I was born in the Southern Hemishere, in South Africa where I lived until I was ten. In 1975 I moved to the Netherlands, to beautiful Groningen, which is about 3 feet above sea level. Groningen is the largest town in the north of Holland and has a population of around 185,000 people.
When I was 17, I went to uni for applied sciences, received my teaching degree at 23 and started teaching. After 18 years of teaching Social Science, English and Personal, Social & Health Education I decided to go back to uni to pursue my other passion, Communication and New Media. I now combine teaching with my online media consultancy iCommunicatie.
I recently discovered I really love photography. After shooting with a Panasonic Lumix FZ30 for a few years, I decided to buy a DSLR and take photography classes. You can see my work on Flickr.
My other interests in life are wildlife and good food. Besides enjoying delicious food, I like being outdoors: watching wildlife, big and small; landscapes, seascapes. I’m a newbie birdwatcher. I actually started watching birds on my first trip to Australia, in 2002. I got more involved in birding during recent trips to my mother country South Africa. I’m a lousy lister though.
Apart from this blog, I have a Tumblr blog and a Dutch website: iCommunicatie. I also run two weekly memes: Safari Saturday and Moody Monday, together with Tracey. And last but not least, I’m the webmaster for International Vulture Awareness Day.
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