Belinda D’Alessandro

@bdabooks.bsky.social

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Author, publisher, book designer, book blogger, bookworm, book geek, travel addict, happy snapper https://bdabooks.com.au/

Weather: 7°C feels like -2°C / 45°F feels like 28°F
Just a few minutes out of the station… the countryside
feels like 2 celeries / 36 faringhides 🥶 (actually 9°C / 47°F)
3°C=37.4 °F
9°C/48°F (feels like 2°C/36°F)
Weather in the NSW Southern Highlands: 14°C=57.2°F, cloudy 🌥️ afternoon after rain ☔️
Tomato soup and 2 slices of buttered ciabatta
Southern Highlands weather at 10am (feels like 5°C =41 °F)
NASA sending Beaker a message from the Artemis II astronauts :)
Timetable showing 168 minutes late… 4 stops to go
At 1730 FINALLY arrived almost 3 hours late into Picton 🤣😭🤣
Illustration titled “Dyslexic Visual Challenges” comparing how a sentence appears in normal text versus dyslexic perception. The left side shows the sentence “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” clearly, with small callouts highlighting potential letter confusion. The right side shows the same sentence distorted: letters reversed, words duplicated, blurred, or appearing to move. Icons at the bottom represent common dyslexic challenges such as letter swapping, movement, and reversal.
Illustration of a cosy kitchen counter with a small pot of simmering tomato jam and a jar labelled “Tomato Jam.” A left hand with a neat beige bandage on the index finger points to the jar.
3 jars of tomato jam cooling on a kitchen bench in front of a white backsplash.
Close-up of the back of a book showing an EAN-13 barcode and ISBN digits, with a subtle magnifying glass highlighting the numbers; minimalist black, off‑white, and deep-blue accents.
Tomato soup and ciabatta toast
https://bdabooks.com.au/Blog/2026/crafting-unforgettable-arcs-create-captivating-characters/
Roast chicken in a roasting tray
(Alt text for image: Filled champagne glasses, with gold and red ribbons and red baubles in the background, with the words "Happy New Year 2026" appearing in front.)
Voodsmas card from Millie and Benji
Tomato jam in jars
Tomato jam simmering on a gas stove
Porchetta, stuffing on the side meatballs, double roasted carrots, double roasted potatoes
Potatoes and carrots in a roasting tray with olive oil, butter, rosemary and garlic, now roasted
Potatoes and carrots in a roasting tray with olive oil, butter, rosemary and garlic
Stuffing meatballs in stages!
A mixing bowl filled with raw stuffing mixture of minced beef and pork dotted with herbs and breadcrumbs on a light kitchen counter.
Happy birthday wishes for Luka Tigger on Twitter
Sydney weather 29°C (top 36°C)
Messy ham, cheese, and tomato omelette on toast
View from the train on the Southern Highlands Line
Barry, from the Herd House, Blepping... coz we're all a little Barry all of the time
Egg fried rice
Eureka flag
Screenshot of a draft book landing page for “Breaking the Broadcast”: minimalist hero with headline, draft book cover mock-up, short description, and a prominent button for early access/updates.
SOUP 🥣 SANDWICH 🥪
Minimalist navy-and-cream social graphic reading “This Week’s Bestselling Books” with subhead “Across All the Lists | Oct 2, 2025”; flat vector stack of books on the right; small “BDA Books” wordmark
Minimalist illustration on white: thin black line art of an analogue clock with a forward motion arc above an open book, with a soft navy accent. Text at bottom reads: ‘Daylight saving starts Sunday (NSW) • Happy Labour Day long weekend’
Fish and chips
CHEESE SQUARES on a placemat
Cheese slices
Merriam Webster tweet that reads ‘Phonetic’ is not. ‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters. ‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym. Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.
Merriam Webster tweet that reads ‘Phonetic’ is not. ‘Abbreviation’ is 12 letters. ‘Thesaurus’ doesn’t have a synonym. Say what you will about English, but it has a sense of humor.
Searching emojis
Taylor’s new album 💿