July 2004
confused
the sound and visionaries looked even more confused today:
drummers
i discovered there is just enough time in one of his solos to take a photo of the drummer. here is the evidence:
and here is the man without sticks. click for a big version (but take a deep breath first):
the lead guitarist was away …
our lead guitarist was away today. he’s a local doctor and chose to help save people’s lives rather than play in the band. tsch.
we realised we couldn’t do without him so jane spent all last night building a cardboard replica. we got his wife to lend us his t-shirt and i think she may have preferred our version (even better than the real thing).
spiritual bollards
this bollard was approaching the ‘little seeds’ tent at the holiday club. little seeds is for the 0 to 5 year olds, but it’s only a small bollard.
perhaps it was already starting to question why it was there. as a road and pavement user i often have to ask the same question about bollards.
in a strange matter of symmetry i sat for around 30 minutes in a number of bollard related traffic queues this afternoon. makes you think.
black and white
i think i’ll throw this one open as a caption competition. not a real competition of course as there’s no prizes other than the personal satisfaction of a job well done.
mobile ceilidh band
here is a ceilidh band in a box (well on a trolley). how organised is that !
eery in-laws
we stayed the week in the same holiday house as jane’s parents. we were a bit apprehensive about this (as were they i suspect) as we hadn’t done such a thing before.
in actual factual it turned our brilliantly as they were happy to stay in on the evenings and jane and i could go for healthy walks and pub drinking ! we loved it, the girls loved it and i think they loved it too. hoorah for all.
here they are at the wedding under a red heating lamp:
wedding photographer
kezia spent much of the wedding taking photos with the dispensable cameras. where did she get that habit from ?
cousin andrew’s wedding
the reason we went up to scotland was because we were invited to jane’s cousin andrew’s wedding. it was a fantastic scottish wedding and we had a great time. here are a few snaps.
best man giving final words of advice:
bride sticking her tongue out at the best man whilst signing the schedule:
cousin andrew:
jane’s parents and andrew (prime caption contest material):
all the little people:
arty wedding shots:
esther and kezia kept themselves amused during the meal by drawing pictures for the dignatories and delivering them:
staying up late:
bitter sign
i spotted this sign at my local train station today. it says “due to instructions from above we will be unable to issue any car park tickets without your car registration number”
i suspect they felt that God was telling them to make this move when they read Luke 12:7 which says “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”.
ie God who made the whole universe also has an interest in the minute details of your life right down to how many hairs you have on your head (easier to count on some than others).
but, if God knows these details anyway, why does the train station need to know too ? and what’s more, why the negative attitude
kids tea party
we had a nice afternoon today. elton was still here, and another friend and her two daughters came along for lunch. the children had their own picnic table for added fun and excitement.
listening device
i leant the sound man my camera for a song so he could take a photo. this is what he came up with:
i think it’s quite good actually !
wigs for the band
we decided that some of the rhythm section of the band should wear wigs today. today we chose three nice grey wigs. it was a hot plan. i don’t know how old ladies manage to wear their wigs and massive woolly coats in the middle of summer without passing out.
perhaps that’s why old ladies are usually so thin. it’s because of their live-in saunas.
apple bobbin’
the apples looked quite attractive in their soggy storage buckets:
slippery signs for God
at the church holiday club they projected a variety of signs on to the screen for the kids to say what they stood for (all were warning about danger ahead and the likely result of ignoring them).
one of the signs was a ‘slippery floor’. the compere asked “where will you see this type of sign” ? i was very disappointed that no-one shouted “the funkypancake blog”. oh well.
