As you know, I am slowly but surely building up a portfolio of stock photos.

I have been submitting photos to Shutterstock for over a year now, and although I mostly have low value sales of some 25 US cents, the sales are quite frequent and do add up. I find the uploading easy and fast, which makes it even more worth it. If you are thinking of starting with stock, I do recommend Shutterstock as one of your first stops. You can register here

Summer is over. To get the last out of it, we went for a short break to Sicily

Brochure cover taken for EC language school

… if this whole club is dead; ‘cuz the party’s in my head

She is five today… Five is big, right? She tells me stories of when she was young, when she was little… Oh sweet child of mine…. You keep the innocence present in my life.

Now those of you who know her, know that the above picture is so not her! She is so the perfect target for all greedy girl toy producers out there. She is Matells wet dream. She is tiaras and princess dresses, fluff and makeup. She is the first one to get all the latest stuff for the new Disney film. She is adorable and bewildering for a mother who never even puts on mascara…