Robs is 15!

Took all of these on Robin's 15 bd. The first few are a bit blue as I had the wrong white balance setting on the camera...
Rob's put on his new beach baggies from Gran & Grandpa and wore them continuously over the next few days.
Also pictured are Chris and his gf Annemay...
Amazingly enough this was the last of the good weather in NL. Whicle we were away on hols it rained pretty well the whole time.

What Kevin Found in the Strawberry Patch

My old mate Kevin Lyall dropped by in between work visits in Norway and here in Nederland. I immediately put him to work harvesting strawberries from the garden. And as luck would have it Kev discovered a rather large hedgehog lurking right in the middle of the strawberry patch.
Great place for it to be to catch all kinds of beasties that they like to eat. It was rather still and not balled up so we wondered if it was asleep. A check next day found no hedgey - so I guess it must have decided to hole up somewhere else (hopefully still in our garden somewhere)

The New Veranda

Just starting to really prove its worth

Dollshouse Build Complete

Just in time for the birthday girl’s party next weekend

Dollshouse Build for Rosa

This one is a longer post on building a dolls house for Rosa for her 4th BD.

Credit to Steve for helping with the early stages of the build and Bri in the latter stages with the wallpapering and the painting.

 

Then a spot of sanding outside

Steve gearing up

Chris Turns 17

Chris politely amused on getting his photo taken. Steve is eyeing up the bd cake

Sunday Feb 7

The snow has disappeared and made way for cloud and rain. The long winter is starting to get a bit boring now – though occasional sunny days do help a bit.

Robin and Bri were down with cold/lurgy during the week and and I think nobody is in top shape.

Next week we are off on a week holiday – skiing (first time again since 2006). Steve has been having snowboard lessons on Monday evenings (on an artificial piste) for a month or two now – so he should be able to get up to speed. We’re going to Lindenberg in SW Germany against the border with Austria. V cheap accommo and some small local ski areas 15 – 30 min away. Should be good fun.

I went away skiing with Oracle social club for 3 days at the beginning of Jan – had the unfortunate effect of reminding me how much I love it & how little I have done over the last 17 years. Oh well – hopefully the boys will get hooked too (C & R a bit ambivalent at the moment)

Chris’ band had another gig at a local venue yesterday – Bri and Robin went to see it. OK’sh though Jasper (vocalist and “leader”) has a lot to learn about singing and songwriting…and they need to get past the “standing around like vacant teenagers” approach to their stage act…Chris’ skills on the bass are rapidly improving though.