Category Archives: Family Life

Pics back then

By Mark | Published: 17:57 Saturday 7 Nov 2009
When the girls were small we bought a video camera. Recently found several tapes so they went off for transfer to DVD. Got them back this morning. First is 1995 and in the back garden of the house so the girls are a really cute 5 and 2. The rest of the 5 dvd’s cover [...]
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Winston and a twig

By Mark | Published: 11:22 Sunday 14 Jun 2009
    Wasn’t sure where to frame given the expanse of darkness either side. It’s also level too – the light is the cause of the imbalance. Far from perfect – too small for a start – but I like it. Trying another:
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Winston: profile

By Mark | Published: 11:52 Thursday 5 Feb 2009
Close to the actual shot I want. He can stand more squarely, head lifted up higher, neck straighter and he looks great in profile when he does. Full-on pose mode. And then he moves so this is not a bad compromise.
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Less bounce

By Mark | Published: 09:46 Tuesday 23 Dec 2008
Winston weighs 75kg. So that’s a lot less than I thought and when he gets back from the vet he should weigh a couple of hundred grams less. Nutless he will be. All part of treating the dominance / alpha male behaviour. If only lopping them off was the simple answer… still, behaviour progress continues [...]
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Tickets on paper

By Mark | Published: 01:59 Tuesday 23 Dec 2008
I don’t think the girls read this – but if they do I’ll now find out. Some years ago the house we had was your typical starter home. Not a lot of space and at Christmas even less. We ran out of room hiding the presents and at that age kids want big boxes – [...]
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Playing hard

By Mark | Published: 00:15 Tuesday 2 Dec 2008
Fairly nasty incident last Friday involving Winston’s teeth, my hand, blood and a still sore hand. I posted at a forum before seeking further help and spent well over an hour earlier talking to a very nice lady who was a dog behaviourist. The super-brief version: Winston wants the top job. The super-polite reply: No. [...]
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Lobbing at angles

By Mark | Published: 02:27 Monday 7 Jan 2008
I really like this attitude. You can’t feel hurt for kids, you can’t trust that they will believe you, you can’t make them learn from your experience. You can’t do a whole lot of stuff – so you may as well let them do it. Just more safely. One point though – it mentions spears. [...]
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Moving suppliers

By Mark | Published: 22:51 Friday 4 Jan 2008
We used to pay little attention to the utility bills. If they said they wanted 35 quid a month (or any amount) then they got it. We took it for granted that what we saved in the summer would even out with what extra we used in the winter. Oh how wrong we were…. After [...]
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A little closer

By Mark | Published: 20:36 Friday 4 Jan 2008
D got an offer from Derby University today – Behavioural Sciences Hons degree course. She’s walking on air and smiling so wide the top of her head could drop off :)
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Grouch

By Mark | Published: 00:05 Tuesday 1 Jan 2008
For the last 364 days and 20 hours the people next door have not been in residence for more than an hour in total. They decided to have a party and bring all their LOUD FRIENDS with them. So I accompanied their wailing at midnight by blasting out the Cunninglynguists (it’s the only music I [...]
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