As promised, I drew the two winners of my fifteen year blogiversary giveaway today, May 10. There were 4 entries in the non-Australian draw and 12 in the Australian draw. I used the random number generator at mathgoodies.com, and it generated 3 in the non-Australian draw, and 8 in the Australian draw. The winners are: … Continue reading Fifteen Year Blogiversary Giveaway Winners

At the auspicious time of 1.18pm on 2 May 2009, Whispering Gums was born. I knew nothing about scheduling then because if I had I might have thought to published it at a more precise time. Anyhow, the point is that today, my blog turns 15. I found it hard enough to believe when the … Continue reading Fifteen Year Blogiversary for Whispering Gums, with a Giveaway

As promised, I have drawn this morning, using an online random number generator, the two winners for Jessica White's Hearing Maud giveaway, which I announced a little over a week ago. As you may remember, the two giveaways were a book and admission to Jessica's "in conversation" with author Inga Simpson at Muse Books and … Continue reading Special Event and Book Giveaway Winners for Jessica White’s Hearing Maud

And so, as promised, I drew the two winners of my one year blogiverary giveaway yesterday, May 10, but I was out of town, so decided to way until I returned home to my proper computing facilities, to write the announcement post. There were 11 entries in the non-Australian draw and 16 in the Australian … Continue reading Ten Year Blogiversary Giveaway Winners

Today, my blog turns 10! I can hardly believe it. I really didn't expect to be still writing it ten years on when I started way back there in May 2009, but it can become addictive, as many of you know yourselves! I must say that I started shyly. I was nervous about sharing my … Continue reading Ten Year Blogiversary for Whispering Gums, with a Giveaway