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Using Random.org, I've picked a winner from those people commenting on my Beach and Boardwalk Giveaway post whether they commented on my personal blog, on Facebook, or on my eharlequin blog. And the winner of a copy of Jillian Hart's A McKaslin Homecoming is . . . Patti Lacy who commented on my personal blog. Yay! Congrats, Patti. Thank you everyone who stopped in for a visit. Today's photo is not for the squeamish. So, if you have a soft stomach, don't look! Here's the background... When we went to Orlando, I didn't think we left any fruit out in the open. When we got back after a week's absence, I found a soft banana on the counter. Here's the yucky part - the end of the banana had fallen off and little white maggots were having a feast. I promptly threw it out. However, we now had fruit flies dancing around the room. They were flying out of everywhere! After a few days, I was ready for battle. I remembered a fly trap which works on the principle th...

I'm in my cave this week working on the final edits to Emma's Outlaw . It's going well and I'm getting excited. But today, I had to drive into the city for a slew of appts with the boys and it's too late to get into my manuscript, so I thought I'd post some more photos of my Orlando trip. I filed these in a Beach and Boardwalk folder since they're all taken looking toward the beach and/or Boardwalk Resort. Behind me would be the Stormaway Bay waterpark but those photos will be in my next Orlando post. This first photo is an example of my camera lens fogging up when I stepped outside around 7 am. I'd quickly use my shirt or thumb to clear the lens and digital viewing area. Sometimes it cleared quickly, sometimes it didn't. I kind of like the effect in this photo. I'm still waiting for someone to tell me what bird is sitting atop that post. On the mornings the RWA conference did not provide breakfast, I'd take my muffin and coffee and sit on a ...

Using Random.org, I've picked a winner from those people commenting on My Daily Dolphin Walk post whether they commented on my personal blog, on Facebook, or on my eharlequin blog. And the winner of an autographed copy of Victoria Dahl's Crazy for Love is... nm8r67 Yay, congrats, Deb! Thank you everyone who stopped in for a visit. Today's photo is cropped so you don't see the full effect, but it was taken within minutes of stepping outside outside the Yacht Club at 7 am. The heavy humidty would fog my glasses, as well as my camera lens. I don't know what type of bird is atop that post, but it was one of the bigger ones I saw in Orlando. In the background, is the Boardwalk Resort.

Don't forget to leave a comment on My Daily Dolphin Walk post before Sunday midnight to get in on the drawing for the autographed Victoria Dahl book. I'm blogging about all the free promotional items available in the Goody Room at RWA Orlando today at Prairie Chicks. I have lots of photos to give you ideas of how you can promote yourself and your book. While I was at the RWA conference, Nelson and JJ were touring the Disney parks. In this photo, JJ is standing on a San Francisco street at Disney Hollywood Studios. Can you guess where reality ends and fiction starts? :D

My post Last Friday contained photos from our vacation at Disney World. For this post, I thought I'd show you my walk from the Dolphin Hotel back to the Yacht Club. The Swan and Dolphin Resort is where the Romance Writers of America (RWA) conference was held and my main reason for being at Disney World. I showed the Dolphin in my last post, so this time I'm showing it's sister. The door I usually exited from would have been on the right of this photo, around the edge of the square edge of the pond. A covered walkway lined with palms connects the Swan and Dolphin. In the middle of this pomendade, is a dock where Disney's Friendship Launch collects passengers for the short trip to Disney Hollywood Studios, Boardwalk, Epcot and the Beach and Yacht Club.  In the photo above, on the left, you see the start of the double bridge which connects the Swan to the others. The entrance to Boardwalk is in the middle of a double bridge that spans the distance from the corner of the Y...

I've collected the names from all those who left a comment on my Disney Vacation post, whether it was posted here, on Facebook, or on my eharlequin blog. And the winner of Jillian McKaslin's Love Inspired book, A McKaslin HomeComing is... FakeFrenchie from my eharl blog. Yay! I'll be posting more photos with another book giveaway tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm blogging at Inkwell Inspirations today about the time I experienced Gold Fever and went in search of a ghost town called Granite City. Photo Credit:  www.ourbc.com

Here's some pics from our vacation last week... Each morning, Nelson and JJ would leave for their excursion to one park or another while I attended the RWA conference. Here they are leaving for a day at the Magic Kingdom. Don't they look... excited? I liked the decor of our Yacht Club room, as it was all done in tasteful, soothing colours... ... and we had our own personal balcony which overlooked the trees... ... unfortunately, it also overlooked the roof air conditioning units. And although I didn't spend much time on the balcony due to the extreme heat, the a/c added to the white noise of the a/c in the room. Considering that we paid half the normal rates because of the special conference rate, I didn't think we had anything to complain about. It took me 15-20 mins to walk to the Dolphin Hotel next door.  In this photo, you see the Dolphin behind the eastern portion of the Yacht Club. I guess they knew I was trying to lose weight, because when we registered, they gav...

While walking through the Minneapolis International Airport last week, I saw a very intriguing sight. A woman wearing a business suit and pulling a small computer bag suddenly hopped up and waved her arm in a wide arc. We were about 20 feet behind her and I saw her face light up in a fantastic grin as she glanced at what looked like a large whiteboard beside her. She then kept walking, barely breaking her stride. My eyes latched onto the whiteboard and I saw a bunch of leaf-like images pull together into an umbrella shape. Within seconds, I realized it was an interactive art display. Intriguing. And there wasn't just one, but several of these large whiteboards about ten feet apart. Here's what happened when I told JJ to wave at it: I don't know what kind of technology is used in this display, but it sure put smiles on a lot of faces. :)

I'm over at Inkwell Inspirations today talking about my reading journey and all the favourite authors I've discovered along the way. You're welcome to come and tell us who you love to read. I'm also at Prairie Chicks Write Romance today with more photos of my Romance Writers of America conference in Orlando, FL. I've been home now for 3 days and find scents and images superimposing themselves as I'm doing things. Like when I'm working with my photos, organizing and cropping them, I can smell the beach. Or the awful ashes odour that permeated the front store area of the Beach Club Marketplace. Not sure what that was about, but it was there the whole time we were. The weather here at home is average for here at 22C/76F but it seems cooler after the hot, humid days in Florida. And after days of walking everywhere down there, my body feels sluggish and achey. It's taken a few days to get caught up on my sleep and is a good reminder to ensure I'm well r...