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No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it

It takes more than a group to play a symphony - it takes a good group!

As individuals, we make a commitment to a group effort, that's what makes a team work, it's what makes a society work. These are our squid groups, not just a collection of random lenses thrown together any old how, but cohesive teams with a united focus and a united front.

Come on in, look around at our groups, see what challenges and contests we're up to at the moment, vote for your own lens or for someone else. Keep up to date and at the same time keep your group (and yourself) on top!

(The nicest thing about working together is knowing that other people are on your side)

Group Renovations - Spring Cleaning the Teams 

A lot of work has gone into shaking up the groups, lenses which may have been accepted before are now judged to a stricter standard. Submission Guidelines are even stricter than they were previously. If your lens is in one of these groups it means you've passed a meticulous examination marked by stringent criteria.

Group Awards have already commenced and you'll be seeing a lot more of those soon. Winners will be announced and placed on the Group itself as well as here.

Apart from the Group Awards, more tangible prizes are in the pipeline. Stay tuned

Voting - What you can do 

* Bookmark this page

* Vote for yourself if your lens is in the running

* Come back and vote for yourself each day

* Encourage your friends and fans to vote for you

* Vote for other lens in other contests

* Visit other lenses and leave a comment in the guestbooks

* Encourage other lensmasters to feel part of the Team

Group - Wander Downunder 

 

featured lens Wander Downunder Headquarters

Discover Australia in these lenses, from holiday destinations to dinners downunder and everything in between. Enjoy all the delights of Downunder, food, places, wildlife, celebrities, the bold, bizarre and beautiful. This Collection of lenses highlig...

Downunder Awards 

Downunder Awards
Each month, Wander Dowunder presents an award to the most popular lens in a particular category. The winner is chosen by popular vote.

Last month, our first Award went out. The category was Places in Australia and the winner was lensmaster Charlyjl for her hometown lens. She's a proud Canberran!

Downunder April Winner 

featured lens My City: Canberra, Australia

There is no doubt about it, I am a proud Canberran. This lens is a tribute to the city I love! Canberra is the capital city of Australia and has a population of approximately 350,000 and is loated approximately 300 km south of Sydney and 600km north...

Downunder May Winner 

featured lens Collingwood Football Club

I used to like Australian Rules Football (Aussie Rules Footy) but now I don't. By not liking the game or having a favourite team, I was able to record elements of a grand final event at Collingwood's Victoria Park home ground with dispassion. Fans w...

Group - Goddess 

 

featured lens The Goddess Headquarters

Welcome to our group page where we feature all aspects of the goddess. In this collection you can find perspectives from different cultures and different eras on goddess spirituality, and on the sacred feminine through the ages. Associated with the ear...

Goddess Awards 


The Goddess Group presents awards for the finest of our lenses.

The first award has been presented to Granny Sage for her lovely entry on Ostara and the Vernal Equinox.

The Award for Granny Sage was wreathed in Spring blooms as befitting the seasonal nature of her topic.

Goddess Group April Winner 

featured lens Ostara: The Sabbat with the Rabbit

Just what is a sabbat anyway? According to the Merriam-Webster On-line Dictionary, a sabbat is "any of eight neo-pagan religious festivals commemorating phases of the changing seasons." In the case of Ostara, it refers to the celebration of the Sprin...

Group - Feathers, Fur and Fin 

 

My old cat, lensmaster Vladimir, has taken over as Team Leader for an Animal group.
featured lens Animal Central Headquarters

Vladimir presents all Creatures of Feathers, Fur and Fin

Feathers, Fur & Fin Award 

Vladimir has graciously decided to present his first Award to the lenses dealing with dogs.

This will be the first of many (he assures me) and each month he will suggest a new theme. If your lens is among these, don't forget to vote. If you have a horse lens, for example, or a goldfish training How-To, you can still vote for your favourite doggy lens.

Winners for April and May 

featured lens Henry's Biography: A Small Dog's Tale

This was written before Henry died on Friday, September 25th, 2009, at the age of 11 years and 4 months. He had a stroke and the veterinarian said that there was no chance for him and the kindest thing we could do was to allow her to put him to sleep...

featured lens Squidoo Soup For The Dog Lover's Soul

There is a special relationship between dog and human that nothing else compares with. Dogs touch our hearts in a way nothing else can. Our dogs love us unconditionally without judgment. They recognize and love our true selves caring nothing for outw...

Group - Bookworms 

 

featured lens Bookworms Headquarters

A bookworm is someone who loves to read! As early as 1599, people were referring to book lovers as bookworms. If you want to be pedantic, you can distinguish bookworms from bibliophiles, and argue that bookworms love books for their contents, while b...

The Bookworms Award 

The Bookworms Award is presented monthly to the best lens in a particular category. If you're one of the Bookworms, vote for your favourite here. Is your own lens one of the contestants?

The Bookworms is a flourishing group, and a very busy one. If you have submitted a lens and still waiting to hear back, please understand that submissions come in thick and fast, approximately 30 every day. We will get to you.

Group - Epicure 

Epicure Awards 

Each month Epicure presents its own Gourmet Award for the most popular lens in a category in this collection.

May Best of Regional Recipes went to Auntie KatKat for her Tagines, the Taste of Morocco
April The sweet-tooth selection went to lensmaster Paula Atwell for her home-baked chocolate chip cookie recipes.

Epicure - Gourmet Food Group 

featured lens Epicure Headquarters

Welcome to Epicure, a collection of classy lenses on fine food. Not your everyday meal of tuna patties, but the very best in taste sensation from sweet delights to stupendous soups, presented by lensmasters who love good food. We have a delightful ar...

Epicure Winners April and May 

featured lens Chocolate Chip Cookies are My Favorite Comfort Food

Nothing shows a mother's love like a home-baked chocolate chip cookie. There is just something about the warm soft cookie, the melting gooey chocolate, and the smell of the just baked cookies that really warms your heart. I still love to sit down wi...

featured lens TAGINES THE TASTE OF MOROCCO.

Many people believe the Tagine is a tasty Moroccan stew, but in fact the tagine is a Moroccan terracotta cookery pot.The Tagine or tajine consists of two parts, the base is circular with low sides, and the detachable dome shaped cover. Ceramic vessel...

Coming soon - New Awards 

Awards for these following groups are coming soon!

There's a little more housework to be done yet.

Group - Legendary Lore 

The Legendary Group 

featured lens All Legends and Lore Headquarters

'All Legends and Lore', a group to highlight lenses which focus on the fabulous -  world mythology, ancient beliefs, tall tales and true, folklore, fairy, fable and the lost and forgotten stories from our legendary past. For Readers Browse...

Group - King Arthur 

King Arthur 

featured lens All About Arthur Headquarters

The King Arthur we know as the Legend of Britain is a composite of early legend, medieval romance and Hollywood. It's a great story, no wonder we have been telling it for fifteen hundred years. It all takes place in the fifth century. Rome has l...

Group - Feline Friends 

Our Feline Friends 

featured lens Feline Friends : Our Cat Companions Headquarters

A Group dedicated to those ordinary everyday moggys, the cat companions who make a house a genuine home. We feature the fabulous furballs who deign to share their bibw lives with your one. As I lay half-dozing one sunny afternoon I cast my mind ...

Group - Women in Art 

Women in Art 

featured lens Artistic Women Online Headquarters

Welcome to our online art portal profiling women artists of all media. Artistic Women Online brings together those who love art with the women who love to create it. Our group also provides advice, ideas and networking opportunities for women selling...

Group Renovations - a New Broom 

These following groups have been recently acquired. The housework is underway but, with a total of 487 entries to go through, it's taking a little time.

Never fear! These groups will also have their Awards and the voting will be up and kicking.

Group - Best House on the Block 

Best House on the Block 

featured lens Best House on the Block Tips and Tricks Headquarters

From frugal advice to D.I.Y home improvement projects, how to conquer clutter and crafty ideas to brighten your house with Smarts and Style. Looking for landscaping inspiration? Want to build a sundial? Browse our appealing and practical DIY projec...

Group - Sirens of Song 

Women in Music, the Sirens of Song 

featured lens Music Central Headquarters

A Siren of Song is a woman whose music has thrilled audiences, ancient, modern, contemporary or olde worlde, be she a singer, composer or an instrumentalist. This group collection is named for the mythical Sirens, those lovely Nymphs of the Sea, who...

A Truly Civil Society 

Competing against each other leaves little space for reciprocity and the growth of social capital.

Running against another in a race may benefit our speed, but jointly organising the sports day produces cooperation and trust. There are many situations where cooperation and reciprocity are more effective than competition.

Civic virtues come from building on what we have in common rather than by using our differences to create in-groups, outgroups and fear driven competition

Eva Cox : Boyer Lectures 1995: a Truly Civil Society

Teamwork - What you can do 

Group Members are encouraged to visit the other lenses in their group. You can visit lenses from other Teams of course, but please pop over and say hello to a couple of other members of your Team.

If everyone visits and comments on just two other lenses in their group, the lenses - and therefore that group - goes up higher in ranking, it attracts the higher quality lenses, more visitors and we all bask in the glory.

(At any rate, it boosts our members and that's glorious enough).

It will take you 10 minutes maximum and, in this way, we all benefit.

 

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10% of my income goes to continue the work of Fred Hollows in treating avoidable blindness and improving indigenous health.

Photo : Khim Rath, who can now see after a successful cataract operation, Kampong Chhnang province, Cambodia.

Blindness is a significant public health issue in Cambodia. Over 160,000 people are blind and an additional 20,000 become blind each year. The main cause of blindness is cataract, which can be treated by a simple 15 minute operation at an average cost of $25 (AUD$35).

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About Susanna Duffy 

Lensmaster susannaduffy has been a member since September 25 2006, has rated 4,262 lenses, favorited 164, and has created 214 lenses from scratch. This member's top-ranked page is "The Ten Top New Years Resolutions for 2010 - Trying to Improve". See all my lenses

My Bio

G'day from Melbourne, Australia where I write about King Arthur, Mythology, Legendary Beasts, Ancient Rome, Books, Fairy Creatures, Australiana and Adventures in my Kitchen. I'm also a Charity Mentor and an Honorary Squidoo Angel

I'm the GroupLeader of these vibrant communities -
Epicure
The Bookworms
All About Arthur
Wander Downunder
Legends and Lore
The Goddess
Feline Friends
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