Avocado smoothie with almond milk. I've never been a great lover of shakes, be it fruit smoothies or veggie juice blends. But I stumbled across this smoothie idea while browsing the The Chalkboard and decided to give it whirl since I had most of the ingredients at hand and was interested to give almond milk a try. *I often browse The Chalkboard simply to gawk...

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The nifty fifty. Ever since I got my Canon 500D a few years back, I've been using the kit lenses and was quite content with the results (well as content as an occasional camera user can be). But as I mentioned in my 2015-Just Do It, I want to be more involved with photography this year by way of doing a bit of...

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Raindrops. This Easter holiday long weekend began in some very dreary weather; weather which usually would confine me to the indoors with a cuppa in hand. However, I was in the mood to take a few snaps and was quite determined to make the most out of the rain. Protea. The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden, Mt Tomah has been on my 'to visit'...

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