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  • Australiana Design at the Bendigo Art Gallery

    June 30, 2023June 30, 2023Photo Challenges, Travel

    I jumped on a train to visit the Bendigo Art Gallery's Australiana: Designing a Nation exhibit.

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  • Zombies Run! Couch to 5k review

    June 18, 2023June 18, 2023Running
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    I ran 5k while avoiding zombies. My new achievement was thanks to the running app Zombies, Run! Couch to 5k. Here's my review.

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  • What I’m reading – the May edition

    May 28, 2023May 28, 2023Book Reviews
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    I've been reading books but not reviewing them. Here are a few books I've read recently.

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  • Because of George

    May 2, 2023May 2, 2023Bianca's Life
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    This week I was trapped in my apartment by a grasshopper named George.

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  • Fitness challenge: Oceans to Outback

    November 1, 2022May 26, 2023Fitness Challenges
    RFDS plane PC-12 parked in Mt. Isa Queensland.

    In October I ran in the Oceans to Outback fitness challenge to raise money and awareness for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

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  • A snapshot in time

    September 24, 2022September 25, 2022Bianca's Life

    Here's a snapshot of what I've been watching, reading, working out, and photographing.

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  • Fitness challenge: A Conqueror Challenge

    August 31, 2022May 12, 2023Fitness Challenges
    Person riding a bicycle in the country with hills

    A travelled 4,000km along a virtual Pacific Crest Trail with the Conqueror Challenges as a fitness challenge. Here's how it was done.

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  • Photography challenge: lighting

    July 19, 2022July 19, 2022Photo Challenges
    A latte coffee in a white ceramic cup

    Natural lighting was the lesson for this photography challenge. Octy helped with a wistful pose, along with other lighting photos in the gallery.

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  • Photography challenge: colour

    July 13, 2022August 7, 2022Photo Challenges
    A pale yellow flower on a dreary coloured background

    This week's photography challenge is all about colour. It's all black and white, 1-2 colours and intentional use of colour.

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  • Fitness Challenge: The Push-up Challenge

    July 3, 2022July 3, 2022Fitness Challenges
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    In June I completed The Push-Up Challenge with 2,759 push-ups done. Here are my thoughts on the fitness challenge, and some gifs of my "achievements".

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  • Photography challenge: focus

    July 2, 2022July 13, 2022Photo Challenges
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    This week's photography challenge is focus. My assignment submissions used panning, but I've also shared depth of field and bokeh photos.

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  • What I’ve been reading – June 2022 edition

    June 19, 2022June 19, 2022Book Reviews
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    Mini reviews of what I've been reading is more fun for me than larger individual book reviews. So here are a few books I've read this year.

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  • Photography challenge: composition

    June 13, 2022August 7, 2022Photo Challenges
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    Today's photography challenge was all about composition. In my case, the composition of an octopus.

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  • Photography challenge: exposure

    June 3, 2022July 13, 2022Photo Challenges
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    My first photography challenge. Lesson 1 looks at exposure so I took a walk to the park. Octy came too.

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  • Back to the blog but different.

    May 29, 2022May 30, 2022Bianca's Life
    Two lazy pandas

    I'm back to the blog again. It won't be like before. I'll just blog fun stuff on what I feel like, when I feel like it, so I'll enjoy it more.

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  • Hello, Cruel Heart: a new Maureen Johnson story

    May 23, 2021May 23, 2021Book Reviews
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    Hello, Cruel Heart is Maureen Johnson's telling of Cruella De Vil's teenage years. It's a Disney story. Warning given.

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  • I am going on hiatus

    April 5, 2021April 5, 2021Bianca's Life
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    A reading slump turned into a writing slump and stress set in, so I'm putting this site aside for now. I hope you enjoy the posts so far. Mass Consternation is in hiatus.

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  • Master Class by Christina Dalcher – Book Review

    February 28, 2021February 28, 2021Book Reviews
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    Imagine if your school scores defined your live, your opportunities, your shopping trips? That's Master Class by Christina Dalcher.

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  • Before the round table with Cursed by Thomas Wheeler

    February 5, 2021February 5, 2021Book Reviews
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    I didn't know Cursed by Thomas Wheeler was adapted on Netflix or a King Arthur retelling when I started reading. Now I NEED to watch the series.

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  • The Last Wish – starting The Witcher series

    January 12, 2021January 12, 2021Book Reviews
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    After watching the Netflix series, I read The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski--the first book in The Witcher series... and wrote down my thoughts.

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