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 only [...]
Archive for the Family Life Category
Pics back then - Posted 17:57 Saturday 7 Nov 2009
Winston and a twig - Posted 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:
Winston: profile - Posted 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.
Less bounce - Posted 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 [...]
Tickets on paper - Posted
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 – the [...]
Playing hard - Posted 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. [...]
Lobbing at angles - Posted 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. Now [...]
Moving suppliers - Posted 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 going [...]
A little closer - Posted
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 :)
Grouch - Posted 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 [...]
