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BIRTHDAYS AND DIVORCE
It's my birthday tomorrow (YAY) and this is the most grown-up I've ever been about my birthday in that I haven't gone into a huge decline about how a lack of partner = rubbish presents. I have bought myself two presents on the basis that I am not expecting presents from anybody else - this divorce thing is a real bummer when it comes to gifts. Almost worse than any other aspect- it's very depressing not having anybody to drop major hints at for a whole year who then buys you something entirely different that you don't want and you can't quite believe that they can have got it SO WRONG. I have learnt over the last few years that it is quite satisfactory to cut out the middle man and buy yourself something you really want. It leaves no room for disappointment.
Continue reading...AFRICAN SKY AT NIGHT
Friday, September 11, 2009
African sky at night – seems to sum up my current mood somehow……
Continue reading...COMPETITIVE SAFARI PHOTOS
Thursday, September 10, 2009
I hate to say it but I think my children might have got some better shots than me on their safari. They were certainly unbelievably lucky to get so close to a leopard. Here’s one of mine:- And here are some of theirs:-
Continue reading...DID WE JUST GET ARRESTED?
Monday, August 10, 2009
The scary bit that I was referring to during our time in Lusaka was to do with the following incident:- During our drive around the city taking photos of my father’s old houses and my Grandfather’s grave and checking out all his old haunts, we drove past the main entrance of State House, where the current [...]
Continue reading..."TURN LEFT AT THE SAUSAGE TREE"
Monday, August 10, 2009
My children arrived home this morning. How lovely to have them back. They had a brilliant time and I am going to try very hard not to get into the competitive safari conversations about how many hippos we each saw and who saw leopard cubs…. I showed my children my pictures. They were [...]
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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