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Not here, but…

Here. And while Cape Town is a wonderful, wonderful place to live, I really have no issue with finding myself where I am right now…

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A Real Man

This is a difficult post, because a lot hinges upon it. After the 2009 Kids in Tow Tour and the disastrous 2010 Last Hurrah Tour, we have another trip to the UK coming up and we need a name for it. I have plenty of time to decide on suitable nomenclature ahead of our departure, [...]

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Birthday Boy

Alex turned six this week and (coincidentally) on his birthday, enjoyed a school trip to Butterfly World. As you can see – some butterflies are apparently big enough to require additional strength from an extra arm.

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Fish

Continuing our piscine theme from yesterday, we bought and set up a fishtank ahead of Alex’s birthday later this week. No actual fish yet, but we’ll get them once the water has sorted itself out. It’s currently full of chlorine and devoid of helpful microorganisms. Hopefully by the day of his actual birthday, we’ll be [...]

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Yellow Ring

Although the individual photos at the kids’ school were taken last term, the annual group school photo, featuring every teacher and pupil, was done this morning. And, to celebrate the Olympic year, the photo was taken in Olympic Ring formation. Each class was allocated one of five Olympic colours and the kids were asked to [...]

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