A few more photos from New Zealand

As much as I miss using Photoshop, I couldn't resist uploading a few photos from our last few weeks of touring.  We hit both Wellington and Hawkes Bay (both very briefly) and we're now back in Auckland, dreading our return to Hong Kong on Monday night. Eeeek. iPhoto has seemed to have done a pretty decent job of tweaking the RAW images and exporting them to jpeg - I may have another go when back in Hong Kong, but for the time being... here you go:

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Taken from the Koru Lounge at Auckland Airport, waiting for our Wellington flight

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A (fairly rotten quality) photo of George being stalked by his grandmother

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A dog named "Dog"

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George in a pool with (one of) his Godfather(s) and Lucy

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Enjoying a swing push from his mate Ella

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Uncle Godfather Ross

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Dinnertime with Lucy

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Jump time with Ella

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Watching an outdoor movie at the Blackbarn Vineyard Amphitheatre

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Lucy braving the sprinkler

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Ella taking on the sprinkler

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A few random photos from NZ

Just a quick post - the computer is in the same room as Bunky's cot, so I'm just uploading a few photos before his majesty takes over the room for his morning snooze... These are of little G enjoying some time in the swimming pool given to him by Aunty Jane and Uncle Eliot, and a few from yesterday when Aunty Momo spent the afternoon with him:

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Weird outfit, slow Daddy

If anyone is looking for backup dancers for a baby Flashdance re-enactment, then George is your man. Check out this morning's outfit (it wasn't me): .

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And this is what happens when I'm too slow with the camera:

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Low humidity = Floppy hair

Despite Uncle Sam's assertions to the contrary, it is rather cold here (maybe our blood has thinned over the years).  With the cold comes an extreme drop in humidity, and with the drop in humidity, the hair of certain household members becomes a little... "floppy": .

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Ok, so the middle one wasn't so floppy, but I threw that in there to show you how he can make plastic objects levitate.  He's clever like that.

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Poppy is cold | Every photo needs a cat

It got a bit cold today - there's a cold snap that will apparently last until early next week.  Just how cold was it? You should have asked Poppycat this morning: .

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And on a completely different subject (one that annoys Rachel), I discovered an application for my phone that does something absolutely unique and awesome to photos. It adds cats.

Seriously, I can't count the number of times I've looked at a photo and thought to myself "That photo really needs a cat".  Now, thanks to the folks at CatPaint, I can add cats to any photo on my phone.  Seriously, it's the best cat-based photo editing program I've ever seen. Some examples of my work this evening:

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Catpaint.

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I know what you're thinking: "Awesome."

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He waves

Not particularly well, but he does wave.  It's a bit random - sometimes he copies whoever is holding him, sometimes he waves in corridors, and when we got home this evening he waved rather energetically at May. This morning I shot this incredibly short and shaky video (I was waving too):

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