http://twitpic.com/2eup3 – three cuties in a row
Mar 22 2009
Driftwood, Seb And Anna
The day (22nd March §) after Marilyn arrived, Seb came over to say hi to all of us, and so we decided to take a walk on the beach. As there are three main beaches within easy reach of Clydach, we had to decide where to take him. The Mumbles is possibly the most famous beach near us, but unless you time your visits with the tides correctly, there can be no sand left at all – just the wall and then the sea itself! This left us a choice between one of Swansea’s beaches and Port Talbot’s. Although Swansea itself is a little prettier and seen as more up market (relatively speaking) compared to Port Talbot, Irina and I had been down there quite a few times recently with Anna (and sometimes Gwen), so we hopped onto the motorway for a few junctions, and parked up along the sea front in Port Talbot.
As ever, hover your cursor over the image’s to see their title/description… You could do that, or I could just remember that I only need to leave the caption field blank on tweet posts that are displayed as asides. (Runs off to edit a few earlier posts)
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- Ira Anna Port Talbot Beach
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- Seb Chris Gwen Port Talbot Beach
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- Gwen Being Told To Leave ANOTHER Fisherman’s Bait Box Alone
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- Irina Smiling On Port Talbot Beach With Anna
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- Seb Proudly Displaying His Driftwood Find
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- Gwen Still Not Learnt To Avoid Crossing Anna’s Pushchair’s Path
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- Almost Time To Leave Port Talbot’s Beach
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- After A Tiring Day Anna Should Drop Right Off To Sleep. Ha Ha
§ – Why this constant fascination with the dates photos were taken? In case the EXIF data is some how not retained with these JPGs, I wanted to ensure that in years to come, I could easily tell when the pictures were actually taken, rather than when the posts containing them were published. You’ll just have to put up with it for now, sorry…
Mar 19 2009
Backyard & Playmat
Just a couple of days shy from her one month birthday, here we have all three of us sat in the backyard in Clydach (Gwen soon saunters into shot, but Anna isn’t so clear in that one)
Ira Anna Chris Backyard Clydach
Now six and half weeks old (at least in this photo 🙂 ), we have Anna chilling out on her playmat.
Anna Smiling On Her Playmat
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Mar 18 2009
Productive Day
Today was a good day for sorting out things – shoes to replace Ira’s winter boots, Mothers Day shopping, a new tax disc sorted out for the car, lawn mower and strimmer bought for our St Thomas house.
However, I still haven’t combed all the PC’s hard drives for the Jimi wallet, Kaiser / TyTn II car cradle and recent Anna photos. Later tonight or tomorrow. Both Seb and ChrisB are confirmed as coming this weekend to see Anna, we’re really looking forward to seeing them both again.
Please excuse the draft like quality of this post – tea is about to be served and I think I spotted my favourite posh ravioli-like cheese and ham pasta parcels on the side before, so I’m heading downstairs again.
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Mar 17 2009
Amsterdam 2008 Photos #10
Yes, there should soon be some more photos of Anna, as I realise some friends and family members were expecting them a while back, sorry. I’m just attempting to clear down all the draft posts/bookmarked links that have been hanging around on various PCs…
The first three are some shots we took during the nocturnal boat trip we took. Remember I asked you to remember one photo from the daytime journey? No? Go back and read Amsterdam 2008 Photos #6 and you’ll find the one I mean.
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Mar 16 2009
Amsterdam 2008 Photos #9
For anyone new to the blog, this post is a continuation of photos taken in Amsterdam around my birthday in 2008. Irina booked a holiday there, and came with me again 🙂
Anyway, following the boat ride, we decided to try out one form of the cycle-powered taxi services available, to take us towards Vondel Park, and specifically the Blue Teahouse (Blauwe Theehuis ??? need to go and double check the spelling). As we zoomed along (I felt sorry for the man powering the machine when we had to stop and then start again at traffic lights on the occasional incline you’ll find, with my bulk on his machine), Ira spotted a most unusual modified bicycle, and we asked the owner if he could slow down for half a minute to enable us to grab a quick photo. In other cities, perhaps my Britishness would have prevent me from attempting such an intrusion in another person’s life, but this was Amsterdam, and I don’t think you ride something like this if you particularly want to be incognito 🙂
This was, I assume, some sort of bandstand in Vondelpark, and if you want to see more pictures, and are viewing this from the front page, you’ll need to click the link just below this photo 🙂
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Mar 16 2009
Don’t Forget More Memory
Before we head back to Kazakhstan, I need to remember to find some good quality, fast and cheap RAM for Irina’s laptop. Although it currently has 1Gb of RAM, it is running Windows Vista, which means that by the time all the drivers, utilities and other services are loaded, there isn’t a lot of free space left for running actual applications. I need to check what format the laptop requires, the fastest frequencies it can handle, and whether any known incompatibilities exist with certain brands. Obviously we don’t tend to use Photoshop or video editing applications a lot, it would be nice to know that it had a little headroom to spare when pushed hard.
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Mar 14 2009
Sleeping Beauty
14th March photos here, just a couple shot where Ira often feeds Anna. Her face really does look that serene when she sleeps 🙂
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Mar 11 2009
Drive And Walk Or Just Walk?
As I look through the blindsin the upstairs study, I see a green hillside covered in mist (or is that fog, I can never remember when to use each term), but no rain yet. Irina originally wanted to drive down to the coast, over by the Mumbles and go for a walk with Anna. I’d prefer a walk down to the local mini-park, as sod’s law dictates that the moment we’ve finished getting ready for the car, driven down and parked, that worse weather will hit. Conversely, if we do decide to just go for a local walk, the weather will probably quickly change for the better and glorious sunshine will bathe us all… Things still needing to be done today (I’m hoping that publicly posting this will be enough of a catalyst to actually get on with the day 🙂 ) are faxing a copy of our marriage certificate overseas, going for that walk, fixing Dad’s computer (I think he has two antivirus clients running concurrently, and helping John with both his old and new blogs, and checking his gallery is set up OK).
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Mar 11 2009
Amsterdam 2008 Photos #8
This is the last of the afternoon boat trip photos, taken as we entered one of the red light districts. Obviously taking shots here can lead to security guys attempting to politely remind you that the canal is deep and dirty, and your camera wouldn’t last long it, so once I realised we weren’t just skirting the edges of the area, I put the camera away.
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