March 2009

After three weeks of watching the babies grow, the hummingbirds left the nest. Here are the last photos and video I captured of them.
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This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring interesting discoveries and useful resources on the net, #FollowFriday recommendations, random tidbits of news, and a preview for next week’s posts on kikolani.com.

The Mashup


This week, I have stumbled upon awesome articles in a variety of topics. Since I can’t decide on a specific theme to go with anymore, from now on I am going to do a mashup of subjects instead. There should be a little something that everyone enjoys!

Blogging
Bullet Six very official ways to improve your writing.
Bullet Sign up for ProBlogger’s 31 Days to a Better Blog – hurry, it starts April 1st!
Bullet Should you publish your best content in your blog or on a guest post?
Bullet A no brainer blog contest – only four simple tasks to enter.

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Is it possible to discover yourself through blogging? To find something you love to do, to strengthen current interests, and to learn new things?

Writing
Photo by Dabawenya


For me, writing has always been a private way to discovering things about myself. If I’m overly emotional about something, I tend to write in a stream of conscious, unorganized way to let my subconscious thoughts come out. Most of the time, I am able to get to the reason I feel a certain way about something, and sometimes, the reason is well off the mark of what I was expecting.

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Here is my first attempt at sports photography with some fun shots of my hubby at tennis practice, plus some he took of me.
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Motivation and Inspiration Articles


This week, I am going to lean away from the technical side, and share with you some articles I have stumbled upon over the week that are motivational and inspirational. I think anyone can benefit from little reminders to appreciate what we have, make time for ourselves, figure out our goals in life, and follow our dreams.

Bullet Light the lamp of awareness to enjoy life more fully
Bullet Always remember those who are there you in bad times
Bullet What is the good life?
Bullet Find passion and purpose in your life
Bullet Create your life handbook

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