Fantasy writer and poet. She/her. Lover of plants, water and sky. I'm a very visual person and love images, art and design. I try to grow things and make things out of yarn. Living on Wiradjuri country in the Riverina in south eastern Australia.
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Last Notes npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…hqk5 we had puffin books and little else in 1960s Australia where there are no puffins. It wasn't until the internet came along that I discovered they were real birds npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…emk6 aubergine npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…8t0c yes. It's a young adult / children's book but I learned a lot from it, stayed with me. After looking for a link I find I got the author's name wrong, how embarrassing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wool-Pack npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…8t0c I knew about this because of a great book I read as a child, The Wool Pack by Sonya Hartnett. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…myfn I can't stand the smell of fish. I don't eat any seafood. Not fond of eggs either. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…gk57 unexpected fame, exciting and disturbing simultaneously 🥰 npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…60lz This situation also exists in Australia although we can't blame Brexit. Our surplus is plundered by multinationals, our managers are lazy and ignorant, and our capital vanishes into the bottomless and nonproductive pit of property speculation. Our tax system distorts every decision. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…79d7 Very restful, thank you 🙂 npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…w0mv what happened to the checkboxes? I would like them back please. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…8t0c I have never used nail polish or had a manicure. Another female thing I have failed at, and it's a very long list. The colours are really lovely. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…8t0c I like those blues and greens npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar Bannetons used by my spouse to form sourdough cobs. To me they look like covered wagons circling. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…8xe9 This is the cover of one of my crime novels, a murder mystery. "Deadset Mongrels" is about as Aussie as it gets. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar #USpol Has anyone heard anything from ebook distributors about how these tariffs will work? Assuming digital items are included? It might depend on the corporate structure of the distributor, maybe? npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…xzjz lovely npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…3qgl A book review I wrote in about 1997 is in there. weird. a ghost come back from the other side. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar My photo from 2014. This is the Taemas Bridge over the Murrumbidgee River at Cavan in New South Wales. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar Working for hours yesterday. When I emerged I found this in the kitchen. I am so lucky to have a significant other who loves baking. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…tqx4 perfect npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…xzjz no wonder she sleeps afterwards. Such a lucky dog to be so well looked after. ❤️ npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…y54t @nprofile…d92l I loved the alternate versions of clippy. There was a little robot that crawled around the edge of the screen and did fun things. Also a dog and cat version, maybe others. They really brightened up long dull days at work. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…u0g7 love the big spider web. And the comet 😊 npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…xzjz spectacular, and large enough to hide a dog! Thank you for sharing, I love all your stories and photos. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…xzjz straight into the puddle every time! So much joy ❤️ npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…63cl yes, although it might be more slowly backing into the water wearing a full wetsuit and sobbing all the way rather than a joyous plunge. Feeling tired still. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…y54t do you do anything other than put it in a container in the freezer? I mean, ang extra prep needed for freezing? npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @nprofile…y54t sympathy. Nobody needs that. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar CT scan shows my lungs are now back to normal. In January pneumonia filled about 60% of them, so severe they thought it was a tumour. I had no idea, just felt very tired. Doctors had not detected it until I ended up unconscious in emergency. So much for 2024. Many hopes for next year being better. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar Telecommunications towers on Willan Hill, Wagga Wagga, Australia, yesterday. A cloudly gloomy day. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar Spring allergies mess up the brain. Yesterday I put fresh spinach in the freezer by mistake due to dopiness. It will be fine in a stirfry I guess. I tried and failed to make a good haiku about this. Here is the not so good one. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @npub1lgd…e4sf mcgyver style problem solving while asleep, very impressive 😄 npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @npub12rk…uvf3 beautiful colours npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @npub1d62…tshf I didn't mean to criticise you at all in my replies, I'm sorry if things I said came across that way. I admire anyone who writes. My criticism was intended for the deficiencies of the tool. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar Public art in Commonwealth Park, Canberra. Sculptures of brolgas. At the time these sculptures were in the garden but now I believe they have been relocated to a pond. #birds #australia #art #sculpture #canberra npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar #Bookstodon / #BookSky challenge: Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @npub1uzr…k9aj @npub12wk…m98k what beautiful colours and lovely knitting npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @npub1npy…3sf4 that looks dangerous npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar @npub1uul…dkn7 this scenario also describes Australia's universities. The value of university education is shrinking in inverse proportion to the cost to the student. npub1gftrputx2mamxw2r0cnwh8uu6c9vuva6elvtf3444lj4tsvs2kkqyv83d6 Cara Bruar 2023
