Sunday @ the Park

Brush Uno

My first brush.

Passing TIme.

Degenerated

Chicken+Rice

TLOMY cooked an awesome chicken rice the other day and i forgot to blog it. While i am not a fan of the non roasted chicken, i went back for seconds. It was as good as it gets as far as i am concerned.

Fatherhood.

SOONDAY (yes soon there will be another one!)

We took the girls to the zoo again today. Caitlin who has been to the zoon on average of once a month for since birth wanted to focus on the reptiles . Of course we stopped by the fragile forest on the way (my fav enclosure)

There as an excellent docent named Mr. Jones who showed Caitlin meal worms, caterpillars and stick insects. Totally engrossed and fearless (TLOML was almost in tears, of pride of course)

Cant really see the stick insect crawling up her had, forgive me i was excited.

Caitlin, with matching Caterpillar.

This is one of my fav pics of Isabella so far.

Sisters.

How can you be unhappy when you have that face living in the same house as you.

Shadow on the left, orang utan in tree. Shadow on right, 4 yr old on ground.

Look at the expressions!
The only thing that would have made the moring perfect would have been a temp of 24% and pepper trotting along at the zoo.

Lanterns at Night

The Machado's, Russel, Caitlin and I took a lovely walk this evening.

The bigger kids were shy to carry lanterns but i think by the end of the walk they came to terms with the perceived shame!

Caitlin Really enjoys spending time with her cousins and as i put her to sleep after our walk she made me recite everything that we did from the start of the walk to the end.

No Lanterns were hurt during this walk.

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My ad for depression

Bkur like sotong

I have to admit i am rather proud of my earlier post. This one is for fun. I drew Caitlin a squid to colour tomorrow and did ont for myself. I think i need a new red mark cause this one is fading.

Red & Black Squiggly Lines.

I finally completed one, i do think some of my unfinished stuff is better but at least i finished one! I realize that this is probably amateur hour or art class 101 but having no background in this kind of thing it means EVERYTHING is new to me. Painting, drawing etc were never a large part of my life growing up its not that we were discouraged mind you its not that we were encouraged either. In my house it was always more crafty then art :).
So i have decided to tag this as art because to me it fulfills what that word entails to me.

Unfinished .

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Above a scanned version of what i drew. Below a PS''d version. ok i am tired good night!

Sisters Islands again!

Sisters Island 100910

Buggered up some of the shot, left the iso at 1600 BAH!

My box.

Years ago not long after I left the army I worked for a couple people who ran their own property marketing firm. I was just a kid, 22? I knew nothing about anything. Never exposed to the world of sly deals and easy steals it was all a bit of a shock to my system. Flush with cash, young and irresponsible I pissed whatever I had on drinking and well at the time there was rather alot of gambling. Am I proud of myself? no, but do i beat myself up about it the answer i no. We grow, we learn, we make bigger and better mistakes but we cant live in the past. We can only look back with hindsight and say phew thank god i am not that guy anymore.

The great thing that came out of that period were the relationships, one of my best friends is someone i met during that time. When I met her all those years ago she was preggers with her first child and today its 3 children later for her and 2 for me. I mean we didn't think past next week in those days much left the 15yrs we have known each other. We are a lifetime away from being the kind of people we were then but we are still good friends to each other and been there for each other through some tough times.

The other great relationship that came out of those days is my love for the Amoy street area. Amoy Street, Club Street, Boon Tat Street and jingle bell lane. When i walk these streetsI am nostalgic for those heady days of promise, a young man making his way in the world. A babe in the woods so to speak. When i look at the buildings today its like looking at old friends and in my mind i think of my barber that used to sip tea with me or the coffee shop where we used to grab lunch, the spot i used to wait for a ride home., the pillars my friend brad and i used to walk past at 3am as we left the office to grab a bite. Some nights we slept in the office. I spent many happy hours since those days walking around and feeling the vibe of the area but it seems even that has changed. That happens i guess life moves on its impossible to ignore.

If your wondering what the wooden box is well that's what triggered these memories. I bought that a thrift shop a couple of years ago along boon tat st i think and every time i open it to get some of my paints out i think of that place, and those days. You cant live in the past the best you can do is to look back and say phew I am glad i was that guy.

The Smoke and The Dots.

Yes, i actually use these as wallpapers for my desktop.