LONG TRAIN RUNNIN’

Dear Alice, Remember this? (pic right) Can you believe it’s been a year since we were photographing Camellia flowers and Lobsters? Seems only a few months ago to me. The former are now once again in full fantastic bloom and, as usual, falling off the tree almost immediately they open. Not sure I understand why they do this, as it seems to fly in the face of nature. Life is chuffing along here, although Elliott has...

HELLO WORLD

Dear Alice, Pleased to hear this morning that you’ve made it safely back to your school. On the plus side, at least you’ve ended up seeing more of Europe than you originally planned to, even if it was at the expense of much inconvenience on your part. Uncle Andy tweeted “All these British people stranded in Europe; how about we do a Dunkirk and send over all the little boats for them?” Ha ha ha, but in...

THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE

Dear Alice, Hope you enjoyed Scandinavia. The only Swedish I know is how to order breakfast. I was taught this by The Two Ronnies in 1978 and have never forgotten it. ‘Have you any eggs and ham?’ translates to ‘F  U  N  E  X  N  M ?’ ha ha ha. British comedy in the 70s – you had to be there. As I write this, I understand from an excited Teacher Mum (having just got a text from you), that you are...

YOU’RE A SUPERSTAR!

Before going on, enjoy this two minute slideshow I’ve put together to celebrate Mum’s birthday. Dear Alice, Happy Easter! On Good Friday we headed down to Cockle Bay Wharf (all four of us!) to celebrate Teacher Mum’s birthday. After first watching Alice in Wonderland in 3D at the IMAX, we then had lunch at one of the restaurants nearby. The weather was just lovely and apart from the...