I've been tagged

I've been tagged by Magnolia at family funnies (http://familyfunnies.blogspot.com/). Take a look at her blog. It's fantastic and has some really insightful posts about writing and life.

Here are six things aobut myself and then I have to tag someone else.

I love travelling to new places

I can count my very special friends on the fingers of one hand and they've seen me through the good and bad

I'm emotionally independent (well....I'm working on it LOL)

I LOVE writing and reading romance and women's fiction

I adore Sicilian home-made chocolate ice-cream (and anything else with chocolate in it ;-))

I'm a fast learner.

Today, I can safely and thankfully say it feels good to be me!

I'm tagging Lynette, Diane and Cathy

What Kind of Writer Should You Be Quiz

I confess...my writer's ego succumbed to this one...and here's the enthusiastic answer:

***You Should Be a Film Writer***
You don't just create compelling stories, you see them as clearly as a movie in your mind.You have a knack for details and dialogue. You can really make a character come to life.Chances are, you enjoy creating all types of stories. The joy is in the storytelling.And nothing would please you more than millions of people seeing your story on the big screen!

Very flattering indeed. Now if only I could get down to some serious writing .

You can take this quiz at:
What Type of Writer Should You Be?http://www.blogthings.com/whattypeofwritershouldyoubequiz/

The Butterfly House

In a tiny place in Sicily called Viagrande, at the foot of the Etna volcano, there's a place called The Butterfly House. If you're ever in Europe and visiting southern Italy, don't let the chance to visit this place slip away.

The minute we stepped inside, a blanket of tropical humidity wrapped itself around us, sticking to our skin and clothes, but the high temperature is a necessity for the aviary inhabitants. Besides, the enchantment of seeing butterflies of all sizes and colours from all over the world flying around us among the flowers and trees more than made up for the discomfort.

An enthusiastic guide pointed out an Australian turtledove tending her nest of eggs, tiny birds from New Guinea zipping from one side of the aviary to the other, some newly-laid butterfly eggs, frogs in a little pond and even a live coupling between two butterflies - a glimpse of the magical beauty of nature.

The best moment of all occurred when a butterfly danced around me for a few precious moments. I kept still and thought, wait, don't go away. Without warning, it stopped to rest on my leg. I stood paralaysed calling out to my friends to take a picture, but before they could the butterfly flew away in a flurry of bright blue, black and brown.

I like to think I was singled out by the butterfly fairy...a sprinkling of gold dust to help me through the rest of life's journey.