The eldest daughter turned 12 yesterday and instead of the usual party we suggested it might be nice for just the four of us to go out for a change. We’d intended to go down to Canberra for the weekend but we’ll leave that for later in the year perhaps. Instead we let her choose … More Yesterday – not too shabby?

As mentioned the daughter told us she’d like to go out for a meal as part of her birthday outing and for lunch she wanted to visit a branch of one of what used to be an iconic Australian restaurant chain called ‘The Black Stump’ which we’ve seen in other places but never been to … More The Black Stump – Rouse Hill

My younger brother is living proof that insanity (literally) runs in our family. Despite reaching his half-century he is still amazingly fit regularly doing crazy things like triathlons, iron man competitions and the like. Yesterday he was supposed to be running a marathon but we’ve not heard from him yet so I’ve no news about … More Marathon task.

The eldest daughter (Lulu) is twelve today. So happy birthday to her. She’s brightened up my life in buckets and I don’t know what we’d do without her. 🙂 Clever, beautiful, talented. What more could a parent ask… well ok it would be nice if she was rush as well but that might come in … More Happy Birthday Lulu.

Here’s a little gem from 6 years ago… the youngest celebrating her second birthday in her high chair! You might ask why she is giving the cake such an old fashioned look? Maybe she was pre-warned of my skills as a pâtissier? She’s not changed much… except maybe her hair is a little longer. 🙂 … More I ought to load the gallery.

Who is this handsome dashing debonair devil-may-care young gadabout proudly displaying his hirsute upper lip? Moi? Well of course!! And can that really be ‘dogsbody’ on the other side of the seat?? Well I can see why I fancied her… but what the hell did she see in me? And why was Auntie Muriel sitting … More What the…. ?

Just been watching some classic Captain Pugwash also sent over by the old man. This is the DVD the Sunday Times gave away free on 20th January 2008 and included the entire series of 30 ‘shorts produced during the 1970’s. 🙂 Magic stuff!!

The old man has been sending over stuff he’s found in my dear departed Aunt’s papers. Amongst the nuggets was a postcard we’d sent her just after we’d moved to London. There is nothing interesting in what we wrote, tho the card is interesting in itself being a picture of The Prince and (then) Princess … More More blasts from the past.

In the UK a villain has been apprehended for his heinous crime. He has been fined $500 and his criminal record will stay with him for years to come. This depraved lawbreaker overfilled his wheelie bin by a massive 8 centimetres. How disgusting!! Even though his bins are only emptied once every two weeks I … More More insanity in the UK