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Corinna Bennett
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Can this meeting be an email?

Aussie content designer in the public service, AuDHD, eclectic interests and too many tabs open in my brain.
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coreeena.bsky.social
When you use all caps you make the content harder to read, people think you're shouting at them, and you end up promising to provide more access to GPS when people really want more GPs
A political flyer using all caps for 'We will provide more access to GPs' so it actually reads that they'll provide more access to GPS. Because who doesn't hate it when you can find your location in an instant...
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
I can't believe it's nearly the end of winter, but the blossoming trees are proving I should believe it
In the foreground of a blue sky there's tree branches with no leaves but lots of white blossoms.
August 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
Sorry I'm so late, but here's Abe 'helping' me sort through my Lego. I hope your day got better ❤️
A black cat with a white tuft of fur on his chest is sitting in the middle of a pile of Lego pieces. The Lego is in a large round pink bag which is on the floor.
June 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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I made a card for my partner for our anniversary. We're not very romantic so I didn't want the message to be soppy. 'You're the one I hate the least' made him laugh. I cut the hearts out of a watercolour painting I did a while ago.
On an A5 piece of white cardboard there's a big heart taking up most of the top 2 thirds and 3 smaller hearts around the bottom of the big heart. Below that there's a rectangular piece of brownish cardboard with a smaller piece of white cardboard in the middle. On the white cardboard is written 'You're the one I hate the least'. There's another very small heart stuck on top of the rectangles. The hearts are from a watercolour painting with gradients of red, and the big heart has gold mixed in.
March 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

I'm definitely getting rescued.
The cast of the 1988 Mission: Impossible team.
January 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
I'm so sorry you're experiencing that, and I hope it doesn't linger for long.

Not sure if it will help, but here's a photo of my void.
A black cat sits on a table in the sun. The sun makes his black fur look reddish brown, and he's got a white tuft of fur on his chest. His golden eyes are looking ahead but past the camera.
December 18, 2024 at 8:42 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
I thought a neighbour installed a huge red letterbox, but the local council set up a street library and I love it.

The sign says 'Street Library: Take a book, give a book, share a book'

The URL is streetlibrary.org.au
Between the footpath and the road there's a big red box with a red sloping 'roof' on top and all on a red pole. Inside the box are books. The side of the box roof facing the footpath has a sign that says 'Street Library: Take a book, give a book, share a book.' There's also a URL: streetlibrary.org.au
December 17, 2024 at 8:05 AM
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Cherry season usually starts in December, but the first of many 2 kg boxes has already been purchased.
A box containing 2kg of cherries in lighter and darker shades of red. They're in a white bag that helps them stay fresh for longer in the fridge.
November 18, 2024 at 6:59 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
I've lived on this street for 11.5 years and only just realised there's a huge jacaranda tree on it. Early this evening I went for a walk and saw the tree in all its purple glory. A good lesson to look up and around more often.

#jacaranda
A large jacaranda tree on the side of the road is covered in purple flowers. It was very windy yesterday so the road next to the tree and the footpath are covered in a blanket of purple flowers. The sky is blue with a few clouds, and the sun is setting on the left of the tree, adding highlights to the flowers.
November 12, 2024 at 10:06 AM
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Abe says winter sun is the best.
A cat is laying on a grey couch in the sun. His golden eyes are looking at the camera and his black fur looks chocolate brown in the sun. One of this front paws is hanging down off the couch. You wouldn't know by looking at him that it's only 13 degrees Celsius outside.
June 16, 2024 at 1:00 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
See a sunset, post a sunset.
The sun has gone from view behind houses and trees, which are now black. The cloudy sky is a gradient of yellow from the sun, moving to oranges, pinks and dark reds, and then ending with purple.
June 14, 2024 at 12:29 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
Very cool belated birthday gift from my sister: a Lego Polaroid camera and a Lego retro camera. I can load a plastic photo into the Polaroid camera, push the red button and the photo comes out. I can open the back of the retro camera and swap the film. Both were fun to build.
A Lego Polaroid camera, with a film box and a plastic Polaroid photo. The camera is white on the front with a rainbow stripe from the lens to the end of the front. There's also a red button that can be pushed to pop out the pre-loaded photo. The top, sides and underside of the camera are black. There's a slot at the front just under the white part where a photo can be loaded. It has the writing 'Polaroid land camera'. The film box has rainbow stripes on the bottom half, then a black stripe with 'Polaroid', and then white at the top with 'Time-Zero Supercolor SX-70 Land Film'. It's hollow and has 2 other plastic photos. The photo shown is a drawing of a Lego person with long dark hair, sitting at a table outside with water, boats and a couple of buildings behind them. They're holding what looks like some bread and about to dunk it in what could be a bowl of soup. A retro-style camera that reminds me of a Leica or Minolta. It's mostly black with a grey top. There's a black lens in the middle of the camera at the front, and the top of the camera has a dial, a little crank and a spot for a flash to attach. The strap has drawings of red, orange, yellow and blue 2x2 flat plates in a row. There's also a roll of 35mm film that has images of a Kombi van, dog and motorbike.
March 31, 2024 at 12:48 PM
coreeena.bsky.social
First my WFH colleague tries to crash a meeting he wasn't invited to, and then he reminds me how good it is to not need to work and be able to snooze in the sun on a lovely autumn day.
Winston is an orange tabby cat and he's laying in a shallow cardboard box in the sun. He's on his side and a little on his back so his belly is exposed to the sun. It's hard to tell, but I think he's smiling.
March 27, 2024 at 1:10 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
I just tried the smoothie experiment:
1/4 cup cocoa (dark Dutch cocoa), half a banana, chunk of frozen raspberries, whey protein powder (chocolate was gone so I used vanilla maple). It tasted more like a cherry ripe smoothie than the one at the cafe, and would be even better with coconut milk.
Large cafe glass with a frothy red-brown liquid that is a raspberry chocolate smoothie.
March 20, 2024 at 2:34 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
Scott Moon from Harris Real Estate has sent a flyer that says he uses a lot of paper for flyers. Rather than not use flyers, he’s invited us potential clients to donate to his Go Fund Me Page so we can pay for him to advertise to us. If you’re in Adelaide, don’t pay this idiot to sell your house.
A flyer that has Scott Moon from Harris Real Estate in Adelaide bragging about his house sales on one side, and on the other side there's an invitation for us, his potential clients, to ‘get behind a great cause’ by donating to his Go Fund Me Page for Trees for Life, just so he can keep printing flyers.
March 4, 2024 at 8:16 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
Abe's sorry to hear you're feeling crappy and he hopes you feel better soon.
A black cat with a small white tuft of fur on his chest is loafed up and looking directly at the camera with his golden eyes.
February 26, 2024 at 12:14 PM
coreeena.bsky.social
I was at a cafe yesterday and couldn't stop looking at this 'calm mug'. On the handle is an acrylic ring that spins so you can fidget when you're stressed and anxious. I don't *need* another mug, but I'm on a support local artists and businesses bent. And I fidget. And I need to be calmer.
A handmade ceramic mug. It's a mottled pinky peach colour on the top half and a mottled bluey purple on the bottom half. There's a pink acrylic ring in a flower shape on the top of the handle that spins and is kept in place against the mug by a notch that sticks up on the handle. The inside of the handmade ceramic mug. It's a mottled pinky peach colour around the top and looks like it's dripped in place. Under that it's a mottled bluey purple colour.
February 10, 2024 at 9:55 PM
coreeena.bsky.social
Hugs my lovely friend. 💜 I'm sure I've shown you this photo before, but here's my sister's derpy cat, Pecan.
A brown tabby cat with dark brown stripes is laying on its back. The cat's body is curved around to form a semi-circle. The cat is looking at the camera with its pink tongue is poking out and curling up towards its nose. Overall the cat looks derpy.
December 18, 2023 at 11:30 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
Sunday is brought to me by Italy.

Breakfast: Cacio e pepe scrambled eggs on a piece of toast with a long black coffee.
Morning tea: Rum baba (because I've never had one).
Lunch: Skipped because see above.
Dinner: Ricotta gnocchi with red sauce, and a liberal sprinkling of parmesan.
On a plate there's cacio e pepe scrambled eggs sitting on a piece of toast (and spilling over onto the plate) with a sprinkling of chopped chives. There's a cup of black coffee next to the plate. A rather large rum baba cake on a plate with cream in a split on top of the cake. Ricotta gnocchi in a bowl mostly covered by a red sauce, chopped basil and parsley, and with a liberal sprinkling of parmesan on the top.
December 3, 2023 at 8:16 AM
coreeena.bsky.social
Winston hopes you feel better soon.
Winston the orange cat is laying on a cat hammock in the sun. It's a hammock with legs, not a swinging one. Winston's eyes are half closed, but his ears are on alert because there are birds making noise.
November 10, 2023 at 11:12 PM
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Today I'm grateful for being lazy and not throwing away my old kettle. The newer kettle broke after I'd set up my V60 coffee, so I used my old kettle and still had coffee.
A glass kettle is broken and has half the glass missing from one side.
November 4, 2023 at 9:27 PM
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Here's my orange doofus Winston.
One of Winston's favourite things is laying in the sun. Here he is laying on his back with his front paws crossed and his belly exposed, in a box with 'who gives a crap' written on the side.
October 23, 2023 at 10:31 PM
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I think our black cats could be brothers. Mine likes cakes too, and a lot of other food.
My black cat is sitting next to the food I brought home from the Italian market. I spread the food out on the floor to take a photo to send to my partner, but my cat could smell the provolone and mortadella and decided I needed 'help'.
October 17, 2023 at 10:20 PM
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I swapped the V60 for the AeroPress for something different. Either way, I really love the process of making coffee. It's quite meditative.
On my kitchen bench is a small bowl containing coffee beans, scales I used to weigh the beans, my AeroPress, a hand grinder, and the cup I'll press the coffee into.
October 5, 2023 at 9:22 PM
coreeena.bsky.social
Without downloading any new pics where are you at mentally?
Two images of what looks like a tetris game. One is labelled 9am and the other is 5pm. At 9am there's a brick heading directly for the space that fits it perfectly. The brick represents 'the one thing I need to do today'. At 5pm that brick has landed next to the space, missing its target.
September 14, 2023 at 4:01 AM