Today marks the one year anniversary since I got in to a tangle with a car on my Vespa. The gory details are well documented, but how am I doing now? Mostly good. For a start, I can walk, which…
Ella rocks on
Recently my almost one year old neice Ella has started rocking to music. When she hears something she likes she starts rocking back and forward and if she really likes it she shakes her head like Paul and George. Noticing…
Camera practise on Ella
So I’ve been playing with my new camera for a couple of weeks and have done some really really bad photos. Some were overexposed, some were underexposed and a lot were blurry. I keep trying to run before I can…
My life in pictures
Mum wanted to make a collage of photos for my 30th, but that idea got nixed when she broke her arm while holidaying at Great Keppel. Instead she selected 25 photos, gave them to Kelly to scan who sent them…
Gerry and Lucy get old
Saturday was an important day for a couple of avid amyo is a geek readers as they celebrated the anniversary of their birth and more importantly – the day when they first met their cousin. As a present I have…
How I spent easter
It’s turning out to be an annual event. I get 5 days holiday, the air turns crisp and I decide to get out in to the garden. Do I get off my arse at this time of the year for…
Kelly turns 21
In an effort I’m certain is purely designed to make me feel old, my sister Kelly has decided to turn 21 today. Tomorrow we party, but for now I’d like to share how she has changed since she was 5.…
A special christmas present
Christmas is, among other things, a time for giving and receiving. In my case, it was being given kisses from numerous relatives and receiving a cold sore. Nothing makes you feel more attractive than a dose of herpes simplex on…
The first meeting of my niece
Mater Mothers Hospital is a 40 year old building that still has the 80s telecom (telstra) logo on cupboard doors and the signature institutional look of 60s government buildings. The structure is soon to be demolished to make way for one…
Elouisa
I wrote a really long post about Katie having a baby and just as I was about to publish it the program crashed and I lost it all. I’m too pissed off to write about it now so I’ll embelish…