The iconic east coast road trip from Sydney to Brisbane, known as the Legendary Pacific Coast, is one of Australia’s top road trips. Stretching 900 kms along the Pacific Highway corridor it has something for everyone: stunning ...

Darwin locals are so fortunate to be surrounded by some of the most spectacular national parks in Australia. If you’re exploring the Top End of the Northern Territory then a looped road trip from Darwin taking i...

I remember an old television commercial about visiting the Northern Territory, and the tagline simply said, “If you never ever go, you’ll never ever know.” Well, we spent approximately two months exploring the NT ...

Even though I lived in Ireland for 12-months back that included a lot of weekend getaways and a full 2-week lap of Ireland taking in many of the top points of interest, I’d never even heard of Achill Ireland until three months ago. ...

Chickpea Salad Sandwich: You can use the same general idea for a vegan version. Pulse a couple of cups of cooked chickpeas in a food processor and proceed with the recipe, adding more yogurt if needed to bring the ingredients together...

Everything you want in a classic gingerbread cookie. These are fragrant, spice-flecked, and delicious. Gingerbread cookies are the best. I like to bite their heads off first, then each arm, and then each leg. These are always the seco...

A hearty noodle bowl recipe. Whole grain noodles and asparagus are tossed with a creamy, walnut-miso dressing plus a dollop of chile paste. The markets here are full of color right now. Gold, red, and orange beets. Pink-fleshed pomelo...

This margherita pizza recipe is a celebration of simple, fresh ingredients! Juicy tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella cheese top a crisp, chewy crust. I like to think of a good margherita pizza as a heartier cousin of Caprese salad, with...

Color Theory Photography Video The following video gives a basic overview of all the techniques and skills covered on the following page. Watch the video first, then scroll down & read the written guide. I also included a bon...

Aphotoshoot with a car is a great way to surprise subscribers or keep the memory of buying your first car. In addition, such photos are often used for advertising in commercial activities. Therefore, if you like creative ideas and coo...

Setting up home photography studio is a great way to learn and practice taking photos under artificial light, which is considered a hard topic to learn. And if you are planning to be a professional photographer, it is essential to lea...

Let’s get the obvious out of the way…we are craft supply hoarders. I don’t know any other way to put it. We like craft supplies and we have way too much of them. Raise your hands if you know what I’m talking about! Raise BOTH ...

Iris Apfel once said “More is more and less is a bore.” If you’ve been following this blog for awhile, you’ll know that I proudly live by that maximalist mantra. So it’s no surprise that, for months, I...

Let’s talk about clay bead bracelets—sometimes called flat beads, too. If you are looking to get into jewelry making, this is probably one of the easiest and most inexpensive DIY jewelry you can start with. Plus, there a...

I have a gardening confession to make. I’m a neglectful peony mama. Every spring, I intend to add supports around my peony shoots as they emerge from the ground, but other spring tasks draw my attention away and before I know i...

A few years back, we spent a week at Rancho la Puerta, a spa in Tecate, Mexico, an hour or so south-east of San Diego, California. I had a great time exploring the landscape of the coastal Baja California desert chaparral and the man...

Potatoes are a delicious part of most gardeners’ diets. They’re tasty no matter how you eat them – baked, fried, mashed, or stuffed, with or without a big pat of butter. And if you know how to care for them correctly to set them...

With the current interest in healthy, plant-based foods and beverages, many consumers are turning to herbal teas as an alternative to sugary beverages. But, if you’re switching to drinking tea for health reasons, you may be wonderin...

Who can resist the delightful and calming scent of lavender? You may think it’s only a summer scent, but if you learn how to dry lavender, you can immerse yourself in it all year long. Lavender’s showy blooms will bring a touch of...

Carrot Cake Coffee Cake! A super easy batter loaded with shredded carrots, topped with a thick crumbly cinnamony streusel, and finished with a melty sweet honey butter. I know it might be confusing – carrot cake, which is like veget...

Fruits are incredible photographic subjects. They feature beautiful textures, colors, and shapes; they’re also highly accessible. After all, to find a subject (or 10!), you merely need to head to your local supermarket. But how can ...

On-camera flashes are surprisingly capable tools. Sure, many photographers prefer to work with natural light or an off-camera strobe, but natural light is unpredictable, while off-camera strobes are clunky and inconvenient. You can...

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to show your love. With just a few supplies, you can create a stunning framed love sign made entirely of matches. It’s a great gift for your significant other or a fun decoration for ...

I recently posted about a couple of my older Easter knitting patterns, and I was thinking out loud how it would be fun to make a giant Peep-style bunny out of blanket yarn, following the trend of giant amigurumi. I happened to have m...

Far in the highlands of rainforest-clad Malaysia is a quirky slice of colonial-era nostalgia. A mountaintop village centred around a clocktower, a golf course and cream teas. There are so many interesting things to do in Fraser’s Hi...

Both BREEAM and LEED stand as globally recognised certification programs. Their job is to assess the overall environmental impact of a building and its construction, and offer an official rating based on several key factors. In this a...

When you are considering the installation of a new commercial or goods lift, it is essential to make sure you understand what is required of you in terms of building regulations and other key requirements. There is a lot of informat...

Taking landscaping to new heights, and using architecture as the vehicle, is an idea that stretches all the way back to the wondrous Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and shows up most commonly today in the form of rooftop gardens and ...

To understand today, you have to look back. The new book Inside Utopia) does just that, diving into iconic interiors by forward-thinking designers from the past 75 years. “We wanted to track the history of modern interiors to l...

Waking along any given coastline, it appears that, at times, the inspiration for water-adjacent architecture is more conceptual, dramatic, and impactful than for traditional structures. Perhaps the inspiration comes from a distinctive...