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I'm sure I've said this before but I really haven't ever been someone who would sit down and read a book to relax. Actually at high school instead of reading the book (Educating Rita) I got the movie out, the English lit teacher thought I had a great understanding of the underlying subtext.

Anyways that has changed, and probably started to change a few years ago and it's been getting worse. I've always liked and once in a while read Science Fiction, I'm a big fan of Iain M Banks stuff (see bit below) but I never really ventured much beyond that.

I started to read a few books related to 'work' geeky stuff really and also a few of those management books that are supposed to help, actually maybe some of them did. I did enjoy the Jack Welch books (he was the CEO at general Electric for a time, very good reads)

Then I stumbled onto Sam Bourne who is actually the British journalist, Jonathan Freedland he's written 4 books now and I've pretty much enjoyed them all,The Righteous Men (2006), The Last Testament (2007), The Final Reckoning (2008) and The Chosen One (2010) the 1st one i think was the best but certainly found myself getting through them pretty quickly. I like they way he's weaved in a bunch of religious information that you think? Ok that's interesting but it all adds to the tension in the books which is great. I do find I like anything that has a slightly mythical style tone to it.

I've been playing around with this image for a while now trying to get the right feel into it and I think I'm getting close to it. For me it's obviously all about the wooden jetty and I think there is maybe a little more work to do there but I pretty happy withthe feeling that's coming through for now. It's a little bit inviting and a little bit 'dont' you dare' which I quite like.

The image was captured again down in Tekapo and has been lingering around for a while until I figured it out, which i think I'm starting to do. I think I've just about convinced myself there are enough interesting images from this session of images to make a pretty nice set for a collection.

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So tonight we had Parents Night at Kindie, Parents Night for a 2 year old.... I never would have thought it, until I became a Dad, then what can I say, I've been looking forward to it with excitement and trepidation.

Trepidation I guess because I still remember parents night when I was a kid and waiting on Mum & Dad coming home from the school and giving us a review of the discussions... they were never terrible but there was certainly (on my part at least) a chunk of well he could try harder in some area's... or If only he'd study and so on, non of which conducive to a relaxing night, still I did ok.

Surely kindie reports would be different, well as it turns out being the one on the other side of the table is good for a start but it's also really cool hearing someone else tell you how great your wee girl is, who doesn't love that!

So turns out she's settling into the new room with some bigger kids, really getting out there in the play area and pushing the boundaries. Now I take Emily to the park all the time and she's obsessed with the swings, after that she loves climbing up ladders to get to a slide and if it's possible to go down backwards or on her tummy well that's cool. So when they say pushing boundaries i think they may well mean she needs a safety net soon!

she's smart, understands what your say, uses words all the time you think where did that come from and how did you use it in the right way... for instance Actually... she's really fond of Actually... as well as 'You go girl!' or lately (and it's my fault) deal.. make you a deal....