About
So kind of you to ask! I’d like to keep this short and sweet so in a nutshell … I am a writer, nature lover and freelance journalist. I am also a bit obsessed with taking photos of flowers.
Supporting women in their creative journeys is what I love and Fables and Flora is here to help you find uplifting moments in each day while encouraging you to pursue your own passions and projects.
California has connected me to some fun people and projects like “Bulletin from Google” and I am also currently a contributor for the Dublin Patch online news service. Participating in TEDx EmeraldGlenPark has been a unique highlight for me. My talk is about “Community, Connection and the Art of Storytelling”.
The main takeaway is my mantra “T-A-P” Think, Act, Persevere!
As Co-Founder of the Dublin Arts Collective I have met some amazingly talented women. Our programs encourage developing and established artists so feel free to get in touch if you are interested. We also welcome any donations to support the Arts in the Tri-Valley Area of Northern California!

Dublin Arts Collective Members and City of Dublin Staff at the 2019 Volunteer Recognition Event
Writing has been the single thread that held my career diversity together. My ventures in freelance journalism have led me to re-discover my passion for photographing flowers and you can now purchase my prints from pixels.com
We left the spectacular city of Cape Town in South Africa to live in the beautiful East Sussex countryside for three years and have now relocated again to sunny California. I live with my inspirational husband and my two loving and energetic children and I am thoroughly enjoying myself.
I hope you will be inspired to Take Your Turn and embark on your own creative journey!
Vanessa Lee Thomas
Wow! Well done! So very proud to say that I ‘know’ you. You are an inspiration and your pics have certainly ‘piqued my interest and stirred my imagination.’ Thank you : )
Thank you for encouragement and positive feedback Ruwaydah. I am proud to say I know you too! Please keep following and let me know what you think!
Hi Ms Vanessa Lee Thomas,
I certainly concur with Ruwaydah! It is very nice that you love flowers and posted some of them here. A few of my gardening blogs and horticultural websites might be of interest to you. Just append .wordpress.com to the following words to visit the following four blogs:
queenslandorchid
pottedplantsociety
queenslandbegonia
rhsq
May you continue to find a deep affinity with gardens and their magic and tranquillity!
Happy November to all of you!
Hello! Thanks for visiting my blog and liking my post. Beautiful photos ! Looking forward to see more of those amazing photos.
Thanks – your blog is an interesting read.
I’m also a nature lover and herbal enthusiast! Thanks for following me, and I’m looking forward to your posts.
Lovely to connect Audrey. Looking forward to reading your posts too.
thank you for stopping by and the follow 🙂 I look forward to getting to know you *Brigid
Thanks for following back! Looking forward to getting to know you too 😉
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Thank you for following my blog. I love your photography!
Thank you for the compliment and the visit, Looking forward to your future posts!
Thank you to follow my blog. Yours is very beautiful and the few that I saw are gorgeous.
Good continuation
Merci beaucoup Sophie! Thanks for following back. Your photographs are beautiful too! Looking forward to your future posts.
I was thinking that your photos are so realistic that it just miss the smell…. Maybe on the next decade the science (a second thing that we have on common: I am research technician specialized in histology) will find something to share odors.
Good evening
What a lovely comment! Great to find a fellow scientist and what a brilliant idea. We could sit back and smell the flowers 🙂 Enjoy your evening too!
Hi Vanessa, I don’t know if you do this kind of stuff, but I nominated you for the Quintet of Radiance Award. Love you pics 😉 You can find everything you have to do to accept it on http://insidethelifeofmoi.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/awards/ 🙂
Why thank you Grace that’s really kind of you! I don’t mind accepting reader awards as long as I don’t have to do much to accept them lol! I am thrilled with the nomination. Thank you!
Good to meet you Vanessa 😊
Good to meet you too Nomzi! Thanks for stopping by!
You are most welcome Vanessa. Have a lovely day 😊