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 | Big Jungle Jim. Careful :) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 11:58 am, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Getting into the Mood. Sue & Peter watching the children playing. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 11:58 am, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Getting in the Mood. It is quite a shock to see Chris's place after Anna has arrived, it has changed considerably. It is a great place for parties now with stacks of places to play and run around. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 11:58 am, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Busy Pathway. With so many people there the path down to the lawn got a bit congested at times. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 11:59 am, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Cooling off Under the Ponga Tree. There used to be a lot more shade on the property, but some of the old trees remain like the messy old Ponga tree. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 11:59 am, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Big Step for a Little Girl. The little girl with the bobbly blue jersey is entirely cute! I have never seen soo many kids running round having fun here before, it was a great day. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 11:59 am, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Perpetual Motion Machine, Franky. The boy himself running past at a great rate of knots. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:00 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Kids on the Lawn. Life goes on on the 'lower' lawn. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:02 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Paths Crossing. I guess paths are inevitably meeting places, like the doorway into the kitchen at parties ;) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:02 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Tall Kids, Short Adults. The path dwellers chat among themselves whilst the small people get on with their important tasks. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:05 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Fancy Meeting You Here! It looks like Lily is blocked in by these inconvenient large people. It would possibly help if the steering wheel actually did anything like steering, but, oh well, it's still fun. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:05 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Learner Bike. Franky is totally at home on these plastic bikes, perhaps in another dozen birthdays it will be a metal bike? I bet there will protests from his dad. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:09 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Learner Bike 2. I think Franky will have to learn that riding motorbikes in socks is right out of the question! | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:09 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Catching Up. Birthdays are good times to catch up with friends and family. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:11 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Spotted! I have been spotted by Dawn, maybe it was the glint of the sun on my telephoto lens that gave me away ;) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:11 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Mothers. When you see two women standing discussing something amongst a 'bombsite' of children's play-things, the odds are that at least one of them is a mother, and in this case both of them are. The 'bombsite' is pretty tidy really :) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:14 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Happiness. Where did the tooth go? My good friend and nephew Carl, looking like he is looking for some crocodiles to wrestle or something ;) Helen and Lily in the background. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:15 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Oh Oh, They've Seen Me! Carl looks a bit like he is mulling over the idea of wrestling me :P I may not have scales and large teeth, but my camera weighs a lot and can be lethal when swung from the neck strap! | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:15 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Jill. This is my dear sister Jill :) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:17 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Old Kids. Sister, cousin in law and brother. Arghhh, I thought this was meant to be a child's birthday party. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:17 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | BJ's Audience. I've never seen that many people in the living room either! | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:21 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | BJ the Bear Arrives. When BJ walked into the room it took me a moment to remind myself that he is a friendly bear! It's not every day that you see a 7 foot tall bear walk into the room you are in! | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:22 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | BJ's Audience 2. Everyone enjoyed BJ, even myself ;) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:23 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | BJ's Audience 3. It's great to sit and watch people that are watching a show of some sort! To see the emotions passing across their faces, the light in their eyes. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:23 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Is Franky Here? Yes Franky is here! He is the one with his hand in the air :) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:24 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Audience Participation! The boy (George) was really funny, when BJ asked for someone to come up and help him, he choose the girl to come up, but George thought he would go up and help as well hehe. The kids were very excited to see BJ. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:26 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | George Sits Down. Having gone up to see BJ, George satisfied turns round and goes back to his seat (with a curious smile on his face). | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:26 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Go Jilly ;) It's also funny to see grown ups singing dancing and doing all the hand movements along with the kids :) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:32 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | BJ's Audience 4 (I think). Riveting stuff. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:33 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Too Excited for Words! She was mesmerised by BJ and his funny games :) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:40 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | BJ Says, Hold Up Your Hands. I had all the cute girls standing in front of me ;) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:41 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Xing Xing Plays for Us. The enchanting Xing Xing bought along her instrument for our pleasure. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:55 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Xing Xing Plays for Us (2). Although the music that Xing Xing made was wonderful, it took a bit of listening to, and the kids had other play in mind and many of them faded away as time went on. I however thought the subtle chords were divine :) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:56 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Xing Xing Plays for Us (3). I really felt for her since the sun was pouring down and she had no shelter, but she soldiered on. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:56 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Xing Xing Plays for Us (4). Hearing the music made me think how Ancient it was, reaching my ears through Xing Xing as if she were a conduit for the music's spirit from centuries past, it was quite an unusual feeling and in fact quite a humbling one. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 12:57 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Xing Xing Plays for Us (5). I am still curious what someone like Jimi Hendrix would make of an instrument like this! The potential for bending notes is phenomenal. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:03 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Kids. How colourful we humans can be :) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:03 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Kids 2. Getting near to food time I think. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:04 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Food Time :) See I know these things. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:45 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Mingling. I must say it is great to see people using and enjoying the deck that Carl and I (mostly Carl) built, it worked very well and even handled the strain of us both sitting on the handrail, although we moved from there cause it was a bad example for the kids. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:47 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Nice Icecream? Still got the socks on I see :) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:48 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | John and George. He's got that steely British stare, kinda like 007! | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:50 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Father and Son. I was trying to move round them to get the sun shining in the right direction, and came to the conclusion that with the hats it was an impossible task so I just took the picture and I think it came out quite well :) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:50 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Mingling 2. They say that strangers are just friends we have not met before. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:54 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Mingling 3. Aren't you all glad I went over that handrail briefly with some coarse sandpaper! | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:55 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Little Girl Out of Place. I'm sure you are not meant to be there ;) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:55 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Franky. At last an un blurred picture of Franky. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:56 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Snack Time. I wonder if Franky might have lots of girl friends? | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:56 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | There's Mum! One of the rare Pictures of Anna at the party, I see where Franky gets all his energy from. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:56 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Dawn and Mac. Nice to sit inside for a bit, the sun was getting quite tiring and hot outside, giving me a chance to catch some other people. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:56 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Not Happy With Me ;| I had just taken a picture of Jill with an Icecream slice in her mouth hence the impatient look. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:57 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Helen and Lily. A kids paradise, with toys everywhere, what a joy. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:58 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | And Jacob. Are they Icecream slices or are they 'Eskimo Pies'? I was told that the Eskimo Pies must have chocolate on them? | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 1:58 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Relaxing Time. A chair with a safety belt! How handy ;) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:00 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Happy Birthday to Franky! Cake time. Where would a Bparty be without one? | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:22 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Happy Birthday to Franky 2! Faces :) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:22 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Happy Birthday to Franky 3! Hope he made a wish! | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:23 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Happy Birthday to Franky 4! Chris busy trying to cut the cake and they just want to dig in, typical ;) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:23 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Happy Birthday to Franky 5! Yeah, get the 4, it looks like a prime piece of cake topping hehe. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:23 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Nothing if not Persistent! (The Cake Cutting) Ahhh, I remember now, he was trying to get Franky to cut the cake, meanwhile anyone out of arms reach or too polite to reach in with a hand has to wait :) Fair enough! | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:23 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | The Cake Cutting 2. Oh look the 4 is still there, George looks like he has his eyes on it now hehe. The cake cutting is going well! | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:23 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | The Cake Cutting 3. Franky is getting into the spirit of it now, but everyone else is getting impatient. It just will not do you know, we need patience latter in life! | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:23 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | The Cake Cutting 4. All the impatient little eyes and mouths are finally satisfied thanks to Anna, but you did a good job Chris! | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:25 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Let Them Eat Cake! Highly over rated cake is, unless it is something nice like a fruit cake, or perhaps one of those cakes from the expensive coffee shops, but the kids like it and it is the thought that counts :) They will probably be running round madly for the next half hour? | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:25 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Are They the Cheap Seats or the Gods? Actually I think they are all Gods, but they all come cheap as well. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:26 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Thought You Might Escape My Camera Didn't You :) This will be me (if I live that long) one day, and Tash Yas or Emma will be holding my hand. I should be so lucky. Two special people in my life. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:47 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Two Special People. Jill was my main companion from the family when I was 4 years old (growing up), and Derek was my hero of the first order, he added a lot of colour to my life with his stories and good character! | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:47 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | Too Much Sugar!!! Oh ok it was just a long exposure with no flash, but the too much sugar theory sounded good I thought. One of my favourites actually. | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:48 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
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 | By Hook or By Crook I Will Be Last in This Collection. Hope you liked the pictures, they take a lot of work so I hope they do bring some joy or smiles or something for people. The children are worth it that's for sure, so rock on kids, young and old :) | |||
| Kelburn, Wellington. 2:48 pm, Sat 24th Feb, 2007 | ||||
