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December 2004 Archives
hot drinks on a cold day
sister (in law) binky prepared a range of hot drinks for our boxing day walk (i'm a bit late with some of these pictures aren't i ?).
she started by arranging the cups in a nice line. hot drink picnics always work best if someone has taken care of the estheticeness.
it was such a cold day that our drinks were very welcome.
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my lovely wife
here is a gratuitous shot of my lovely, photo suffering, wife jane.
thomas on his bike
here is our nephew thomas on his maiden voyage on his christmas bike.
the grown ups were a lot more worried than he was. he was quite happy to throw himself on and off it at will.
another nail shop
this nail shop seems to have the same nail sign designer as this other one. stuck in the 80s.
baby sarah's got a puncture
i've never really thought about ponchos. perhaps i should have.
i quite liked these matching ponchos which esther and kezia received from their grandma on christmas day. kezia misheard what they were called and ran around telling everyone she had a 'puncture'.
our neice sarah had been wearing a poncho the day before which prompted kezia to shout out "baby sarah's got a puncture hasn't she ?" rather randomly during a meal !
and here is baby sarah (photo taken by esther):
word 12 - light: there's more to life than christmas decorations
my mum sells christmas decorations to garden centres to sell to people like you and I.
she said yesterday "i need to remember there's more in life than Christmas decorations". which i thought was a good quote.
these people who live outside Reading might want to take my mum's advice !
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maltesers
mmm. i'm enjoying my last few days of confectionary eating fun.
take the kiddies bowling
my mum came to visit yesterday so we went bowling. esther won (by a long shot).
kezia loved looking down the hole at the side of the lanes so she could see the balls whizzing back. As soon as she'd pushed her ball off she'd throw herself on the floor to see down the gap (and jane would chase after her as seen here)
drastic action
a sign showing doggie corporal punishment for doggie fouling.
with a nice heart drawn round it.
esther's make-up
here is esther putting on her new christmas make-up.
her little mirror was a bit wonky so she ended up with a slightly strange shaped face in the reflection !
word 15 - spirit: kevin brings the champagne
brother kev wore a coordinated shirt for every type of drink he served.
big kid in the supermarket
it's brother (in law) kev and a big kid sign.
the future seen from the past
this building must have been revolutionary when it was plopped in this park in cottingham near hull.
but now it looks slightly out of date. but still strangely futuristic.
great use of colour:
unfortunately uncleanable:
the biggest dog sign ever ?
just look at the size of this dog sign near Nottingham. it's huge.
i saw it a few weeks ago and made it my business to return to take a photo.
i decided that it needed a person in the shot so you can appreciate its size. so here i am 'modelling' the sign.
what does the 'check your dog' bit mean ? it's also interesting to note that someone has ringed the penalty fee - £1000.
cryogentic trolley
it's freezing in the UK at the moment. here is a trolley trapped in a frozen lake.
word 14 - always: christmas greens
sprouts and broccoli are not a young person's vegetable. but they are obligatory at christmas.
paradise lost
what a come-down.
cryptic
what does this mean ? where is Mark ? did he ask to be detected in this manner ?
or is it a Biblical reference ? As a christian it helps to read the old testament with your new testament glasses on. mark is a new testament book.
so perhaps it's a street based reminder that God had a plan for the world right from the start.
God does indeed speak in mysterious ways
another cow look-a-like
bit like this one:
guess who won the keep the christmas hat on the longest ?
hehe. i won for the 4th day running. the fact that jane and kezia didn't get any sleep last night because of my hat rustling during the night was totally worth it.
kevin looks very depressed doesn't he !
esther wrote me a letter to congratulate me on my win.
missed it
perhaps this isn't an advert for the future, but a reminder of a fantastic karaoke disco back in december 2000 ?
follow the pigeons
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nothing doing
an empty cathedral notice board.
a white christmas
there may have only been a couple of flakes, but enough for us to definately declare it was a white christmas !
2004 christmas card
here's our 2004 christmas card.
previous years are here
happy christmas to you all !
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word 26 - picture perfect: HAPPY CHRISTMAS
here's a photo i've been saving since july. it's my christmas gift to you dear reader.
this couple very kindly let me take their photo in a scottish shopping centre. i suspect they might get asked this a lot as they instantly struck up this catalogue model pose.
they belong to the Clan Colquhoun (i wrote this down so i wouldn't forget) and were totally lovely people !
they made me smile and i hope they do the same to you on this jolliest of days.
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classic slippery sign
can you believe i haven't posted this sign ? it's a very common one and very similar to this (although the arms is at a different angle)
word 16 - errand: no whole birds
my brother in law and i went to do some last minute shopping on christmas eve for our wives (we've one each). we were sent to buy skewers.
if we were after a turkey, it would have been too late ...
spent advent calendar
a pile of chocolateless advent calendars
