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keyhole trunks

i went to the supermarket with kezia this afternoon as a father/daughter bonding thing. we walked past the men’s pants department and i saw these keyhole trunks.
trunks seems a modern word for pants (and i use this term in the most british of senses – non of your trousers here pls).
and what’s the keyhole bit all about ? is it for those physiologically challenged ? or a modern day chastity belt ? it’s all too much for me to comprehend.
next they’ll be saying men need to wear single piece swimming costumes at public pools.
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the hiding bollard

esther took this photo but was very concerned because she said she could only see three of the bollards in the photo. i said we should call it ‘the hiding bollard’ because you can see it if you look justbehind the third one.
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christian boxing match

more random field activities. this time involving lots of cardboard boxes. one of the organisers said it took around 7 hours to prepare this game, which lasted approximately 7 minutes !
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cow

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Milarrochy Bay

we had a very nice trip to Milarrochy Bay with cousin catherine, cousin mike and his parents.
here is a view of the loch:
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inspired by the children cousins jane and catherine regressed and built a sand speed boat for esther and kezia (mike’s dad provided valuable engineering input):
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jane’s parents spot something funny in a tree:
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then kezia came down and walked through a very photogenic hollow tree:
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confused

the sound and visionaries looked even more confused today:
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drummers

i discovered there is just enough time in one of his solos to take a photo of the drummer. here is the evidence:
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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).
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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.
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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.
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mobile ceilidh band

here is a ceilidh band in a box (well on a trolley). how organised is that !
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