Wheee - I've done it!

It's been a huge year for me. In January, my husband and I went on a dream journey, visiting the Falklands, South Georgia Island, and Antarctica.

In October, I went back - by myself, unfortunately; husband didn't go - to hang out with the Emperors on the Antarctic continent.

I've been nuts about penguins since I was chick-sized myself, but I'm also a computerboob, so it never occurred to me to do anything public about my passion. Then, on my second trip to Antarctica, I met some people who decided that my obsession was larger than I could contain and that I definitely needed to set up a blog. (I think they were just being polite; they probably didn't want to hear any more of my blabbing.)

So, with great fear and trepidation, I did. Just now.

I plan to use it to post pictures of my fairly extensive collection of penguins, photos from my two trips, and perhaps some musings about my experiences with these incredible creatures. Perhaps in the future, I'll be able to provide links to other penguistic sites and vendors.

I welcome visits and participation by other penguin lovers, and look forward to hearing from you. But please be patient; I have to figure out how to do all this, and that might take a while. It's hard to type with flippers.