Easter 2006

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well, here are some images from Easter. we were very kindly invited over to Gillian and Grant's, where Bam Bam got to sit with Pebbles for a bit. in the true spirit of Easter, James coveted Katie's odd toy so much (pictured here infrequently frequently) that i got to go and buy one.

Grant also personally allowed me to help him load some sort of damaged braai (a barbeque device for you who have never visited our land) on to his bakkie (a pick up truck for the uninitiated), and show him how his most excellent DVD Recorder works. it is a splendid, splendid machine indeed. as is the Plasma screen tele thing he now has. Ian Brown looked ace on it......

i went off to do some shopping. oh dear, whereas one can rent (and if they were inclinded to do so copy) the excellent film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, one cannot at this stage go and buy it. this is annoying - every other film i can think of worth much you can buy at the same time it hits the rental shelves. i guess i am waiting a bit longer.

Michele did OK, mind. the new Live CD, Songs From The Black Mountain, was up for sale, and thus she has a copy. it is not a bad album at all, well worth your time having a listen to!

going backwards in time, Friday saw Maryke and Ryan visit. hello to you two if you are visiting, and it was very nice indeed to see you!! once again, sorry that we were not at your wedding, but the birth of James required both of us to be up here in Johannesburg, apparently.

and on Friday night we watched a whole film for the first time in ages! it was The Ref, also known as Hostile Hostages. an old favourite of mine - it was Denis Leary's first proper "lead" role and thus features a large range of his wit and wisdom. a certain Kevin Spacey, then largely unknown, was in the support cast. if you have never seen this gem of a hidden-away, "sleeper" film, you could do a lot worse than track down a copy!

today, on this fine Easter Sunday, James is off to visit his other Gran, Monica. and of course young Dylan, for whom we have purchased an astonishing amount of easter and in fact dragon related items. hope he digs them!

hope you all had a most excellent Easter weekend!