 Myrrha Stanford-Smith Anglesey writer, 82, lands three-book deal
 The cover of the first novel  Spot Prizes, of a Kathy Shell, Fridge Magnet, from my artwork, will be being given, for the BEST Photo, submitted to my Kathy Shell's fan's photos. Competition is open to all who "like", my page and submit a photo with permission for me to publish in my blog. I had a competition running on my Kathy Shell" page on facebook where I had been choosing one of my readers, who have “liked”, my page, photographs and I was painting an art work from it and then having prints made to send to them a copy. I will need to change this, as I am not painting at the moment. My appologies. Things change. While everything is going well, as regards my primary role, of being a carer, things have also gone differently to how I had expected. There are at least a dozen photos already submitted that I love and one a clear winner as the sort of place I would love to go to and paint. This would have been, the one I would have chosen to paint, if I had time to paint right now. It is becoming increasingly difficult to combine carer duties and painting at the moment. I live, in hope, it will get easier. J This photo of the view from Fred Piper Memorial Lookout, on Brown Mountain, NSW, Australia. Shows pastures of Bega shire, with trees, in foreground that looks out over the Bega Valley. This photograph was submitted to my ‘fan’s photo’, in my Khaty Shell page by . Meryll Jeff Palethorpe , thank you Meryll. This view is on theSnowy Mountains Highway in New South Wales, Australia. The highway runs across the highland region in the southern part of the State. It starts at its junction with the Hume Highway near Gundagai. From there, the highway runs generally south-east, through the town of Tumut, and up onto the southern highland plateau past Yarrangobilly Caves and the historic Kiandra Goldfields, then down through Adaminaby to Cooma. From Cooma the highway continues in a south easterly direction through Nimmitabel then descends down Brown Mountain to Bemboka then continues on to Bega and Tathra on the south coast of New South Wales. In winter, much of the highway is subject to heavy snowfalls and the highway is the access route to Selwyn Snowfields ski resort. Meryll Jeff Palethorpe , wins ths fridge magnet of Brachina Gorge, in the Flinders Ranges, reproduced from the original oil painting I completed about 30 years ago.   The Power Of One: [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Double box Audio CD] Pre listened to, once by myself, Kathy shell, cover is scratched, New value of this 18 compact disk set is over $150. value with FREE postage within Australia. You are welcome to enter the competition if outside of Australia but shipping cost must be paid before item will be sent. Bryce Courtenay, Author, Humphrey Bower, Narator. This great prize, Plus free postage within Australia, is our FREE Giveaway, for July. HOW TO WIN To be in the draw with one entry, just:- 1/ Leave a comment on this post saying why you would like to win this audio book. · Note, this Giveaway will be being offered from all ten blogs written by Kathy Shell, during the month of July 2010. There is only one prize to be given away and free postage is only for Australian delivery. All entries from each blog post, for this competition, from each of the ten blogs, will go into the one draw, and the winner will be announced at the end of July or start of August 2010. “The Power of One has everything: suspense, the exotic, violence; mysticism, psychology and magic; schoolboy adventures, drama.” –The New York Times “Unabashedly uplifting . . . asserts forcefully what all of us would like to believe: that the individual, armed with the spirit of independence–‘the power of one’–can prevail.” –Cleveland Plain Dealer In 1939, as Hitler casts his enormous, cruel shadow across the world, the seeds of apartheid take root in South Africa. There, a boy called Peekay is born. His childhood is marked by humiliation and abandonment, yet he vows to survive and conceives heroic dreams–which are nothing compared to what life actually has in store for him. He embarks on an epic journey through a land of tribal superstition and modern prejudice where he will learn the power of words, the power to transform lives, and the power of one. “Totally engrossing . . . [presents] the metamorphosis of a most remarkable young man and the almost spiritual influence he has on others . . . Peekay has both humor and a refreshingly earthy touch, and his adventures, at times, are hair-raising in their suspense.” –Los Angeles Times Book Review “Marvelous . . . It is the people of the sun-baked plains of Africa who tug at the heartstrings in this book. . . . [Bryce] Courtenay draws them all with a fierce and violent love.” –The Washington Post Book World “Impressive.” –Newsday “A compelling tale.” –The Christian Science Monitor · Publishers Weekly · ``Episodic and bursting with incident, this sprawling memoir of an English boy's lonely childhood in South Africa during WW II pays moderate attention to questions of race but concerns itself primarily with epic melodrama,'' noted PW. (Apr.)  Biography · Bryce Courtenay was born in South Africa, is an Australian, and has lived in Sydney for the major part of his life. Visit him on the web at www.brycecourtenay.com. Defencive Driving and Strong Seniors. 07/06/2010
 Lifting Weights as a senior, protects against falls and fractures. I have done an RACV, advanced driving course and learned a lot from it, I changed my driving style because of the course. Part of the course involved defensive driving. I apply some of what I learned, to life situations. Can you relate at all to this?. If you do a defensive, driving course, if you are approaching, a situation where you are at risk, maybe the car is heading at high speed for a tree. The usual thing for the untrained driver to do is to look at the object they do not want to hit - the tree - while attempting to not hit it - and they always hit the tree. In a defensive driving class, you are taught, to look for the gap, the best route out of the dangerous situation, fix your eyes firmly unwaveringly at the way out of danger, your goal. This way you are guaranteed, of getting yourself out of the immediate danger. Life is like that, I always do best when I look at my goals, action plan and work to my ‘to do list’ and surrounds myself with positive people. My biggest negative in weight loss is that I hit weight plateaus and stall there for months. My solution has been working on muscle strength. As a senior, this is protecting my bones, very important. As a slimmer, this will help me burn more of the calories I eat, As a 158cm short person and a senior, this is going to be my best way to maintain a slim figure, once I attain it. J. I highly recommend weight training to seniors. There are so many benefits. Just get your doctors OK before starting and good advice about how to begin.  Lifting hand weights protects seniors wrists from breaking in a fall, so you can enjoy the lifestyle that is important to you, like beach fishing. Sampling the Local Produce at Malanda Dairy Centre, Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland. 07/03/2010
 Fresh food platter for two served with French toast.  At Malanda Dairy Centre, you can sample delicious local produce when dining in the restaurant, which is open for breakfast and lunch. The dairy is located in the friendly township of Malanda. The drive from our base camp at Flying Fish Point, took us through beautiful scienery of rolling green hills, world-heritage listed rainforests and past numerous waterfalls. I was reading sensa reviews and I found it interesting that you can eat high fat cheese and still lose weight? The French appear to do it. The secret for the French is portion control and more exercise. They eat less and exercise, which is something that the average Australian and American citizen does not do and this is why we think of the occasional eating of higher fat food, as being 'bad'. No food is actually, fattening, it is when you eat and how much you eat that counts as regards our day's energy balance. What we eat, ultimately affects our health, but it is energy balance that affects our weight. The secret of weight control is in portion size. Those French who do worry about their weight can always go and see a nutritionist, courtesy of the French health service. It would be great if our Australian government had such a great program going to help Australians understand the concept that weight management is simple mathmatics of getting the energy in and the energy out, balance right and physical health is affected by what we eat and how we move. Nutritionist Dr Francoise L'Hermite says the French secret to staying slim is to - make sure you sit down with friends or family for a meal, eat three times a day at regular intervals, don't snack, don't eat in front of the television, and finally - eat slowly and savour both the food and the company.  With delicious local foods like this mixed platter to share between Reg and I, from the Malanda Dairy Centre for lunch and a light evening meal of Reg's Blue Spinner Crab and a green salad with lemon and white wine vinigar, and lots of bushwalking in between, it was a perfectly enjoyable day and our energy balance for weight management, remained on target. I enjoy using our tours as a means to keep fit, the walk around Malanda then to the Malanda waterfall, was a great day's exercise. This touring lifestyle and sampling of local produce life, is great 'Bon Appetite' and is keeping both Reg and I in fairly good shape for our senior years.  Light evening meal is ideal for seniors.     Josephine Falls After I came home from Zumba dance class at the Gym in Innisfail on Thursday, the sun was out, and the weather forecast was for a few days of tropical rain, so we decided to go sightseeing while it was fine. We headed north towards Cairns on the Bruce Highway and just south of Babinda we took the turn off to Mount Bartle Frere, the highest mountain in Queensland and followed this road into the National Park to Josephine Falls. Mt Bartle Frere had her head as usual, swathed in clouds, a very pretty sight. There were no signs in the car park that no dogs, were allowed, so it was OK to have her in the car there, just not on the walk. Reg and I took it in turns to walk in the 700-metres to the falls then return, while one of us stayed in the car with our dog, Indigo. Josephine falls is a popular swimming area, though there are no swimming signs at the start of the walk.  The path was well made and wide enough for wheel chair access though it was steep in parts and many areas were, only accessed via stairs. After our trip to Josephine falls which was one of the prettiest we have seen so far in Queensland, Reg and I went to the beach and I ran on the sand with Indigo. It was fun but Oh did the backs of my legs ache after this active but fun day, best weight loss pills out, lol J, all that activity, Reg’s freshly caught fish and locally grown Queensland organic farm vegetables we bought from a roadside stall.     Ellinjaa Falls easy to find, on the Waterfall Circuit in the Atherton Tablelands of Queensland. A short steep walk down well-formed stairs, leads to the bottom of the falls where you can get up close and personal with this 10-15m waterfall and its splash pool and the stream below. It is a very pretty spot. By gosh our Indigo would be off after those bush turkeys if we did not keep her firmly restrained. They would need more than to order Phentermine to be agile enough to keep out of the way of dogs. They don’t seem capable of much flight. The Waterfall Circuit is near Millaa millaa, which is the Southern Gateway to the Atherton Tablelands. It has a wealth of wildlife composed of interesting species of flowering trees, bushes, birds, and many other land and water animals including possums, water dragons and frogs.     Zillie Falls are spectacular falls located on the Waterfalls Circuit between Millaa Millaa and Ellinjaa Falls. There is a short walk from the roadside car park to viewing platform, where you get a great look at the side of the falls Did you know that aside from the health benefits of the exercise, spending time in mountain air, especially near running water, like waterfalls, can provided many health benefits, in addition to relaxing sounds. Water helps to improve the quality of the air and it affects the “ionic charge” in a healthy way, so much so, it can even be an affective headache treatment. There are more than 13 Waterfalls within a short drive from Millaa Millaa, most are readily accessible by, 2 wheel drive vehicles, the smaller roads that lead to the falls, off the main highway are not suitable for large caravans, this is why we are using Flying Fish Point as our base to explore the mountains. This area is made up of spectacular peaceful rainforests and panoramic views and we are loving our day tour adventures   Millaa Millaa Waterfall is in the Southern Gateway to the Atherton Tablelands, off the Palmerston Highway, 59 kilometres inland from Innisfail, North Queensland Australia, in the Cairns Highlands. I am wondering if I would be comfortable towing our caravan into the mountains via this highway there are a few steep sections. I have seen a few smaller caravan s being towed on this, road. I saw a firth wheeler in trouble trying to get around a corner, this morning. I hope he has 5th wheel insurance as it looked like he was going to need to call in experts to get his vehicle out of the twist he had gotten into. Not all roads that are too narrow for caravans are clearly marked as such so t pays to stick to the highways with a van in tow and check out side roads with your car in advance before attempting the trip towing a van. Five minutes west of Millaa Millaa on McHugh Road, is the Millaa Millaa (Gentle Annie) Lookout, it is possibly the most popular lookout on the Tablelands. You can photograph 180 degree views from the north west to the south east, including the distant coastal areas of Innisfail, and the volcanic peaks scattered across the Tableland, as well as Mount Bartle Frere, the highest mountain in Queensland. Gentle Annie is our next tour destination highlight.        Flying Fish Point Beachfront B & B At gym today I met up again with Mandy, who had helped me out at a previous gym class when I was struggling with a move, she showed me the ‘right way to do it’. I was very grateful as you can injure yourself doing exercises the wrong way. I was not surprised when I heard she owned and ran a bed and breakfast as she has a wonderful helpful, friendly personality, ideal for anyone in the hospitality industry. When I came back to the caravan after the gym class, I grabbed the camera and went around to photograph the, Flying Fish Point Beachfront B & B . Then I scurried back to my writer’s studio, caravan to blog about this lovely B& B. I have two laptop computers, plus laptop insurance, I have become so engrossed in writing about our tours I would hate to be without my computer for a moment. Reg and Indigo came with me and wondered around together enjoying the spectacular views over the Johnstone River and Coral Sea. Things I loved about this bed and breakfast. *Proximity to the ocean and river, you could fish or exercise from the beach out the front. *A dreamy, peaceful, landscaped, tropical, garden, complete with pavilion. Lots of flowering plants would mean birds and butterflies visiting. *The deck. Have breakfast in the morning enjoying a sunrise over the ocean then swim in a private swimming pool with coconut palms and ocean vista. Clear blinds were in place today to protect from a light tropical shower. *Dreamy, sun and sky, interior decoration creates an instant happy yet peaceful mood. I love this colour scheme. *Spotlessly, clean rooms, with beach cottage comforts, the kitchen was spacious and well appointed. Loved the homely touches like bookcase complete with books. Things Reg Loved Fish from the beach in front of the deck or launch a boat from 2 different boat ramps just 30 seconds and 3 minutes away. Barrumundi, mangrove jack, flathead, mackerell, whiting, queenfish, trevally are just some of the tropical species available. From the website:- LOCATION: At the mouth of the Johnstone River at Flying Fish Point, In the heart of the Great Green Way, Just 7kms from Innisfail and 90kms from Cairns ACCOMMODATION:
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