The photo above, is of Indigo, far left, Reg and me, on the left and our wonderful WA friends, Jo and Wayne, on the right. We always visit, Jo and Wayne, when we tour to the other side of Oz. :-). That's one of the great joys, of caravaning, visiting friends, accross the country. Photos like this, that show happy times are worth backing up, so they are never lost.

Reg and I are preparing the Eco-Tourer Caravan for our 2010 tour of Australia. 

It is time to begin thinking of everything, well in advance. My computer is currently running well, but because I am very dependent on it, I will be carrying a spare.  I also need to use online backup for all my pictures and documents. I never only store my word documents and photos on my own computer and hard drives in the same location, as I would not want to risk losing copies of my work.  Last year we had some stupid thefts from our van, a $50. Pair of shoes  and a TV remote control but it was a reminder to us how easily we could have lost our computer and while this would be costly, any unpublished photos and writing are not replaceable, so I recommend getting a password protected area, on line photo and document, host. 

These photo host programs are great. You can have free storage for small home accounts and paid storage for larger space requirements.  You can set up photo albums that you can share with friends and family or keep albums of photos and documents private, only for your own use.

I am also checking out my camera equipment and deciding if I am ready to upgrade to a more professional system before this trip. I will be searching in the post Christmas sales for a superior one, which will help me provide a better quality image to illustrate my blogs, where I use photographs.

I am also considering illustrating more of my blogs with a quick sketch or caricature, where I do not have a quality artwork available to serve as an image.

Photo, fine art image, sketch or caricature, what would you prefer to see illustrate blogs?

I would love your feedback on this questionJ.  

  Images of Australia in the Paintings and Writing of Artist Author

 Kathy Shell  Artist – Kathryn Shell  Author
Kathryn Shell is a published non-fiction and fiction author currently working on an Australian Novel.
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