Tricycle

We took Ruby and Lucas, along with Maisie and her parents, for their first visit to the theatre on Saturday morning, at the Tricycle in Kilburn. The children loved it, but this particular production, of 'the Ginger Bread Man' left a lot to be desired for the adults. We were only in there an hour and came outside to blizzard conditions and had a treacherous drive home, in first gear.

Princess Victoria

Always a huge pleasure and a lot of fun seeing my old chums Mark, Rupert and Lloyd. And dinner at the Princess Victoria was a big treat too. 'Norwich', 'one', 'Inception', was very much the theme of the evening.

Tree

I love Christmas trees and here's a few highlights from ours; great work from my dear wife.

Last Weekend!

Nearly caught up on my post backlog now. Last weekend was the first time, in his short 5 month, 3 week life, that little Lookie succumbed to his first illness; an ear infection, on top of teething and a cold. So the poor little soldier wasn't at his best and we stayed close to home. Which did give us the opportunity to dress our Christmas tree; write some cards; watched an incredible documentary I recorded ages ago, called 'The Cove'; tidy and weed in the garden and plant some spring bulbs; and continued to listen to the glorious back catalogue of Sufjan Stevens, a musical genuis, I only discovered last weekend. Lookie and I left the house briefly and a had a little walk round the neighbourhood, with my camera.

True Grit

Nothing fills with me with greater cinematic anticipation than the prospect of a new film by the Coen Brothers and this review by Harry Knowles has just made my wait even harder to bear.

I only hope it finally brings the Godlike genius of Roger Deakins the Oscar he's so long been denied.

The Weekend before Last

I've fallen really behind with recent posts and struggling to keep up to date as a result of being very busy at work, home and getting ready for Christmas.
These pictures go back to the weekend of the 5th December; and a wonderful Sunday afternoon, still celebrating Ruby's birthday with dinner for Claire, Vittoriano and Lorena. We also made it over to the glorious Princess Victoria on Saturday afternoon to celebrate Adam's birthday but I was a bit shy about getting my camera out.

Saturday Shadows