Found some nice gift cards by lovebird. Think something similar would work well with native Australian and New Zealand birds and plants. They are sold by beaumonde-cards.com ...
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Day 4 we left San Francisco and drove to Mariposa just south of Yosemite National Park. We did a few walks in the park, saw some deer and some California Ground Squirrel, but no bears. Day 5 we drove through the park on our way to Vegas. ...
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Some paintings by San Francisco Artists, the top photo is 'Homage to Tuscany' exhibition. The other pictures are by Varya, oil on canvas. ...








We've had a bit of internet trouble so this is a late update. But here is a roundup of our first few days in San Francisco. My first view of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge wasn't so great so we went for a closer look.The sea lions at Pier 39. (And apparently the difference between sea lions and seals is that sea lions have ear...




Fortnum and Mason in Piccadilly - full of very yummy things in very pretty packaging ...




We shot some extra wedding pics for friends this weekend, a good chance to try out some nice photoshop effects. This is using the zoom effect from the distressed finished process but I didnt add the texture at the end. It's made the background very dark and given a nice soft focus. ...
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