Dear Bella,
Another short (amateurish) video of your long distance boyfriend tearing up the corridor.
Love from Uncle Narly and Aunty Rachel
Sorry Bella!
Sorry Bella for breaking all of the videos! I'll fix them soon, but here's a new one that I shot on my phone today - it's of George running around the playground down the road. Apologies for the terrible camera work and amateurish use of titles. It's a steep learning curve...
Strange immigration requirements
Our vet in Hong Kong needs to provide a Declaration for the NZ Immigration Department to confirm that our cat is not one of four prohibited species of dog. Um, ok then.
"I am not a prohibited species of dog" is what Poppy would be saying if he could talk
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A message from George
Ocean Park (taken on Rachel's phone)
Weekend
From the party on Saturday
Note that on the right hand photo of the party, George is nowhere to be seen. He was quite happy playing in the gardens (behind me) by himself, smelling the flowers, and stomping on random chunks of dirt. The only way I managed to get him to go over to the party was by showing him that people were blowing bubbles, or by promising him some birthday cake...
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Weekend randoms
The Gruffalo Pyjamas
Disco inferno
When you've conquered jetlag, the obvious thing to do is... dance.
Bachelor week
Not so many photos this week, as Rachel and George are in NZ being New Zealanders. I ended up spending yesterday sorting out some suits and heading to Sam B's 4th birthday party (I was the only one to turn up without a child - awkward). Today I ended up in Tung Chung at the (not quite accurately named) factory outlet stores of Citygate. Went looking for ties and picked up six really nice ones - and also ended up with a new pair of jeans (which amazed Rachel when I texted her about it).
Not much else, so I'll leave you with a photo of Poppycat.
Oh - wait. If you are reading this and use an iPhone, get the "What's App" application please. It's only a dollar (or 70p or NZ$1.80) and it gives you free text messaging to other What's App users. And you don't even need to have the application open - it runs on Push notifications. It's pretty sweet really. And saves muchos money...
Here's the photo of Poppy I promised:
It's awfully bright in our lounge
Happy thoughts
It's been a tough day, so we're thinking happy thoughts... here's one of His Lordship sitting on his pushchair foot step, as he waits to get hoisted into his throne. Such a tough life this boy leads.
Ben
Rest in peace buddy. You were a sometimes-awful cat, but you were our sometimes-awful cat and we loved you all the same. We will miss you and your peculiar ways.
Ben K-K, March 2005 - 17 October 2010
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Poser
Balcony boy
Searching for airplanes over the shipping channel
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"Cooking" pasta for Mummy and Daddy (apparently you need a whisk to do this...)
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Rachel and Calvin's wedding
Wedding photography scares the bejeebus out of me. I helped Philip out with a wedding once, but it's not really my thing to be honest. That said, I've always been a little curious about shooting a wedding solo, and when Rachel (not my Rachel) asked if I'd take a few photos on their wedding day, I decided to have a crack at it (and was rewarded with some rather brilliant dessert wine and a dinner containing some of the best sweet and sour pork I have ever tasted).
But in the end I had a great time, and this was certainly helped by how chilled out Rachel and Calvin were about the whole thing. Their family and friends were extremely helpful and accommodating, and I have to admit that when asked by a few guests how long I'd been a wedding photographer for, I took much pleasure in saying "Since around 2:30 this afternoon."
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The Scooter
The Reader
