Killing a Fly with a Ukulele: Summer

I am the Mum.
If life was a circus, I would be the plate-juggling lady with monkeys on her shoulders who stands on one leg on a horse's back as it canters around the ring.

I am the Writer.
I use too many commas, dashes and dot-dot-dots, and I often start sentences with conjunctions because I like my blog to look the way it sounds in my mind.

I am the Hero.
Life is a bit like a superhero action comic, except that the superheroes are tiny children dressed in super-suits who possess no actual powers, while I just get them food, break up fights and clean their super-suits.

21 November 2009

Summer

Summer is the time for ...

A lizard to take a dip deep down in a bromeliad

My first Mr Lincoln

Swimming in our wonderful "pool"

And falling asleep in the hallway, for that is where you were when you became so tired you couldn't take one more step.

And guess what? It's not even Summer yet!

8 comments:

Jodie said...: Awww, they're great pics. Love the Mr Lincoln. And how cute is that shot of Anna asleep in the hallway?; 21 November, 2009 17:08
Hippomanic Jen said...: I love your pool. Can I come over?; 21 November, 2009 17:59
Kimi said...: I love the pool. My mom cleaned out a huge horse trough for the grandkids to swim in. They think it is great.; 22 November, 2009 00:45
Jen said...: Hey, we have that same 'pool' at our house.; 22 November, 2009 11:03
The Accidental Housewife said...: Mr Lincoln is a handsome looking fellow! I wish my kid would just drop off to sleep like Anna, that's impressive and painfully cute.; 22 November, 2009 11:20
Anonymous said...: I had a pool just like that for mne at a young age too. AND the same hallway sleeping pattern. Gorgeous, gorgeous post.; 22 November, 2009 12:12
Tracy P. said...: Ah yes...we've traded back again! Hope you get some rain this summer.; 23 November, 2009 14:19
Anonymous said...: Mr. Lincoln was the very first rose I planted when we bought our very first house in 1984. I love that rose!

Nana Tantrum; 25 November, 2009 00:23

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I came up with the pseudonym Givinya de Elba in highschool and it was based on a joke from an episode of Dad's Army called 'A Soldier's Farewell.'

In the episode, after eating too much toasted cheese, Captain Mainwaring dreams he is Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. I don't remember much about the episode other than Mainwaring telling his loyal men (Jones, Pike and Godfrey) that he has been exiled to the island of Elba.

Jones quips, "Hence the expression - Givin' ya the Elber!" (giving you the elbow, i.e., pushing you around.) I thought that Givinya de Elba was a half-decent pseudonym for someone who likes to joke and push people around, and I stuck with that.

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21 November 2009

Summer

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