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curiouswombatFirstly - to everyone going to WriterCon - have a wonderful time - safe travel there and safe travel home.
For those of you staying at home like me - never mind - there will still be some of us around on LJ!
I hope everyone is coping well with whatever weather you currently have - here it is hot, for us, around 28-29C, 85F ish - although my car's external thermometer got up to 31C (90F) over lunch time, when the sun was shining on it. But we have the tiniest of breezes, which has kept it reasonably pleasant.
I have been out with my jug, watering all my plants at least once a day, because they don't last long without water, being all in pots. So under the cut are some pictures of how my plants are enjoying the weather -
My lilies have opened - they just sat there as buds for about six weeks, and I thought they would never open, but look -
The sweetpeas that I bought as one little tray of seedlings have provided height and colour in four different areas of the yard, and smell wonderful. They remind me of childhood holidays at my aunt and uncle's in a village about six miles from home - I must write about Lily and Nelson sometime - maybe later in the week!
Frog looks happier than he did last time I put a picture of him onto my journal, as he is now surrounded in colour - nasturtiums, cream marigolds, and snapdragons -
And our climate just seems to suit fuchsias - this one is in a tub in a fairly shady spot - the colours of this are really this bright -
Tonight we may well have thunderstorms, and so some of these may not look quite so good tomorrow!
For those of you staying at home like me - never mind - there will still be some of us around on LJ!
I hope everyone is coping well with whatever weather you currently have - here it is hot, for us, around 28-29C, 85F ish - although my car's external thermometer got up to 31C (90F) over lunch time, when the sun was shining on it. But we have the tiniest of breezes, which has kept it reasonably pleasant.
I have been out with my jug, watering all my plants at least once a day, because they don't last long without water, being all in pots. So under the cut are some pictures of how my plants are enjoying the weather -
My lilies have opened - they just sat there as buds for about six weeks, and I thought they would never open, but look -
The sweetpeas that I bought as one little tray of seedlings have provided height and colour in four different areas of the yard, and smell wonderful. They remind me of childhood holidays at my aunt and uncle's in a village about six miles from home - I must write about Lily and Nelson sometime - maybe later in the week!
Frog looks happier than he did last time I put a picture of him onto my journal, as he is now surrounded in colour - nasturtiums, cream marigolds, and snapdragons -
And our climate just seems to suit fuchsias - this one is in a tub in a fairly shady spot - the colours of this are really this bright -
Tonight we may well have thunderstorms, and so some of these may not look quite so good tomorrow!
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Date: 20/07/2006 12:37 pm (UTC)So many on my flist are in Canada, England, Australia, and the eastern part of the States.
Sometimes I've wondered if West Coast people spend any time on LJ!
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Date: 21/07/2006 01:33 am (UTC)It would be so nice knowing I'm not the only fanfic writer there.
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Date: 21/07/2006 05:10 am (UTC)The 2006 Willamette Writers Conference will be August 4-6th at the Portland Airport Sheraton Hotel.
Their blurb:
This year's workshops will be so good you will wish you had a clone before it's over. Choose from over 80 workshops conducted by seasoned pros in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting, manuscript editing, publishing, pitching, entering writing contests, research and business. Whether you write self-help books, historic fiction, blockbuster Hollywood screenplays, mysteries, romance, magazine articles, sci-fi, plays, children's books, humor, or simply need help marketing yourself as a professional, you'll find helpful guidance and keen insights at the 2006 Willamette Writer's Conference.
It isn't cheap, unfortunately but I decided to go for it, anyway.
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