Song: The Rainbow Lorikeet
About Vanessa Pike-Russell
Vanessa Pike-Russell is an author, teacher and website designer. Born in Wollongong, NSW Australia and currently residing in Brisbane, QLD Australia.
Graduating with a Bachelor of Education in 1999, Vanessa specialised in Information Technology and Communication.
Vanessa has been writing blogs for over 20 years and has written books on land hermit crabs as pets and currently writing an autobiography.
Featured Posts
Art: Portrait Lorikeet Frangipani
I commissioned a composite art piece featuring three items – a portrait…
16 Personalities Test – Campaigner
I’m the Campaigner personality in the 16 personalities test – ENFP-A /…
Song: The Rainbow Lorikeet
Can you hear the lorikeet Calling down to you? Can you see the lorikeet Red and green and…
Expo 88
I was on the monorail with my Grandmother Barbara Hazelgrove who took this photo. We had an amazing…
Art: Portrait Lorikeet Frangipani
I commissioned a composite art piece featuring three items – a portrait of myself, frangipani and a rainbow…
Poetry – Sleepus Interruptus
As I lay me down to sleep I pray your hands away you keep As I doze I…
16 Personalities Test – Campaigner
I’m the Campaigner personality in the 16 personalities test – ENFP-A / ENFP-T “A Campaigner (ENFP) is someone…
Song: The Rainbow Lorikeet
Can you hear the lorikeet Calling down to you? Can you see the lorikeet Red and green and blue I can hear the lorikeet sing a happy song Can you hear the lorikeet Can you sing along Watch the rainbow lorikeet Do a happy dance Can you see the lorikeet Dancing on fence Can you…
Art: Portrait Lorikeet Frangipani
I commissioned a composite art piece featuring three items – a portrait of myself, frangipani and a rainbow lorikeet. Robert Sloan would draw using Prismacolor pencils based on my photography and we made a trade -the drawing for some Prismacolor pencils sent to Robert Sloan’s location in the USA Portrait Lorikeet Frangipani by robertsloan2 Traditional…
Poetry – Sleepus Interruptus
As I lay me down to sleep I pray your hands away you keep As I doze I ignore Your loud, persistent snore Take heed my words or you will find the bed we share will soon be mine So please get it in your head Keep your hands away or lose your bed Your…
16 Personalities Test – Campaigner
I’m the Campaigner personality in the 16 personalities test – ENFP-A / ENFP-T “A Campaigner (ENFP) is someone with the Extraverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Prospecting personality traits. These people tend to embrace big ideas and actions that reflect their sense of hope and goodwill toward others. Their vibrant energy can flow in many directions. The…
My First Encounter with a Hermit Crab
My Great Grandpapa Harry St. Vincent Beechey wrote a poem about our visit to the beach where I met my first Hermit crab 🐚 —————- The Young’n I babysit in the soft warm sand. She runs about on sturdy legs. Perhaps she is sitting me—I do not run much anymore. She calls to me. “Great-grand-papa!”…
Kako Okamato – Michelin star restaurant in Gion, Kyoto Japan
Four years ago on my second visit to Gion, Japan it was raining and I decided to ring up the closest restaurant to our accommodation in Gion, Kyoto for lunch – Kako Okamato. In broken english the waitress told me that they were only open for dinner. I booked a table for Philip and…
