As a father and minor photography geek, I have a close relationship with my cameras. They have recorded all the major milestone events but also the myriad of minor ones which constitute the fabric of my life. It’s that ability to record those unexpected moments which yield an insight into the honest reality of our … Continue reading »
We all know the saying about a picture speaking a thousand words. But the most powerful thing for me about images is not so much what they say as how they make us feel. A great photograph captures not just a moment in time but also its emotion and experience, and it can be enough … Continue reading »
It’s not going to win any prizes as one of the Top Trendy Places You Must Bankrupt Yourself To Stay In Before You Die, but there’s something comforting and nostalgic about our annual cheap-as-chips holiday getaway to Butlins, which we’ve just come back from. Not just because of the memories of our previous trips which … Continue reading »
Today is Twitter’s seventh birthday. If, like me, you use the 140-character microblogging service you’re in good company: it has over 500 million registered accounts worldwide, with over 200 million classed as ‘regular’ users. And no, I’m not one of the 36.3 million people who follow Justin Bieber. (Why? For the love of God, WHY?!?) … Continue reading »
As the saying goes, a picture paints a thousand words. But it also provokes a thousand memories. The video below, entitled We Didn’t Own an iPad, by hungkygraham1 is currently doing the rounds on YouTube. It’s a nostalgic look back on the creator’s formative years during the 1970s and 1980s, which conveniently coincides with my youth. … Continue reading »
As a parent, you have to take the rough with the smooth, the downs with the ups and the bad with the good. I know this. But it doesn’t make it any easier when you have a child who looks forward to a particular day of the week about as much as I look forward … Continue reading »
What do I see when I look at the picture above? In functional terms I see a construction project nearing completion. I see what used to be our garage, converted into a 4.5×4-metre space which will serve a more useful purpose than being just a very large junk room and the holding station for rubbish … Continue reading »
It has become something of a biennial event that we take over a local hotel to host a naming ceremony for our latest family accessory – or, as traditionalists like to call them, ‘children’ – round about the time they reach nine or ten months in age. Yesterday it was Kara’s turn to complete the … Continue reading »
We’ve finally bitten the bullet this week and started sleep training with Kara to encourage her to go through the night. I’d be lying if I said it hasn’t been tough. There has been much protesting, gnashing of teeth and wailing at the kind of decibel levels that would put Maria Sharapova to shame. Or … Continue reading »
Better late than never. Toby’s third birthday was actually a month ago, but we had to postpone his party because of the January snow. Rescheduled, it finally took place at the weekend and Toby was no less happy after the four-week delay. When you have the run of a soft-play facility, party food and a room … Continue reading »
