11pm into bed, dog tired but serves myself right for getting hooked on a late night foreign film.
1am dog needs to go out for a wee.
3:30am woken by the sound of a tap going full belt
3:40 discover the kitchen flooded as our hot water cylinder had decided to give up the ghost.
My latest boy toy […]

Hamish and Jenny headed off way up north to Brisbane (half way up the mainland on the east coast) to celebrate her grandfathers 95th birthday. I flew up later to join them. Hamish’s first flight was taken with all aplomb a 3 year old could muster, especially one with “Gastro” as the Aussies call it. […]

For aroung two week he’s been asking “Is it my party today?” then crying when we had to say “no not yet.”
Today we had about 15 little friends and their parents around for brunch.
Luckily the sun shone and everyone ended up outside laughing at the kids running rampage.
The coffee machine got a massive workout and […]