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Gus' great rendition of Father Christmas...

Crane Presbyterian Church burnt down a couple of weeks ago. This is the church that my father-in-law was pastor at for quite a while before moving on a couple of years ago. Very sad to see, but the message from this site is positive.

SarahSo posted this photo from our recent visit to an urban farm. We introduced Maddie to lots of newborn lambs, goats, ducks and so on. Bit disconcerting to find bacon for sale in their shop after stroking so manycute animals, and seeing their pigs happily wallowing outside, but a lot of fun anyway!

Shannon's sister, Samantha, has set up a blog called Layers Of Honesty as a spot to post her poetry. Really like the first one. Looking forward to more!

My brother-in-law, Karl, figures pretty prominently in this video for the new brand launch for Fitch, the design consultancy.

Taken the day after Dexter was born.

This is Sarah and Karl's new boy, Dexter.
It was at least 5 days after this that we first saw hi eyes. Here he is having a gurgle.

Nice piece on Laura, my sister-in-law, who is a Breast Care Coordinator in Pennsylvania.

Grandad dragged out his old flying and war gear when we were down at his place in Bournemouth at the weekend. Here's a shot of him "taking the pith". More on flickr.

It's rare enough that I'm in front of the camera, let alone actually holding my nephew. So I like this shot by Shannon.

Gus is cool, and I'm enjoying making him laugh by being a human beat-box.

Here's some shots of my Christmas in Neosho with Shannon's family.

I went out last week (as an observer/official photgrapher only) to watch Shannon and Sarah compete in Nike's RunLondon 10k. Their waves started at about 8:30pm on a cold (but thankfully dry) Sunday night.

Yup. Another picture of my nephew. Not news, but how could I resist?

Gus. Knackered after his first swim.

The cat. Is cool.

Photo of the week - My friend Charlotte used my photo of Steph and a toad as this weeks photo of the week on MSN Photos. That's rather nice of her, I think.

. Once my week is up I think you should be able to see the shot here.

For those of you (or, rather, both of you) who noticed that I'd already posted photos from the reception of Sam and Josh Terrell, I went ahead and redid them a little larger, using the same album generating tool I used for the frosty towpath (see previous entry).

Finally posted some shots from the Race for Life which is a walk for Breast Caner that Shannon, Mum and Sarah undertook in Reading.

And here are some shots from a walk that Shannon, Mum and I took over the Medes, near where we're hoping to live.

My birthday weekend, which was all very nice. I was highly spoilt by Shannon. We stayed downtown in the ACE hotel, right in the heart of Belltown, in Seattle. Yes, Kirkland is only 15 minutes drive away, but staying downtown really makes us feel like we've been somewhere.

Dinner and a movie. This time Bend It Like Beckham, which has been doing pretty well over in the UK.

I enjoyed it. It had shades of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, but only the good shades. The family members felt a little more 3D, and fleshed out, although they still felt stereo-typical. The film managed to cram in every axis of diversity possible, including racial, gender and sexual, which was quite a feat for what is really a fun, family movie. The football action was good, although the Saving Private Ryan-style camera work (very choppy, with every other frame missing) made it hard to spot any skill.

Finally, after an easy-going Sunday, we met Rob and Agnieszka for a very fine dinner of Pow Wok Lamb, 7 Flavored beef and more at Wild Ginger.

Got the shots up onto the site from our visit to Neosho, where we finally saw Sandy and Rodney's very beautiful Victorian house. It's facinating to see the differences between homes here and in the UK. I love the wrap around porch. I don't think it's uniquely American. It must be something that could be transplanted back home, even in the damp English weather. I mean, if they can have them in Seattle...