February 2009
snow sculptures
i suspect this one below wasn’t a snow man
no idea what was going on here though
the continued story of the barbie head
a dusting more snow arrived and started to melt, but the head remained, looking a little colder yet sweaterier than yesterday.
transport permitting i’ll not see her during daylight hours tomorrow, but hopefully we’ll catch up with her later in the week
trolley ambitions
like it or not, this chap just isn’t going to fit. (note the mysterious pipe in the lower picture)
the poor old barbie head
well, what with sunday’s excitement of watching the poor barbie head making its way down the hill, we woke yesterday to find the street covered in deep snow. we went out to see if we could locate her, but this is as close as we got. the lump was actually a leaf
luckily they didn’t spot her, or if they did, they left her where she lay (“they wouldn’t let it lie”, except they did).
we went out about 5pm as it was getting dark and there she was in the now melting snow
kezia carefully kicked her over with her great big boots to reveal her still smiling face
we’ve expecting more snow and certainly freezing temperatures overnight, so we’ll have to see how she fairs. her hair certainly isn’t as nice as it once was
kezia’s snow man pictures
kezia saw some pictures of snowmen on the internet and said she wanted
to take some, so she borrowed my camera to take some shots on the way
to the supermarket with jane
she spotted some fantastic ones
sadly we didn’t make any ourselves. but the girls spent most of the day ‘sledging’ which i suspect involved dragging each other on a piece of plastic over wet muddy grass.
play park in the snow
i was working from home yesterday so didn’t even attempt to drive to work. instead i sat at my desk from 5am working. but i did go outside with esther and kezia at about 7.30 for a wander around the untouched snow
barbie’s head
on the way back from church yesterday i spotted this barbie head in the street. we nearly ran over it, but we didn’t. however, it was in sight of our house so i went with the girls to check it out.
it was a well maintained barbie head. esther said she could tell it had been well looked after by the hair styling. she kept an eye on it all afternoon as it slowly made its way down the hill. she watched it through her binoculars from her bedroom window
more tesco chaos
i’ve been thinking why i like this little corner of my local tesco so much. it’s the chaos.
the thing i love about supermarkets in general is how they put all the stuff ‘together’ ie all the ketchups are in one area, fruit in another, an aisle of toilet rolls and so it goes. i love the repetition and the colours.
but i also love the unstructured corner that is the reduced goods area. it’s a real pick and mix (rip woolworths). and i guess in these crunchy days, shops are trying to sell every last thing rather than chucking stuff away, so this area has been packed to overflowing recently with busted packets and split multipacks.
kezia’s party
kezia had her birthday party yesterday. quite loud at times, but generally excellent because some lady came in and did a couple of hours of activities. jane did the food and i just got in the way. like a proper dad should.