Ruby and Lucas

I really love these photos that Ibolya took (on our old camera) the other day of Ruby and Lucas.

127 Hours

Lookie had his second visit to the movies at The Lexi's Monday morning 'Scream Screen' showing of '127 Hours'. Like his first visit, he sat through the film, perfectly still and captivated by the images on the screen, before sleep overwealmed him, 2 thirds through.
His first tooth also broke through his gum on Monday.

Painting

I love watching Ruby paint. Completely uninhibited by self-conciousness, skill or the need for representation, she's just painting (as I used to) for the sheer fun of experiencing the physicality of the paint and the curiosity of seeing what happens when you slide one colour into another. It's such a magical part of childhood and so short-lived an expression of creativity, before self awareness of your limitations puts you off doing it. I think it's tragic that every child loves painting and drawing but stop when they start to perceive they're not good at it. I hope Ruby and Lucas will pursue whatever creative channel they enjoy and not be put off by feeling they have to be especially gifted, talented or skilled at something which can be enjoyed just for the enjoyment and satisfaction of doing it.

Words

On our way back to the 18 bus stop, on Harrow Road, to make the walk a little more interesting (and as I couldn't be bothered to put my camera away) I played a little game with Lookie; to see what random words we could find along the route. Here are a few. I got some very funny looks from people, the more excited I became at finding indiscriminate words on things, pointing them out to Lookie and lining up my camera.

Golborne

On Saturday morning, Little Lookie and I took a stroll on my favourite walk; through Kensal Road, down the mighty Golborne road, along Portobello to Coffee Plant and back again. It was rather cold and drizzly but, and didn't seem as photogenic as usual, but made me feel extremely grateful and privileged to live where I do, as this walk always does.
There's a wonderful new photographic installation along the long wall at the north end of Portobello, by Natasha Mason and Teresa Crawley, of record sleeves from artists who have a link to North Kensington.