tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100154412024-03-14T00:12:00.017+00:00Old DadDavid McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-34289165961918158712013-06-30T14:48:00.001+01:002013-06-30T14:48:54.108+01:00Why doesn't she look as wet?<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOlzuAYBD33koP_txQBgMJaZZDC4pjtuiLCDPA7fEgkPQ_Px4ygOUwSgnUN2oFcjVWBKVAt9_9XwHZvgFZ3vDi54uTgZgk50vRmJG3uKFLdho5xmeaafXXMm6D0SUduHTdyAc/s1600/2013-06-30+14.46.40-734109.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdOlzuAYBD33koP_txQBgMJaZZDC4pjtuiLCDPA7fEgkPQ_Px4ygOUwSgnUN2oFcjVWBKVAt9_9XwHZvgFZ3vDi54uTgZgk50vRmJG3uKFLdho5xmeaafXXMm6D0SUduHTdyAc/s320/2013-06-30+14.46.40-734109.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5895272688248349746" /></a></p> David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-71520687084292791132013-06-30T14:47:00.000+01:002013-06-30T14:48:06.313+01:00A nice day for a wall in the park<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4FGaXU6qJLI-UGidXaGEg49G3qt08DHNEWq_HdAWqPFkpPhmp15Ck0sCz039PJq9OwXWiWHV2vqDxc1TJ076q38E3wcAWCGI6P-2OnOC8UwQyZ4mZp3APkYi68pdeqA9gSvy/s1600/2013-06-30+14.47.24-786313.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4FGaXU6qJLI-UGidXaGEg49G3qt08DHNEWq_HdAWqPFkpPhmp15Ck0sCz039PJq9OwXWiWHV2vqDxc1TJ076q38E3wcAWCGI6P-2OnOC8UwQyZ4mZp3APkYi68pdeqA9gSvy/s320/2013-06-30+14.47.24-786313.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5895272482816796034" /></a></p> David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-38560552153157740002013-06-23T20:17:00.001+01:002013-06-23T20:17:13.492+01:00More badges!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPISR4Qs7lYnRbSbAJueBUAsHnqVTsKvL61XMTc2BMx4HzaJbZZlB8JiITPii8SkU5x_1kg04vy8F7QZ5SeFG0AYhzMxUMAXjjB-AA5iEDq0uvAGPREb3DuBi94Xayf3NUN-bB/s1600/2013-06-23+12.32.32-733492.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPISR4Qs7lYnRbSbAJueBUAsHnqVTsKvL61XMTc2BMx4HzaJbZZlB8JiITPii8SkU5x_1kg04vy8F7QZ5SeFG0AYhzMxUMAXjjB-AA5iEDq0uvAGPREb3DuBi94Xayf3NUN-bB/s320/2013-06-23+12.32.32-733492.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5892759698630917538" /></a></p><p>Earlier today, the cubs had their end-of-term presentation before breaking up for the summer. At least we have until August to sew all the badges on!</p> David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-47972138670072586002013-06-23T14:10:00.001+01:002013-06-23T14:10:23.084+01:00Fun with a hose<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bkAJm2YFiVbRpufoQEQy6mq7NYzJO8SKjSbhusgQwiaiVYe27qH91Cu0qFoRvDmcb75F7WCRxco5AP4ns9BgAX18F3ZnVe4WwMquprltWa7lDxjHdyfhkA48FUI7rv3tWKku/s1600/2013-06-23+14.08.00-723084.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bkAJm2YFiVbRpufoQEQy6mq7NYzJO8SKjSbhusgQwiaiVYe27qH91Cu0qFoRvDmcb75F7WCRxco5AP4ns9BgAX18F3ZnVe4WwMquprltWa7lDxjHdyfhkA48FUI7rv3tWKku/s320/2013-06-23+14.08.00-723084.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5892665166740795026" /></a></p><p>Who cares if it's training?</p> David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-79992659849587209302013-05-26T16:00:00.001+01:002013-05-26T16:00:28.386+01:00And again<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKoGyumwV5jmWuAJNlaaRjgybAEk7k9Krpdxwg9gdUVCdz7jornjn1Ht45eI_TRp-HtpItchUQ7_iidpBQ4dm3TJZLn4mjwE9Bz6ko6Pfje2q7WK_Bfgr7-fqfjdw7LKNIy-r/s1600/2013-05-26+16.00.46-728386.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKoGyumwV5jmWuAJNlaaRjgybAEk7k9Krpdxwg9gdUVCdz7jornjn1Ht45eI_TRp-HtpItchUQ7_iidpBQ4dm3TJZLn4mjwE9Bz6ko6Pfje2q7WK_Bfgr7-fqfjdw7LKNIy-r/s320/2013-05-26+16.00.46-728386.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5882303151589428834" /></a></p> David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-34056234076919916412013-05-26T15:59:00.000+01:002013-05-26T16:06:49.948+01:00Yet more ducklings<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOmYGsAmOeqMs-qQsg59VOkJzAba-soP3PUsbA7F75pEMVC1WdZlN84b1eqMkRARKCg6PZxYuX2q_QLkhlR8kcQgTksCWk1dFQk7gyr9NqiJgkeNCEliW02kt88YYMb11aNYa/s1600/2013-05-26+15.57.29-709949.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOmYGsAmOeqMs-qQsg59VOkJzAba-soP3PUsbA7F75pEMVC1WdZlN84b1eqMkRARKCg6PZxYuX2q_QLkhlR8kcQgTksCWk1dFQk7gyr9NqiJgkeNCEliW02kt88YYMb11aNYa/s320/2013-05-26+15.57.29-709949.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5882304787337052146" /></a></p><p>Elizabeth took this one as well.</p> David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-80686364154716425102013-05-24T11:09:00.001+01:002013-05-24T11:09:51.297+01:00More ducklings!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWRBrmTgdX-M3oUqAdFgriOPtRCF8LOwOHriKHM7qWjcb0Jk7YKX4LQUxnFXWTmjRLvEwfGB8oLdYfakrcFbave2LBiQWyuwx5yJBXb1aFO2IBnvY9L3_OmQJmv8g0zny_H-P/s1600/2013-05-24+10.42.09-791298.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWRBrmTgdX-M3oUqAdFgriOPtRCF8LOwOHriKHM7qWjcb0Jk7YKX4LQUxnFXWTmjRLvEwfGB8oLdYfakrcFbave2LBiQWyuwx5yJBXb1aFO2IBnvY9L3_OmQJmv8g0zny_H-P/s320/2013-05-24+10.42.09-791298.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5881486087269687186" /></a></p><p>Well, actually another shot of the same ones. Elizabeth took this shot.</p> David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-22970714347109725462013-05-24T11:04:00.001+01:002013-05-24T11:04:43.177+01:00Ducklings!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIz20zV6AR6kKYtbwO8vNBZfWzHMXfRHrx3cF4YmbEKzj5KX5ohysj-9QYdZs1VmHmHX_lBfEc-zm1zAWV36f7g97jeFA9ANoEsuIgaShyphenhyphenNRuEh-N4IJOXcyyBvfr-1mPKrI1/s1600/2013-05-24+10.37.23-783178.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIz20zV6AR6kKYtbwO8vNBZfWzHMXfRHrx3cF4YmbEKzj5KX5ohysj-9QYdZs1VmHmHX_lBfEc-zm1zAWV36f7g97jeFA9ANoEsuIgaShyphenhyphenNRuEh-N4IJOXcyyBvfr-1mPKrI1/s320/2013-05-24+10.37.23-783178.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5881484764294450626" /></a></p><p>On a visit to Barshaw Park, Elizabeth insisted I photograph the baby ones.</p> David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-6940678118058764912013-05-24T10:55:00.000+01:002013-05-25T11:13:33.159+01:00Ducklings!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFq_wtRhtW622dyHHr-TfB38i5kiREEGpkOfPFXGC3CDRyXBiSoT3wJ2mBTeP5Gdfj9yPPmLhkNOUeLWcmDW3XpRT29gQxhH1kTE1xqj-dFcGjWcFDwejmkaqZ7EYcOC5PO3zm/s1600/2013-05-24+10.37.23-713161.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFq_wtRhtW622dyHHr-TfB38i5kiREEGpkOfPFXGC3CDRyXBiSoT3wJ2mBTeP5Gdfj9yPPmLhkNOUeLWcmDW3XpRT29gQxhH1kTE1xqj-dFcGjWcFDwejmkaqZ7EYcOC5PO3zm/s320/2013-05-24+10.37.23-713161.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5881858125690743890" /></a></p>On a visit to Barshaw Park, Elizabeth insisted I photograph the baby ones.<p>-- <br>Dave McLaughlin<br>Language allows us to learn from the experience of others. The most reliable experience is forged in the crucible of science.David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-59420551671171153112012-12-30T21:28:00.001+00:002012-12-30T21:28:43.800+00:00Eighth birthday<div dir="ltr"><div style>The birthday girl at her party, at <a href="http://www.damselflycrafts.com/">Damselfly Crafts</a>:</div><div style><br></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_GnKzbvyfSbyYlQKt0JdpsKCzB0h0VnjJJNe3UW26sDhxSsAplwpMFlyzadQxatdw8ZUhJ6W6qf3H9HBpBqyC-7b1rXP3hOeo0yeC24GWilHHWJ8ydD-p9y_1HQFxiUOg5Nf/s1600/2012-12-30+15.01.25-723800.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_GnKzbvyfSbyYlQKt0JdpsKCzB0h0VnjJJNe3UW26sDhxSsAplwpMFlyzadQxatdw8ZUhJ6W6qf3H9HBpBqyC-7b1rXP3hOeo0yeC24GWilHHWJ8ydD-p9y_1HQFxiUOg5Nf/s320/2012-12-30+15.01.25-723800.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5827853683704862178" /></a><br> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxuuSmzAGo3X5Mqa8bjgXUUQ_VnejA-dIZuOGHtn_AEpcpCZV-TP_Qit_jwOojJOIDKLKP5_diHw0FJC5J4FrrJgt2yyy8Eur0bcKYOC6K4nOOAObbtFLHD-KLtHAegC-5whe/s1600/2012-12-30+15.00.44-725717.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaxuuSmzAGo3X5Mqa8bjgXUUQ_VnejA-dIZuOGHtn_AEpcpCZV-TP_Qit_jwOojJOIDKLKP5_diHw0FJC5J4FrrJgt2yyy8Eur0bcKYOC6K4nOOAObbtFLHD-KLtHAegC-5whe/s320/2012-12-30+15.00.44-725717.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5827853688519238594" /></a><br></div><div style><br></div><div style>The other birthday girl, and sister:</div><div style><br></div><div style><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdVk9x8DkPjkI5wR_q8X2XXactaQsm54QmN59uyqzWSaahASDS89RUjXz3U7SQTCL6fsTnxjYf5zOFKMHuHojtyX-Qiz-Z1oUYHsgnxE0Htrf-yBaHG9Kk6YCqMsInDdiSBCN/s1600/2012-12-30+15.02.00-728193.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdVk9x8DkPjkI5wR_q8X2XXactaQsm54QmN59uyqzWSaahASDS89RUjXz3U7SQTCL6fsTnxjYf5zOFKMHuHojtyX-Qiz-Z1oUYHsgnxE0Htrf-yBaHG9Kk6YCqMsInDdiSBCN/s320/2012-12-30+15.02.00-728193.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5827853700613136018" /></a><br> </div><div style><br></div><div style>Cousins:</div><div style><br></div><div style><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTmyyKq2x_233Pqm348_6F58vjI0t-KzEARCl9L88ljNgZsUM4dW2OS5LFGRHJv-uE0vifP7JgMGpW79kmuvOT80DZcENf_h6XEX18Rh4PDFZBMKVbNjictCfQKX5a1tkZBJF/s1600/2012-12-30+15.02.19-730198.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeTmyyKq2x_233Pqm348_6F58vjI0t-KzEARCl9L88ljNgZsUM4dW2OS5LFGRHJv-uE0vifP7JgMGpW79kmuvOT80DZcENf_h6XEX18Rh4PDFZBMKVbNjictCfQKX5a1tkZBJF/s320/2012-12-30+15.02.19-730198.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5827853711895210530" /></a></div><div style><br></div><div style>a work in progress:</div> <div style><br></div><div style><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOGe8qvY7sFeCPKUZrc6n7fWnDLjZIvd40oSBu6bRvdrL3C-Eff9eunvQdpB-9wOwQr6V6BbTdAygNEMPk9eOotHWj7MIHjSFvKsEGeHPLj86VbbOABz1WQ2a0siLGqfFGuVd/s1600/2012-12-30+15.01.42-731846.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOGe8qvY7sFeCPKUZrc6n7fWnDLjZIvd40oSBu6bRvdrL3C-Eff9eunvQdpB-9wOwQr6V6BbTdAygNEMPk9eOotHWj7MIHjSFvKsEGeHPLj86VbbOABz1WQ2a0siLGqfFGuVd/s320/2012-12-30+15.01.42-731846.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5827853712508205666" /></a></div><div style><br></div><div style>and the result:</div><div style><br></div><div style><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71pH2DkLhX7g3CozTi7ZkocTmO1czRyARFdNUc01JB_ayDi2X6mm5kuetsumr437kJhwFp6UvHLma18cT-0Bd7AyhOmRQEHl6a4IrTYiU7qsUwByGB8HzTOkakAQchNbz7M1E/s1600/2012-12-30+15.50.05-734492.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71pH2DkLhX7g3CozTi7ZkocTmO1czRyARFdNUc01JB_ayDi2X6mm5kuetsumr437kJhwFp6UvHLma18cT-0Bd7AyhOmRQEHl6a4IrTYiU7qsUwByGB8HzTOkakAQchNbz7M1E/s320/2012-12-30+15.50.05-734492.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5827853726806324930" /></a><br> </div><div style><br></div></div> David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-50419647034291571602011-12-10T17:58:00.000+00:002011-12-10T18:00:05.754+00:00A little owl<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEPbY_P0GzMuiNxcPS2YAQfZFt8esIIT170X3oFFgpLTt_KMzLPCAOeuCJxDrIKL3HBU5-cXAh3qKZF-OA_QQK86eANMqdLbOZFT_Odf-5GX-cH03oWRZPXNpn6GSOW899n3j/s1600/2011-12-10+16.04.35-705755.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEPbY_P0GzMuiNxcPS2YAQfZFt8esIIT170X3oFFgpLTt_KMzLPCAOeuCJxDrIKL3HBU5-cXAh3qKZF-OA_QQK86eANMqdLbOZFT_Odf-5GX-cH03oWRZPXNpn6GSOW899n3j/s320/2011-12-10+16.04.35-705755.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684561041774908354" /></a></p>Yes - that's what it's called<p>-- <br>Dave McLaughlinDavid McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-82763485678751171122011-10-01T23:03:00.001+01:002011-10-01T23:03:41.727+01:00Keyboard lessonsElizabeth was apprehensive before going. The lesson started with singing a simple melody accompanied by gestures representing "do", "re", "mi", etc. (Think "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and you won't go far wrong.) Throughout all this, Elizabeth was mouthing something to me; I couldn't make it out, but I assumed she meant she wasn't enjoying herself; I smiled (I thought) encouragingly. After a while, I realised she didn't want me to watch. After I took to reading my email and surfing the Web on my phone, she had a whale of a time.<div> <br></div><div>Unfortunately, only three kids turned up for today's taster lesson, so they won't be starting a new class until they get some more - pity, because she's quite keen: we came home and took the stickers off the keyboard because she doesn't need them any more.</div> David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-80950706677072651172011-08-28T19:12:00.000+01:002011-08-28T19:21:41.692+01:00Vegetarian!Yup! That's what she announced earlier this week. I don't know if it'll last.<p>-- <br>Dave McLaughlinDavid McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-9224524017156580052011-07-10T15:29:00.000+01:002011-07-10T18:18:48.857+01:00Tricky business, this readingElizabeth [reading Alexander McCall Smith's "The Girl who Married a Lion"]: "What's a knob?"<p>I: "What's the context? What else does it say?"<p>E: "Soon the people were upon him, beating him with their knob".<p>I had a look. The word was "knobkerries", hyphenated at a line break. That, of course, made it much clearer.<p>-- <br>Dave McLaughlinDavid McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-80346398475531300802011-07-05T12:25:00.000+01:002011-07-05T13:41:04.028+01:00Chocolate ice cream<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYDV1AYy-Zs940BOHLIoYjZ3X_fQ3uyuEcya1hhRC0vTaWSbH79tmfYD9XrbsIszvWwvY1yQ9db8Mbhea7zJAwb1DOFWrBSJhCxJYv5SsDmi89RrrmzWZhOWFbwGY5azBQ6la/s1600/2011-07-05+12.23.48-764029.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYDV1AYy-Zs940BOHLIoYjZ3X_fQ3uyuEcya1hhRC0vTaWSbH79tmfYD9XrbsIszvWwvY1yQ9db8Mbhea7zJAwb1DOFWrBSJhCxJYv5SsDmi89RrrmzWZhOWFbwGY5azBQ6la/s320/2011-07-05+12.23.48-764029.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625847372399119682" /></a></p>Very tasty!<p>-- <br>Dave McLaughlinDavid McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-90216698899283947722011-07-05T11:32:00.000+01:002011-07-05T13:28:28.956+01:00Riverside<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGjNSSRJBLgU1NNdccoXyourys5mzz5MPYHZmoWlH5kIF9-9Fv17PrIWIVntnmHCP5RrAAneg17KAtjMPh1_pgovhSQpsrwRCE_2OMr_gdqt_laEXE5IgIgdyXud5QW5wuzQb/s1600/2011-07-05+11.23.23-708958.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGjNSSRJBLgU1NNdccoXyourys5mzz5MPYHZmoWlH5kIF9-9Fv17PrIWIVntnmHCP5RrAAneg17KAtjMPh1_pgovhSQpsrwRCE_2OMr_gdqt_laEXE5IgIgdyXud5QW5wuzQb/s320/2011-07-05+11.23.23-708958.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625844127658672050" /></a></p><p>What fun!</p> David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-68163967025484786522011-04-18T23:39:00.001+01:002011-04-18T23:39:38.553+01:00Wide-ranging discussionsElizabeth shouted for me shortly after going to bed this evening. When I went up, we had a chat about: Hawaiian life and culture; manned lunar missions; the possibility of life on Saturn and its moons.<p>-- <br>Dave McLaughlinDavid McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-62682334567473147332011-03-20T16:17:00.001+00:002011-03-20T16:17:12.534+00:00TechnologyElizabeth's going mad for console & computer games. She's started showing an interest in some Mario game we have for the Wii and she's been going on so much about the PS2 games she plays at the after-school club that we've bought an old console. Now she can regularly beat us at a couple of variants of Sonic.<p>When we're out she sometimes plays with her DS, though she's more likely to borrow Mum's iPod or my phone to play Angry Birds.<p>This morning she disappeared for half an hour. I found her in the dining room on the venerable PC that serves as a file/printer server, watching Bakugan movies on YouTube. Time for parental controls!<p>-- <br>Dave McLaughlinDavid McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-14351572026015832192011-03-13T18:03:00.000+00:002011-03-13T18:04:15.565+00:00M&S quality control ain't what it used to be<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-aeyfAYBZscTjLEMZBJYLb43Zh4zp8XwdyhCuMdyTBGM0X2Uz1ozscrn-sMz2xgxlgwaTGyScXvtHSPCcHHK6G79WUJc3pWMJxmmuIBkp7ZdHI0jhMQi5O4Hkb8iYPFfyIW9/s1600/2011-03-13+17.58.15-755566.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-aeyfAYBZscTjLEMZBJYLb43Zh4zp8XwdyhCuMdyTBGM0X2Uz1ozscrn-sMz2xgxlgwaTGyScXvtHSPCcHHK6G79WUJc3pWMJxmmuIBkp7ZdHI0jhMQi5O4Hkb8iYPFfyIW9/s320/2011-03-13+17.58.15-755566.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583626947710451090" /></a></p>Can anybody see what's wrong here?<p>-- <br>Dave McLaughlinDavid McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-52820164387954361192011-03-10T08:19:00.001+00:002011-03-10T08:19:49.115+00:00Test postSent from my new phone.<p>-- <br>Dave McLaughlinDavid McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-25176904686547947902011-01-01T13:23:00.002+00:002011-01-01T13:24:00.007+00:00First loose tooth!Not much more to say (lower right 1, if anybody's interested).David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-1562396148257414092011-01-01T13:17:00.002+00:002011-01-01T13:22:45.899+00:00Hazards of growing upThere are various stages in a child's life when there are new dangers to be considered. When they start to crawl, hot drinks and sharp knives need to be kept out of reach. When they can stand up, that reach is dramatically extended. Then comes the time when they can both drag a kitchen chair around the room and climb up on it.<br /><br />In the run-up to Christmas (and a December birthday), when she can play games on Mummy's laptop, it's important to remember that she can read!David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-24749065013258174362010-07-17T20:27:00.001+01:002010-07-17T20:27:24.351+01:00Swimming!Elizabeth's been very nervous of getting her face yet when in the pool<br>lately. I thought a mask would help, but she refused even to try one<br>until Thursday. Today her confidence dramatically improved and she<br>swam a metre and a half with mask and snorkel. Then she announced she<br>would swim two lengths (probably because cousin Daisy did that on<br>Thursday). It seemed outrageously ambitious, but she did it!David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-13617405569463741962010-07-11T10:49:00.000+01:002010-07-11T10:50:35.129+01:00Photographer<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPknS7LBKoqMOyE7gHjkqKD6qrk9FSJYVIZCw_E_AyYTcYbJTgbThqjfgy-HwdXbWHecYpAK956Upq0016ffwENyZ6Ohk2sPiIJ-9hZPOKw9D0J91qt-fy1Y9k1rzeF7HQ5nZ0/s1600/DSC00180-735130.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPknS7LBKoqMOyE7gHjkqKD6qrk9FSJYVIZCw_E_AyYTcYbJTgbThqjfgy-HwdXbWHecYpAK956Upq0016ffwENyZ6Ohk2sPiIJ-9hZPOKw9D0J91qt-fy1Y9k1rzeF7HQ5nZ0/s320/DSC00180-735130.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492583860247673170" /></a></p>We had time to kill at the airport yesterday.<p>-- <br>Dave McLaughlin - sent from my mobile phone<br><a href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/start-here/">http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/start-here/</a>David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10015441.post-42379180771937966102010-07-03T12:52:00.001+01:002010-07-03T12:52:25.433+01:00Sma' Shot Day<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiQutz7VjhQ9ndtBTIUp2fI9l7D6YgXYhDXoD9eYQzVP2w5c_j2YDT2qbRfKRtF9yvwcCE82jd5TZ8cE2xuTmL3TThYDElHEx_cWMV54smFfIkN9TDg2d_yVMBYm6ljRmenBe/s1600/DSC00179-745434.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUiQutz7VjhQ9ndtBTIUp2fI9l7D6YgXYhDXoD9eYQzVP2w5c_j2YDT2qbRfKRtF9yvwcCE82jd5TZ8cE2xuTmL3TThYDElHEx_cWMV54smFfIkN9TDg2d_yVMBYm6ljRmenBe/s320/DSC00179-745434.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489646576870996866" /></a></p>Lots of thrilling attractions in Paisley!<p><br>-- <br>Dave McLaughlin - sent from my mobile phone<br><a href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/start-here/">http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/start-here/</a>David McLaughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11904442395669855936noreply@blogger.com0