Monday, 12 November 2012

Introducing Fabian!


He came into our lives defenceless, terrified, under-nourished and fragile.  Now a little part of our family, he rules our lives according to his schedule, shrieking whenever he wants something (which is ALWAYS), constantly climbing into corners and getting himself into precarious situations, and pooping and wee-ing EVERYWHERE.

Good thing he is such a cutey….

Let me introduce….Fabian!




Moment of the day:  "Monkey discovers glass"

  Gosh it was amusing sitting there watching him put his hand through the open bit of the window, then put his hand against the invisible force field of glass on the other side of the frame. Back and forth, back and forth…. 

"What IS this strange substance separating me from all of them inside?" 

Then, before we had time to react, he catapulted himself against the window!  (Actually I missed that bit… I only caught the part where his little body went flying backwards onto the floor!) 

Anyways, I think he's got the general idea now... 


Sunday, 11 November 2012

Finding my shoes...


If you asked my student to describe me, she would probably reply something to this effect:

"Ohhhh Tarrah!  She is so slow!  Whenever she decides to leave, it takes her at least 5 minutes, because she has always lost her shoes!"

Browsing through some old photos looking for blog ideas, I stumbled across this, taken one misty pub crawl night in London.  Obviously at that time it resonated quite strongly with me (and not because of some hidden fetish for designer shoes....).

(The journey of a thousand miles begins by finding your shoes...)

Clearly some things never change.