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Unfortunately I haven't had the time to create any more fractals. Spare time is usually spent on my website The Roebourne Bank Murders and research into that matter. I recently found the police file for the case and have a ton of fascinating info to collate and eventually put on my site. All fascinating stuff. Once we're settled into our new home I'm hoping to make some time to discover some more lovely fractals. I do miss creating my digital art.

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Wishing you all a happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year. Our family are lucky enough to celebrate twice! As I married into a Chinese family we celebrate not only the western New Years Eve on the 31st Dec but also Chinese New Year (according to the moon). This year, the first day of the Chinese New Year of the Ox started on 26th January. Lots of feasting, drinking (I stick to the soft stuff), laughing, family times. It's great AND it lasts for two weeks. I particularly like watching the lion dances with all the exciting drumming and acrobatics of the "lions". These are often seen at the various Chinese restaurants and shops.

I haven't been making any fractals in Apophysis lately. Most of my spare time has been taken up researching an unsolved double murder that happened in 1885 and presenting all the info on a new website I made The Roebourne Bank Murders It's an ongoing project, so not all the site is complete yet. Researching it has become a most fascinating obsession. Along the way I have learnt a lot of background information about the social history of our pioneers, Aborigines and Asian workers in the north west of our state, Western Australia. Who said history is boring?!

Hopefully, as I have the time, I will get back to Apophysis, but until then I will just keep watching all the wonderful art that is being produced by all the talented people here.

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As it turns out rocamiadesign nominated my image "Mirkwood Magic" and it was featured as a Daily Deviation. WoW! I'm so chuffed.

Normally, I personally thank everyone who favs me or leaves a comment but with such a deluge, I just don't have the time to do that. My inbox is filling up by the minute. I'm reading all the comments and favs. So please accept my very big thank you, here, to all those who have made comments on my work and faved images. It's all very much appreciated.

By the way, can someone please tell me how to make links in this journal.

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I haven't put up any fractals lately (that is until today). I do have some more, but just haven't had the time to adjust the final colourings to my satisfaction.

Oh well, off to eat my dinner now.

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Of course, in the Land Down Under things are a bit different. Here in Perth, the capital of Western Australia (a 4-5 hour flight from Sydney on the opposite side of this great continent) I see crystal blue skies with not a cloud in site. There is a breeze and I can feel the rising temperature. The airconditioner is on to keep our house super cool. The forecast for today (Christmas Eve) is 35°c, Christmas Day 38°c and Boxing Day looks like it is going to be a corker at 40 °c. For our American friends those temperatures are 95°F, 100°F and 104°F respectively. Yes, just another typical Christmas.

Families here will be gathered in many places to celebrate. Either at home, in parks, down the beach, by the beautiful Swan River, in Church. Our meals may be traditional, with the hot roast turkey and pork with vegies, but typically there will be barbeques, or meals with cold meats and hams, seafood (lots of it!), salads. Fridges and eskies will be overflowing with drink both of the alcoholic and non alcoholic variety.

For some here, the experience will of course be a great religious celebration, for others its just a holiday. For me personally, I celebrate peace and goodwill to all mankind....a time for all the family to come together, to be able to experience that wonderful feeling of giving to others. My thoughts will also be with others who are not so fortunate or are destitute.

So where ever you are in this big world, I truly wish that you have a happy and peaceful Christmas and if your circumstances are not so great, remember the ancient saying "this too shall pass" and I hope that good things will come to you in the future.

Fran

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In a world of
Pure imagination
Take a look
And you'll see
Into your imagination

We'll begin
With a spin
Travelling into
Worlds of my creation
What you'll see
Will be
Images of my Imagination

There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You'll be free
If you truly wish to be.

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I have always loved this beautiful and magical song titled Pure Imagination from the 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie. I changed a couple of the words and left out others, but what is written above really sums up that imaginative bit that's inside me that I like to share by way of my art.

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Therefore, all the elements that you see, for example, the trees, plants, stars, etc are flame fractals. I open these flames in my graphics programme and then arrange them to make the final picture. Sometimes I may place the fractals on a coloured background but I don't add any extra effects to the flames themselves as I like their purity.

As you may guess, I have a pretty vivid imagination.

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I would like to thank kuschelirmel-stock [link] for providing great css journal templates. This journal was based on her coding for "spacy" [link] and saved me a huge amount of time.

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