Hello, I’m HelenEdith, and in case you haven’t already guessed, I love pink!

There’s more to me than just pink though…

• By day, I’m a software engineer working on insurance software for a business processing company.
• I love photography, and my personal website http://www.wuronga.me.uk/helen/ is full of examples of my work.
• When I was in my mid-thirties, I took up the bassoon. I don’t practise enough, but I still get a lot of enjoyment out of playing chamber music and participating in orchestras and bands.
• I solve killer sudoku puzzles – the harder the better; and cryptic crossword puzzles – but not something too mind-blowing. The Glasgow Herald puzzle, which is published online, is just about the right standard for me!
• I read several books a month. I usually have a book to read on the train, although in mornings recently I have been working the aforementioned cryptic crossword from the Glasgow Herald.

When I was in my mid-twenties, I left Australia, where I was born, and went to England “just for two or three years”. That was thirty years ago, and apart from a year spent in the USA and a year spent in Scotland, I’ve lived in England ever since – and expect to continue to do so.

I’ve probably seen more of the UK than many people who were born here, but there’s still loads left that I haven’t seen yet.

Here is a picture of me taken in August 2009, fresh from the hairdresser, when I had just reverted to short hair. It will probably never look quite like this again, as I probably won’t spend 20 minutes blow-drying it in the mornings!

Fresh from the hairdresser, August 2009

My partner’s name is Stephen. This pair of pictures were taken at the end of 2001, before my hair became denial brown, with the emphasis on the denial part!