This was a few months ago so he started walking and talking since then.
Enjoying his cake.
Presents; still a little young to really enjoy them but his sister is always willing to help open them.
Flying Claire
Monday, 8 September 2014
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Pumpkins
Always wanted to grow a few pumpkins as it is pretty easy if you have the space, although a bit more rain at times would not have hurt.
Anyway here is about a quarter of the total, sadly the little green ones do not store as well as the rest and since that was mostly what I got a lot of them will probably go rotten before I get around to eating them.
The good thing about growing pumpkins as badly as I do is all the nice little Illeis galbula ladybirds that come to eat the powdery mildew.
Anyway here is about a quarter of the total, sadly the little green ones do not store as well as the rest and since that was mostly what I got a lot of them will probably go rotten before I get around to eating them.
The good thing about growing pumpkins as badly as I do is all the nice little Illeis galbula ladybirds that come to eat the powdery mildew.
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
NZ 2014
Every few years it is time for the obligatory trip back home, and it is getting trickier now with a few children, luckily it is a short flight although air NZ managed to add a couple of unnecessary hours of sitting on the runway due to their incompetence.
Anyway when we finally got there everyone was violently sick for a few weeks with various horrible diseases so we should probably have stayed home anyway. Nonetheless onece everyone recovered we managed to get out and it was not too bad.
Claire catching her first fish.
First horse ride.
First and probably last sack race judging by that effort.
First sparkler
There were alot of hedgehogs everywhere.
My family adopted some kittens for a few weeks.
A very cold and windy day at the beach in Raglan.
Having lunch with some of her cousins.
Visiting great Nana
Admiring the grash in a country where it is actually green and lush.
Fairly mediocre sheep.
Claire's favourite toy.
Anyway when we finally got there everyone was violently sick for a few weeks with various horrible diseases so we should probably have stayed home anyway. Nonetheless onece everyone recovered we managed to get out and it was not too bad.
Claire catching her first fish.
First horse ride.
First and probably last sack race judging by that effort.
First sparkler
There were alot of hedgehogs everywhere.
My family adopted some kittens for a few weeks.
A very cold and windy day at the beach in Raglan.
Having lunch with some of her cousins.
Visiting great Nana
Admiring the grash in a country where it is actually green and lush.
Fairly mediocre sheep.
Claire's favourite toy.
Sunday, 6 July 2014
Birthday party & halloween
Some photos from Claire's birthday party and halloween.
She wanted a dinosaur, it was close enough.
Beheading the cake.
Make sure you have a colossal lollie bag so you don't run out of space.
Lawn needs some work.
She wanted a dinosaur, it was close enough.
Beheading the cake.
Make sure you have a colossal lollie bag so you don't run out of space.
Lawn needs some work.
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
Reptile park
A while back I decided to take Claire up to the reptile park. She really liked the playground and was interested in the animals but dissapointed she could not get in the pool with the crocodile as it was rather warm.
A very bored kangaroo.
Could have just stayed at home and played with the parrots.
A orchid in the bush near the house, my guess is Dipodium punctatum but I may be wrong.
A very bored kangaroo.
Could have just stayed at home and played with the parrots.
A orchid in the bush near the house, my guess is Dipodium punctatum but I may be wrong.
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
Garden critters
Heck I am nearly as far behind on my blog as Allan. Not much of great excitement has been happening as I have mostly just being kept busy in the garden or working on the house. The garden is slowly getting there and I have done reasonably well with the garlic, tomatoes, pumpkins and brocoli. The brussel sprots were a miserable failure though and my rhubarb keeps getting eaten by the possums.
Some corn, leeks and tomatoes.
A connoisseur of fine tomatoes.
A green grocer cicada Cyclochila australasiae
Getting bigger.
Some corn, leeks and tomatoes.
A connoisseur of fine tomatoes.
A green grocer cicada Cyclochila australasiae
Getting bigger.
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Going slowly
It is about time I posted something although I have not gone anywhere interesting for a while. Here are a few photos from a recent foray into the bush behind my house.
Frog
Australian Brush-Turkey (Alectura lathami)
Bossiaea obcordata a very elegant member of Fabaceae.
Thelymitra ixioides
In non-wildlife related matters the garden is progressing despite the weather's and the wildlife's best efforts to exterminate it, and already managed to produce some corn leeks and tomatoes.
Frog
Australian Brush-Turkey (Alectura lathami)
Bossiaea obcordata a very elegant member of Fabaceae.
Thelymitra ixioides
In non-wildlife related matters the garden is progressing despite the weather's and the wildlife's best efforts to exterminate it, and already managed to produce some corn leeks and tomatoes.
Monday, 25 November 2013
Family visit
Back in September my sister and her family came to visit.
Claire teaching her cousin to read.
Since we had some time to kill, it was decided (not by me) that we would go for a harbour cruise to look at the navy 100 year review. It was rather crowded in sydney but we eventually made it to the wharf after a quick stop in the museum of contemporary art to see some dirt in large steel containers and what every else passes for art these days. I guess you get what you pay for and the museum is free. After that it was just an hour and a half of chaotic queing in the hot sand and we were off on the cruise just a mere hour after it was meant to leave.
Hoards of peasant teaming on the steps.
Rusty boat
One of Australia's many non-operational underwater tubes.
Unimpressed
Way more impressed with some seaweed.
Claire teaching her cousin to read.
Since we had some time to kill, it was decided (not by me) that we would go for a harbour cruise to look at the navy 100 year review. It was rather crowded in sydney but we eventually made it to the wharf after a quick stop in the museum of contemporary art to see some dirt in large steel containers and what every else passes for art these days. I guess you get what you pay for and the museum is free. After that it was just an hour and a half of chaotic queing in the hot sand and we were off on the cruise just a mere hour after it was meant to leave.
Hoards of peasant teaming on the steps.
Rusty boat
One of Australia's many non-operational underwater tubes.
Unimpressed
Way more impressed with some seaweed.
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Wandering in the trees
Claire and I went for another walk/picnic along the Benowie walking track.
As always there was plenty to see, both flora and fauna.
Isopogon anethifolius
Lewin's Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
As always there was plenty to see, both flora and fauna.
Isopogon anethifolius
Lewin's Honeyeater
White-naped Honeyeater
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Getting fatter
A much enlarged baby at 2 and a bit months old. Thought I would try out the tripod I got for my birthday as well, the photo is still blurry though showing that tripods don't help that much when the subject is moving.
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