Better late than never ;-)

1. what is your age range?
40 + a few months..

2. gender?
Female

3. Do you have a favorite color?
Several - just about any shade of blue, strong greens, strong - dark reds, grey, black, white - most colours except purple, pink and orange shades

4. favorite authors/ type of book?
Historical novels built on real characters from history (preferably England / Scotland / Australia)

5. what books have you really been wanting?
Volume 9 and later of the series "The Australians" by Vivian Stuart ("writing as William Stuart Long")
Some of Sharon Penman's books (except "Sunne in Splendour")

6. what type of music do you like?
Ranging from Ossian via the likes of Nick Keir, Judy Small, McCalmans, Eric Bogle, Harvey Andrews, Martyn Wyndham-Read, Eleanor Shanley, Jed Marum et al to Runrig. But I already have those. Good singing-songwriting always welcome ;-)

7. what cds have you really been wanting?
Anything by The Men They Couldn't Hang - I've got some older ones on LPs, but nothing on CD

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting?
Don't have a VCR..
BUT if anybody could spare a bootleg copy of the Australian TV-series "Against the Wind" - Jon English etc. (which is not available commercially), I'd go *buy* a VCR just to see it again..

9. what is your t-shirt size?
M

10. do you collect anything? if so, what?
Experience ;-)

11. what are some of your other hobbies?
Photography, genealogy

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?
Definitely silver, but I only ever wear earrings (pierced) and necklaces, never bracelets, brooches or the like

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like.
One of my favourite subjects for photography is dragonflies, for which reason dragonfly earrings or pendants always come in handy - the more life-like, the better.
example 1
example 2
And there's quite a selection here - I quite like the tri-layer variety ;-)