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...

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...

SPIDER BITE BLUES

Dear Alice, Last Monday I received my first ever spider bite, and boy was it painful. Don’t worry that’s not it pictured right! I was moving rolls of old carpet in the storeroom behind the garage and… yes, yes, I know, I should have known better. But hey, I grew up in a country (England) where nothing from the insect world penetrates human skin, let alone injects nasty poisonous toxins. Little did...

FOOTBALL CRAZY

Last Sunday morning, at the slightly irritating time of 7.30am, Tristan began his football season again. Playing the winners of last year’s grand final, Tris scored a great goal and his team went on to win 5-1. I love watching him play, I hope he never stops. His drumming is progressing well too, and he now taps out endless rhythms on anything. Given that this is driving us nuts, I can hardly wait for the real...