Year: 2013
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Christmas 2013
We wish you an enjoyable Christmas and are betting on a great time next year.
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Mara Graduates
Number Three in as many years. Nine-school-veteran Mara and Gaynor just before her college (high school) graduation ceremony. And for Mara this year, three is the number of the ballet exams, the auditions and the times she cleaned her room. A busy year indeed. Well done Miss Mara.
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Heroes at Five
Micah recently celebrated his fifth birthday in fine five-year-old-boy fashion by organising a bunch of close friends to dress-up as their favourite superheroes and run around the park. A few regular heroes organised a bit of food, some semi-structured games and a good time was had by all. Super Micah and his friend Iron Man…
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Half-Life Day
Gaynor and I celebrated our twentieth wedding anniversary a little while ago and, since we were married fairly young, I started wondering how much of my life I have spent married to her. The outcome of that wondering is that I realised that yesterday, 6th of June, I have spent exactly[1] half my life —…
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Motorcycling Again
Late last November an odd thing happened. I’d just arrived home on the Silver Numbat and placing her up on her centre stand with the usual creak and groan, I heard a plop from a couple of metres away. Investigating revealed the end of a large bolt with a nut on it. Not only unexpected,…
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2013 Ahead
Busy times in our family this coming year. Though we usually have a (more than a) few things going on, this year is shaping up to have quite the slew of notable events. So, from the top of the tree … Gaynor is now officially looking for part-time work. A bit more income has been…
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Micah and Multiplication
Leave it to Gaynor to teach Micah multiplication using food. Every time he now sees peanuts or chocolate chips he asks to do his ‘times’.
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Puzzle Time
Everyone loves ‘The Laughing Cavalier’ by Frans Hals, the well known Dutch painter. He also did ‘Rarnaby Budge’.