jane and i on a date
my lovely wife and i went out on a date on friday night as the girls went to a sleep over at some lovely friends’ house
we went for a walk down the beach. it was low tide
i had pork and bacon and apple which looked like an owl
jane was delighted
then i had a cheesecake and washed it all down with a hot chocolate which was a bad idea.
then on saturday morning we went to a posh cafe for breakfast where i had sausage bacon and toast. there were four sausages and a giant’s fist full of bacon.
we had friends round for tea this evening and had a big meal with them cooked by jane. so we’re all feeling a little rotund. but good.
home made toilet signs
is this possibly the worst toilet sign ever ? it looks like they didn’t have any writing materials so had to use what they had to hand. yuck.
still, it prepared you for what was behind the door – a legendary kiwi long drop toilet.
some great signage
nice to see a starfish on a sign. you can click on the star to bookmark it in the real world. probably.
nut
it’s interesting to see what happens to the tree here in new zealand as the seasons progress. we arrived at the beginning of spring so we’ve seen all sorts of stuff start to happen.
these things remind me of similar nut-jobs that were around in london. no idea what they were called either.
night-bell and speaking tube
how fantastic to have a ‘speaking tube connecting the front door to the doctor’s bedside’ back in 1892 !
funkypancake live video picture – spotty line
i really must learn to slow down a bit when speaking, especially at the end of these videos. will. try. harder.
the facts of life
there’s something very cool (“sweet as”) about the way white lines are drawn over here. rather than being a solid line of which paper they seem to be made up of lots of runny drops
they also have a slightly 3d structure and you can feel/here a slight rumbling if you drive over them
but i can’t help thinking of secondary school biology lessons and cartoon videos of the facts of life.
flamingo
can you see it ?
funkypancake live photo find
i’ve started going out for an hour long evening stomp around the locality in the aid of fitness. it struck me i should be doing something with that time. so here’s an attempt at a live photo. what do you think ? worth perservering with ?
(best comment on the video in youtube rather than here as comments still aren’t working. sorry about that)