blogging

Naked Blogging.

by frogpondsrock on May 15, 2010

in blogging,Fun,real life

I have been meaning to post a photo of myself here for a while and I keep on forgetting. So what better time than now when I have been inspired by my lovely British friend Barbara to bear all. I have been so busy that I haven’t had a chance to visit anyone on line and when I did everyone was naked. YAY.

The idea originally came from Jodie Ansted at Mummy Mayhem.

My gorgeous American friend Kristin wrote that, if you believe that beauty comes from within and would like to support this movement, put up a post on Friday and show us your beautiful self, sans makeup.

It is Saturday here in Tasmania but better late than never.

I don’t wear makeup unless it is a special occasion and this photo is how I generally look every day. Except that in this photo I am remarkably clean. Normally I have clay on me somewhere.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Blogher! Snogher! Schmogher!

by frogpondsrock on June 8, 2009

in blogging,friendship,real life

Each year as the Blogher conference gets closer, I wish that there was something similar here in Australia. Given the low profile of blogging in Australia and the even lower financial returns, I doubt that a conference on the scale of  Blogher would be financially viable.

But, that doesn’t stop me from thinking about the possibility of an annual or even biennial bloggers conference in Australia. mmm… A bit of organising here,a bit of corporate sponsorship there, the hiring of a venue and “Robert’s your Mother’s Brother.”

In other news, I have been walking around the house quietly going, “Squeeee” with excitement. Mum and I are going to visit my brother who lives on the New South Wales, central coast. Aaaaand my little brother actually lives quite close to Tiff from My Three Ring Circus. Soooo Tiff and I have organised to meet up for lunch. At Tiff’s house. WOOT!!!! I don’t mind missing the blogher conference at all now. Not one bit.

So at the moment all is well in the Frogpondsrock household. YAY

moonrise

view-from-the-balcony

moonwashed

where-are-the-batwings

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Funny thing, This blogging…

by frogpondsrock on May 10, 2008

in blogging,friendship,potential insanity,real life

I was reading a post written by Hyphen-Mama where she talks about the impact blogging has had on her life. H-M  wrote..

[....My real life friends (and there are not many of them) don’t blog. I find myself saying things like “there’s this blogger woman who…..” Then I feel stupid. They believe I live in this fairy land of “invisible people” who I may or may not be making up. “Sure, Hyphen, tell me more about this woman in Tasmania who grows frogs and is just like my sister.” Rolls eyes. Smiles. “Hyphen needs a hobby, have you tried knitting?”....]

I have found that blogging has had an enormous impact on my life. Yet I don’t talk about it much in real life because people think that I am either making things up or that I am in danger of losing my marbles. Or then there are the people who are openly dismissive and/or scornful. I have given up trying to explain to the spouse that for ‘fuck sake’.. I am NOT PLAYING on the computer. *Sigh*

I just print things out that I am proud of and leave them lying around where he can find them. He loved the conversation that Xbox and I had and he cracked up laughing at parts of it  but but but there was still the silent implication that this isn’t real you know Kimmy.. *sighs again*

I feel immensely proud of Veronica and I have watched  her blossom into an accomplished and very funny writer.

I have found a whole community of people that I have come to care about very much.

I worry about Ivy and I admire Tiff. I had to go out into the garden this morning and ‘earth myself’ when I read that ET wasn’t pregnant.

I could add link after link name lots of names of people that have touched me. But I wont because seriously I don’t have enough time to do you all justice.

I will end with a question though.. How has blogging changed your thinking? Can you talk about your blogging to non-bloggers? Am I a figment of my own imagination? oops that was 3 questions sorry don’t answer the last one.. hehehehe  Cheers Kim xxx

{ Comments on this entry are closed }