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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Garden Birds


I recently bought a mini HD camera, this is quick film I made with it. Just a bit of Blu-tack fastened it to the post next to my peanut feeder, and over an hour it caught a blue tit, green finch and great tit helping themselves to the peanutty goodness.

You might just spot the resident pair of robins, flitting in to eat the raisins on the lawn.

In other news, Jane is keeping well. No news on the baby yet, watch this space!

Blogger Clair  Tweet tweet! 
Blogger Jenny Harvey  I will always watch your space. (sorry that sounds creepy)
Awwww to the birdies.
I'm sure I've seen this vid somewhere else before...are you sure another blogger isn't ripping you off 
Blogger Dan  It's groundhog day! 
Anonymous Suomy Nona  Now I wonder why you'd choose this particular time to buy a video camera? Hmm...? The poor little nipper's going to be another one of those ones that's got his or her own place on YouTube before it's out of nappies, right? 
Blogger [rich]  Cool - what camera is it? 
Blogger Valerie S  Tit watching! 
Blogger LucyTolliday  Good film, very tit-illating *gets coat* 
Anonymous NH  There are few things that are truly unique: The music of Beethoven, the song of a Tit, the intuition of a woman and the waywardness of the wind...

Hang on, it might have been the waywardness of Beethoven, the tit of a woman, the intuition of the wind...or is is the wind of Beethoven... 

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Friday, May 01, 2009

Post 1,100

Blimey, have I really not blogged for a week? Well here goes...

This week we bought a car. It is shiny and goes fast and has plenty of room for a small person in the back.

We also bought a new "travel system" which is what they call prams these days, apparently. It is shiny and goes about walking pace, is more or less designed to fit small persons inside, and also folds up to fit inside the new shiny car.

If baby turns up when he's supposed to, he'll arrive this month. It'd be wrong to say that panic is setting in. Panic set in about a month ago and has snuck in his girlfriend Niggling Doubts, while his mate Creeping Dread kips on the sofa.

But it will all be okay, won't it? Yes, yes it will...

Won't it?

Last weekend we had a look around the delivery suite on a "guided tour", just so we know what to expect.

It was a bit like a TraveLodge, but slightly less clinical.

Other things happened, erm...

Look, I'm bunging all of this kind of stuff into my twitter feed these days which basically sucks all the creativity out of my brain and leaves very little left for bloggage. Okay?!

Love ya! x

Blogger Pandora Caitiff  So it's true! Twitter is killing blogging! ;)

Good luck! And best wishes to the missus and (soon to be) sprog. 
Blogger Clair  Don't worry, you'll be great! 
Blogger Jenny Harvey  twitter is the thief of Blogdad
If you tweet from the delivery room then there really is no saving you
All the best, and if the delivery room really is like a Travelodge then dont forget to nick the tiny shampoos..its the law 
Blogger Demi  Remember to give lots of reassuring comments: "I know what you're going through", "I can understand exactly how this feels" and, if it seems to be taking a long time "would you like me to nip to the shops for some aspirin?"


Delivery room,
The miracle of childbirth,
Here comes baby now! 
Blogger Lynn Jones  Good luck and try not to panic. It's not as bad as you think... The mind numbing tedium of waiting helps take the edge off :)

A new car? I hope you've run it in 'cos you'll be wanting to break the sound barrier when Jane says "I think the baby's coming."

Have you got your 'Dad kit' sorted?

Comfy shoes... for pacing in.
Troos you don't mind getting 'stuff' on.
Small change (vending machines)
Charged mobile
Hanky
Big smile + patience. 
Blogger Fluffy Pink Duck  Demi - I think that comments like I know what you are going through coming from the expectant Dad to the labouring mother are likely to result in a punch to the nose of said father. However if that helps take the edge of the contraction pains I'm all for it.

Lynn don't worry the car is only new to us and we've found the go faster button.

capita - Shint the word the woman in labour uses to her birth partner when he suggests that he just pops out for a bacon buttie as in "You shi..nt argh!" 
Blogger Dan  Ah, the eve of the most fantastic thing to ever happen to you. How exciting. 
Blogger [rich]  We got a shiny new (to us) car as well :-)

And yes - it's all worth it, our little (not so little anymore) is more awesome than I could have every wished for :-D

See all 3 of you soon x 
Blogger alan  Glad you found the nitrous button in your "new" ride!

Lynn gives good advice on the rest of that "kit"...

Thinking of all 3 of you!

alan 
Anonymous NH  You bought the Ultima 8 baby travel system from Mamas & Papas, didn't you? I nickname it the "Thunderbirds" because the pram with basinet is Thunderbird 2, the car seat is Thunderbird 1.... 
Blogger Calie  Becky (and Jane), I believe one of the most important things to adjust to following childbirth is the three second rule:

Whatever falls out of baby's mouth is perfectly fine to put back in baby's mouth as long as it has not been on the floor for more than three seconds.The rule is then expanded to include an infinite amount of time between retrieval of the pacifier (dummy for Brits?) or whatever, with the second and subsequent children.

Good luck, you two. I dare you to place that pacifier back in baby's mouth without the mandatory sterization.

A certain individual, who shall go unnamed, had been observed boiling said pacifier following a miniscule 2 seconds of pacifier placement on a floor just full of wonderful germs.

Congratulations on your upcoming addition to the family!! 
Anonymous Suomy Nona  I'm assuming that the recent 'blog blackout' indicates that you're being kept busy with parenting-related things? Hope all's well... and I'm sure we all look forward to hearing some news when you're able to share it. 

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