Photos! Only available on Facebook, because I'm too lazy to upload them twice :p

Most have some form of information included. Other details will be forthcoming, uh, tomorrow?

A couple of the piccies show stilt-dancing. For anyone interested in what it looks like in motion (as opposed to my dreadful photo), here's someone else's Youtube video :)

( les échassiers landais )

Can be found here - I'm too lazy to upload them twice :)

There should be more when I get hold of my parents' camera.

..and have spent most of the day dealing with an exceedingly grouchy post-travel baby who dribbles so much that she's probably started to teethe. Oh yes, and she's stopped sleeping through the night *yawn* though that could be a side effect of the travelling thing. I'm blaming her extreme neediness today on both the "new" environment of home and ( Read more... )

( Soph's never-ending baby learning curve )

France have beaten New Zealand.

Go the northern hemisphere!

*dances*

*looks at pissed off hubby*

*dances quietly*

Sorry Mamie, sorry Papie, but I shall still be packing my England shirt.

What did I do? Bugger all. That's probably the most accurate description anyway. I spent a lot of time faffing around on the computer, though this was interspersed with responsible-type laundry moments and an eventual trip to the supermarket (where I randomly bumped into my replacement at work *face!palm ( Read more... )

My plans for a late summer holiday to France are in flux, mainly because Kiwi MiL (who I really do love to bits) has asked if she can visit at almost the same time. Mid-September sounded like a good plan at the time, being just after Zavy's wedding and a little before my 30th birthday *gah* It's also after the school holidays - the less crowded the ( Read more... )

My dad is currently riding his scooter up to John O'Groats (northernmost point of Britain) to take part in a charity run down to Land's End (southernmost). I'd be jealous anyway, because he's out on two wheels rather than stuck in this office, but he's also passing through the Lake District for the first time in his life today - 62 years old and ( Read more... )

J'ai decidé d'abandonner mon passeport britannique en faveur du français.

Pourquoi? C'est simple. Les anglais ont complètement oublié comment jouer au rugby. Ce sont des idiots!!

*tête!bureau*

I've gotten used to the idea that my accent is now 'mongrel'. Once upon ( Read more... )