Hi Everyone,

Wishing you all a happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year. Our family are lucky enough to celebrate twice! As I married into a Chinese family we celebrate not only the western New Years Eve on the 31st Dec but also Chinese New Year (according to the moon). This year, the first day of the Chinese New Year of the Ox started on 26th January. Lots of feasting, drinking (I stick to the soft stuff), laughing, family times. It's great AND it lasts for two weeks. I particularly like watching the lion dances with all the exciting drumming and acrobatics of the "lions". These are often seen at the various Chinese restaurants and shops.

I haven't been making any fractals in Apophysis lately. Most of my spare time has been taken up researching an unsolved double murder that happened in 1885 and presenting all the info on a new website I made The Roebourne Bank Murders It's an ongoing project, so not all the site is complete yet. Researching it has become a most fascinating obsession. Along the way I have learnt a lot of background information about the social history of our pioneers, Aborigines and Asian workers in the north west of our state, Western Australia. Who said history is boring?!

Hopefully, as I have the time, I will get back to Apophysis, but until then I will just keep watching all the wonderful art that is being produced by all the talented people here.