Eucalypta
Member
Hi,
I have been lurking around for quite some time and it's time I introduced myself. My name is Christine, my screen name is Eucalypta. Any members from the Netherlands will recognize her. She is a character from a children's book/play/video/tv. It started out as a play on the radio where I listened to as a child before bedtime, we didn't get our first tv until1967! There were also books about this clumsy wicked witch and later my own daughter enjoyed the stories and tapes and CD's. It's one of those things that never go out of style. Because I have such good memories of her I use here as my screen name, it's unique so not many people use it over here in the US.
I'm a wannabe American ;-) A transplant from Europe to the beautiful Pacific Northwest. English is not my native language and sometimes when tired my grammar isn't the best so I apologize in advance for any future upsettings, irritations and errors. ;-)
I share my home with my husband, our 2 Border Collies and 3 evils catz that are a cross between a monkey and a cat(just kidding!) and a special breed called Devon Rex, very agile and very snuggly and talkative. They have a curly fur that does not shed.
My family and daughter lives in the Netherlands and she and her husband enriched their lives with a beautiful baby boy last year. Unfortunately I have not met him yet due to the fact that I have a progressive neurological illness that makes it impossible to fly. On bad days I am bed bound on good days I use Wheelie, my wheelchair.
I am trying not to let that define me, or slow me down, it's not who I am, I just happen to have this illness.
In my previous healthy life I was a Graphic Designer with a major in Typography. I'm still majorly addicted to typography!
I discovered digital scrapbooking only a few months agaon when I realized I had to do something to find a creative outlet. Being creative and able to create is who I am, I can only deal with my emotions and feed my spirit and soul through art and through creating and journaling. For me it's the process the road travelled, not so much the result that counts.
I want to create memory books for my daughter so she and my beautiful grandson will always know who his Nana and who her mom was, what her dreams, goals and values were.
I'm looking forward getting to know you, I'm subscribed to the 52 weeks, both the project and the regular 52 weeks and hope to find the courage to post my first layout soon! ;-)
I have been lurking around for quite some time and it's time I introduced myself. My name is Christine, my screen name is Eucalypta. Any members from the Netherlands will recognize her. She is a character from a children's book/play/video/tv. It started out as a play on the radio where I listened to as a child before bedtime, we didn't get our first tv until1967! There were also books about this clumsy wicked witch and later my own daughter enjoyed the stories and tapes and CD's. It's one of those things that never go out of style. Because I have such good memories of her I use here as my screen name, it's unique so not many people use it over here in the US.
I'm a wannabe American ;-) A transplant from Europe to the beautiful Pacific Northwest. English is not my native language and sometimes when tired my grammar isn't the best so I apologize in advance for any future upsettings, irritations and errors. ;-)
I share my home with my husband, our 2 Border Collies and 3 evils catz that are a cross between a monkey and a cat(just kidding!) and a special breed called Devon Rex, very agile and very snuggly and talkative. They have a curly fur that does not shed.
My family and daughter lives in the Netherlands and she and her husband enriched their lives with a beautiful baby boy last year. Unfortunately I have not met him yet due to the fact that I have a progressive neurological illness that makes it impossible to fly. On bad days I am bed bound on good days I use Wheelie, my wheelchair.
I am trying not to let that define me, or slow me down, it's not who I am, I just happen to have this illness.
In my previous healthy life I was a Graphic Designer with a major in Typography. I'm still majorly addicted to typography!
I discovered digital scrapbooking only a few months agaon when I realized I had to do something to find a creative outlet. Being creative and able to create is who I am, I can only deal with my emotions and feed my spirit and soul through art and through creating and journaling. For me it's the process the road travelled, not so much the result that counts.
I want to create memory books for my daughter so she and my beautiful grandson will always know who his Nana and who her mom was, what her dreams, goals and values were.
I'm looking forward getting to know you, I'm subscribed to the 52 weeks, both the project and the regular 52 weeks and hope to find the courage to post my first layout soon! ;-)
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