In Da House!

Is it a mushroom? Is it a rug? Is is a pillow? No - Rosie is in residence and is feeling quite comfortable.

Ghosts From the Past

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!
I found my Mother's old camera under the house and it still had film in it.  I have just had the film developed and was astounded to find images on the film that must have been over 55 years old.
This is the camera.

And these are the images.  My brother as a schoolboy -

and our family home (since demolished)

There are scratches and fungus marks on the film but after that time it would be expected.

Super Moon???

Tonight we were supposed to be able to look out and see a "Super Moon".  It is the closest approach to the earth in a year so it is the biggest and the brightest moon for the year.  It looked pretty much the same as always to me.  Apparently NASA coined the term to stimulate interest in astronomy.  While it is bigger and brighter, the casual observer cannot see the difference.
This is my photo of the moon tonight.

Another Birthday Photo

We are kicking a few goals here.  Today we managed to get a photo that we can use for Lachlan's third birthday.

Not only that - we also managed a family photo!

Jets Down

James played East Ringwood today.  At their last encounter the Jets were given a spanking but today they only lost by 5 points.  The strange feature of this game was an Umpire that clearly had not got up to the part where she learned about free kicks.  On the plus side, she was bad in a very evenhanded way.
Adam continues in his role as runner -

and James attacked the opposition with his jumper.

Jack's Birthday Photo

We have been having great difficulty getting a birthday photo of Jack, Cooper and Lachlan.  Holidays, illness and timing have been against us but we persist.  We think this will be Jack's seventh birthday photo.

Basketball

Pat's team had a tough day today getting well beaten.  If Pat was looking for divine intervention, it did not seem to work on this occasion.  Perhaps next week,

James played Warrandyte and it was a tight game right from the start.

James played well against a determined opposition.  The opposing Coach was telling their key player to "keep on Number 4" (James) so he must have been making life difficult for Warrandyte.  Unfortunately the game ended in a draw 22 to 22 but the standard of play has improved remarkably in the last couple of months.  The last pic. is James and his mate Tyson after the game.

Jack the Auskicker

It was a freezing mid winter morning.  Clear skies and frost on the ground but Jack was thoroughly enjoying AusKick.

He practiced his speccies, his tackles and a bit of ground work.

New Baby Arrives

It took us the whole day for the handover of the new van.  We learned about all the systems and controls over a period of about 5 hours. Now we have it home and will have to load it up and give it a trial run.

Boys Visit

We are still needing birthday photos of the boys so we tried again today,  Cooper and Lachlan had both been a little less than 100% so photos were not high on their agendas.  Maybe next time.