esther jumping
(using this technique)
September 2007
daddy long legs
our house is full of daddy long legs at the moment. and mosquitos and midges. it’s the like the battle at the end of Star Wars here.
kezia’s first homework
here is kezia doing her first ever homework. it was spelling, and she walked it. although to be honest they were quite easy. not that i’d get them all wright.
pocket sundial
how fantastic is this ? it’s a pocket sundial, about the size of a small compact camera. it’s got a little pointer to produce the shadow, a compass and a complicated ready-reconner on the lid.
everything the modern man could ever need in one tiny tin.
my comedy flight to warsaw
i had a good flight to warsaw (what seems like weeks ago now – in fact it was!).
at heathrow the pilot came on the intercom and said “well, we’re all on board, all the bags are loaded and we have a take off slot all confirmed, so we should be away on time. although, me saying that is usually the kiss of death. i’ll let you know if anything changes”
kiss of death !!! not what you want to hear from a pilot
a few minutes later he was back on “apologies, but one passenger has failed to turn up so we’ve got to unload his baggage. i told you it would be the kiss of death”
kiss of death !!! again !
the flight was fine, but just as we were in the last few seconds before touching down in Warsaw and everyone was in the ‘try not to look too worried’ mode, we suddenly accelerated like mad anf flew up in to the sky again. it was a bit of a shock.
apparently we had to abort our landing as a helicopter was in the way. fair enough, but a bit worrying at the time.
i love you tesco
i accidentally took kezia’s emergency cuddling label thing with me to Poland. so i thought i’d show it a good time.
my favourite thing about this thing is how it says ‘tesco’ as large as the ‘i love you’ letters.
choppers parking only
at last, somewhere to park your raleigh chopper
an office
i went through the wrong door in a museum and ended up in an office. it was a bit of a time-warp so i grabbed a shot
warsaw camera fair
i went to a sunday morning camera fair in warsaw before flying home. no one really spoke english making discussion on the finer points of photography tricky. i got the shop keepers to right prices down on a piece of paper for me, then i’d convert to pounds and check what things were selling on my favourite online camera shops (and ebay) via my mobile.
in the end i convinced myself to buy nothing, but i had fun wandering around looking at Germand and Russian antique cameras (alongside all your modern stuff).
fantastic travel company window display
this made me chuckle. i think it’s a travel agents shop which does holidays and tours of different places. but the little toy train track in the sparse window display has broken track and the whole thing has seen better days.
didn’t really install much confidence
slug rolling an apple
you might have to click on this to admire it properly !