Quite some time ago I entered a submission to an online magazine (now semi-defunct) called 28mm. The submission was never accepted but I came across the sub-website that I put together for it today and it reminded me of the 30 minutes out of my life that it took to create it and how I quite like the photos.
Anyway have a look if you want.
I found this shot from five years ago and realised that the stuff I like to take photo’s of hasn’t changed and probably still bemuses most people….
A soft, stuffed “saddle” for Dad (or Mom) to strap on, to give the give kids (age 2-6) a horsy ride. Offering interactive fun for kids and adults, the Daddle™ is made of washable sturdy cotton, complete with soft saddle horn and adjustable stirrups.
** GROAN **
This woman “streaked” at the Rugby test between the AB’s and Ireland on Saturday night and is now auctioning off the bikini. Personally I think that a steaker isn’t streaking if they are fully clad, no matter how skimpily!
Hi there all! I hope you are all well and that someone is still visiting and looking at this update 
We’ve all been clogged up with colds for the last couple of weeks but besides that we are OK. This update will go into a couple of the things we’ve been up to and includes a number of pics (hopefully not too much of a download….)
Max has now been going to Kindergarten for over a month and in the last week or so has got over the “this is new and exciting” phase and moved into the “Mum is leaving me and I’m going to freak out” phase! Supposedly this is fairly normal and he seems to be getting a wee bit better already.
One of the things they do is have a kid sized doll at kindy called Lian. Every day someone gets to take her home and then the next day they tell the other children what they got up to (usually in the form of a written report from the parents). It was Max’s turn last week and he had her for two nights.
A while back we bought Max a small blow-up globe which he loved. He could point to New Zealand and say that was where we live, point to Australia and say that was where I go for work sometimes and point to the UK and say that is where Zak lives This was fine until he bit a hole in it and although I tried fixing it things were never going to be the same….. Vic and I decided that as he liked the little one so much we’d buy him a bigger one and see what he thought of it.
You guess.
Elliot is making progress on his walking but still doesn’t take more than a couple of steps at a time. I know we don’t post many pictures of him so here are a couple.
With kindy and playgroup and music and play dates Max leads a hectic life these days. Some days it’s just all a bit much……..
Two Scots, Archie and Jock, are sitting in the pub discussing Jock’s forthcoming wedding.
“Ach, it’s all going grand,” says Jock. “I’ve got everything organised already: the flowers, the church, the cars, the reception, the rings, the minister, even ma stag night…
Archie nods approvingly.
“Havens, I’ve even bought a kilt to be married in!” continues Jock.
“A kilt?” exclaims Archie, “that’s braw, you’ll look pure smart in that!
“And what’s the tartan?” Archie then enquires.
“Och,” says Jock, “I’d imagine she’ll be in white…”
Thanks to Gayle
Everyone is well – no major news.
Max and Elliot thought it would be fun to sit in my office chair…..
and drive around the garage…..
And boy has there been news!
• Max started Kindergarten on Monday! The reason that there was no build-up was because Vic only got a call last Thursday saying “we’ve had a couple of people leave the area so would max like an early start?” “Damn right” said Vic (I paraphrase of course ) Due to the number of children in the area he wasn’t supposed to start until July so this is quite a bit early. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 12:45 till 15:15. So far it’s gone really well….. Monday he had a wee accident, as it were, but to be fair it was all new and exciting and I just think he forgot. Vic was there with him for the whole time Monday and Tuesday and Tuesday he was great. Today she left him for an hour in the middle of the session and he hardly noticed she was gone so he should be OK next week.
• Elliot walked! It happened on Friday and he took four to five steps twice according to Vic. Naturally I was in Sydney and of course he hasn’t done it since…… typical!
• Sydney was, well, work really. The one fantastic thing was going sailing on Sydney harbour on Wednesday afternoon. Match racing modern racing boats in front of the Opera House and harbour bridge that have competed in the Volvo ocean race around the world was awesome. They were run by these guys and to give you an idea of how close and hard the racing was we came second in our 30 minute race by 14 seconds. The smallest winning margin in the five three boat races was 8 seconds!