I am dying to write a post with the word “effulgent”* in it as a true and perfect adjective. Just to show off. But it’s not going to happen today. I do have a question though for children’s picture book lovers out there – what do you think are the particular best examples of cover…
My sister-in-law is staying with us at the moment and as she has a better camera than ours I’ve been taking the opportunity of saying to her, “Hey – stop pointing it at the kids and come take some shots of me.”
I often talk without thinking. I often have ideas even before any proper cognitive functioning begins. This helps my imagination and subconscious come up with all sorts of freaky stuff, but then it often dominoes into real life. Like Earth Hour. I told them I was potentially going to ‘live blog’ via webcam the beginning…
Kim’s got an interesting post on composition over at her blog today. Get a sneek peek as to what Surprise! is currently looking like.
I can barely string together a decent post these days. For some reason it is becoming increasingly hard to sit here in front of the screen and let the words just come. They used to, spilling from the mysterious recesses of my brain, and now I’m in a drought. I could blame the holidays. Ironic, as…
I think I am removed enough from my rather strict religious upbringing to celebrate a birthday party on our Holy Day (Good Friday) without worrying too much about the potential sacrilegious repercussions this might cause. To explain: Once upon a time I would’ve gone to mass, eaten all the correct foods and then settled in for…
A neighbour was insane kind enough to give the kids an Easter present this afternoon. Keep it! Keep it! she said in her thick Mediterranean accent. No eat until Sunday. So of course as soon as she left the driveway we tucked into that bad boy. Until Adam came along and confiscated it. Boo hiss! Then, as…
Remember I said recently that I am not hung up on material possessions? Hang on, I told a lie: I have this photograph (well, a reproduction) framed on my bedroom wall and if it ever broke I’d be reasonably heartbroken. I believe this photograph was taken in 1897, the year Bram Stoker first published Dracula. It is the the very…
We recently had old friends visit as they were passing through town on a road trip. And as you can tell from the pictures below, my friend B is a much better shot than I am.
