COOL FOR CATS

Dear Alice, Short of time at the moment due to a lot of work arriving on my desk in much the same way London buses have a habit of turning up – but I always have time for you… though I will need to be brief. Last week Teacher Mum and I went to the opening night of Cats at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre in Star City. It was much more acrobatic than the last version we saw, but equally enjoyable nonetheless. We...

PLAYING THE GAME

Salut ma fille belle. Comment êtes-vous? This week Tristan (Mr10) stepped up a notch in his quest for sporting supremacy. Firstly, on Monday as the last EPL highlights show of the season was about to begin, he confided in me that he now really likes watching football not just playing it. This weekend both his club and school sides won important games and he has since dragged me up to Melwood Oval twice now (in full...

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...

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...