I could see their faces when they open their boxes!

Today, I made a video about Operation Christmas Child and our boxes. Would you like to watch it?


Do you do anything for charity at Christmas?

Title: The Book of Lies

Author: James Moloney

Stars: Four out of five

Genre: Fantasy

Blurb: The newest boy at Mrs. Timmins's Home for Orphans and Foundlings awakes at first light with no name and no memory. But a strange girl who hides among the shadows of the orphanage tells him that a mysterious wizard's creation, the Book of Lies, holds the answers, and then gives him one clue: "Your name is Marcel."
With that knowledge, and the help of three new friends, Marcel begins a quest to find the truth about his real identity--a truth that is hidden in the Book of Lies. As Marcel learns more about his past, he realizes that truth can change at any moment and can be manipulated by anyone, and he begins to wonder if the old book's so-called magical truth might be the greatest lie of all.

Favourite Quote: “My fate is my own; my heart remains free. Not magic but wisdom reveals destiny.” -Book of Lies

Thoughts: This is a very exciting and confusing book. It kept me guessing at what would happen next. I've never been quite so confused by a story before, but that just made it all the more enjoyable.


I'm now off to go read the third book in this series (our library didn't have the second). I can't wait to see what happens next!

I'm really excited. NaNoWriMo is almost here.

I've been doing NaNoWriMo since I was around ten. This is the first year I can do the adult version instead of the Young Writer's Program. This means I will be writing a novel of at least 50 000 words in 30 days.

I thought for a bit of fun I would share the summary of the story I am going to write.

When King Ryan accidentally kills one of the pack, the pack is determined to get revenge. King Ryan, foreseeing war, calls on the help of the most renowned spy in the kingdom, Midnight Mouse, to stop the pack and regain peace.

My story is called The Pack of Magma. Hopefully it will be a retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but as I have a hard time sticking to plots, it could end up being anything.

I always hated the story of Goldilocks and the Threes Bears, which is why I want to go and write a good version. I have never heard of anyone rewriting Goldilocks and the Three Bears before. It should be a lot of fun.

Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year? What are you writing?

Title: Incareran 2: Sapphique

Author: Catherine Fisher

Stars: Four out of Five

Genre: Fantasy

Blurb: Finn has escaped from the terrible living Prison of Incarceron, but its memory torments him, because his brother Keiro is still inside. Outside, Claudia insists he must be king, but he doubts even his own identity. Is he the lost prince Giles? Or are his memories no more than another construct of his imprisonment?

Favourite Quote: I'm crazy, not stupid-Rix

Thoughts: When I got this book from the library, the first one wasn't there. I borrowed it anyway. It wasn't that hard to work out what was going on.

I have always wanted to be able to take amazing photos of cats, but sadly it turns out that cats aren't as easy to snap a photo of as you might think.

After taking heaps a failed photos...

Gemma-Rose and I walked down to the park at the end of our road. I had my camera with me.

We headed over to the play equipment. Gemma-Rose decided to slide down the slippery dip. I snapped some photos of her as she flew down.




Gemma-Rose also wanted to play on the swing.


Soon we left the play equipment and headed over to the playing field.


Gemma-Rose lay down in the warm grass.


Suddenly, Gemma-Rose decided to run across the field as fast as she could.


Tired, Gemma-Rose pulled out the book Mum wrote and published, The Angels of Abbey Creek.





All too soon we had to go home. We had a great time at the park. I really enjoyed taking all these photos.

Do you like going to the park?