A blast from the pa.....present

Would you believe it! Some bunch of idiot vandals blew up our postbox last thursday night! It was 11pm. I was asleep, Jane said she heard a big bang as if something hit our window so I went out for a look, saw nothing and went back to bed. Following morning as I looked out the window I saw this pile of wood at the foot of where our postbox used to be. The roof was at the base of the post, the front bit with the numbers on was in Rays garden across the road and the back end was in the flower bed up by the house.

Here is the explosive, the police said it was the next one up from a firecracker, a thundercracker or something like that.

I am expecting a lot of mail at the moment, ebay purchases etc. so I quickly made a replacement postbox out of a cardboard box and duct-taped the number to the top. It worked, 30 minis later the postman posted mail in it.

Here is the substitute box again doing and admirable job of receiving bills and party invites.

Arisen from the ashes.....

So, the other day between gigs, I had half an hour to hammer it all back together. Out with the leatherman tool, the hammer and the drill.

And here it all is, a combination of screws and duct-tape (list of things i have made with duct tape) holding it together and at the end i had 3 left over bits of wood....hmmmm

Anyway here it is, right back to the front line, slightly bockety looking and bearing many the scorch wound. On account of its resurection i stuck a picture of a pheonix to the front.

End score: Vandals with explosives 0 - Charlie 1

Burgermania

We went to Australias Finest Burgers at the weekend, it was delicious. I had the Fire and Brimstone burger, very tasty. Check out the elvis burger!

Radio Charlie

I got a sennheiser wireless kit for my violin last week, its fantastic. It has a range of about 50 metres, and the belt pack can take an input from almost anything, i even ran my phone through it.

And its waaaaaaaaaaay smaller than the last time I used one, here it is next to the standard unit of measurement of gadget freaks , an Xbox 360 controller.

The good book part 2

Derrick called round for a few beers the other night and we made another book for book club. Here is Derrick, all set, book clamped and taped down and leatherman tool all fired up.

We used the regular blade, the serated blade, all the files, the scissors and the saw.

Here is the finished product, and a very happy book club member.

Christmas in the sun

I called round to Hally's new place the other day, its really nice. I really liked this christmas decoration!

Give em an inch....

I am auditioning all the string players in the school for next years ensembles at the moment, its an arduous task. I made a poster with a ball of string on it, and put it next to the sign for wind auditions. Bit of a skit like, you know, string instruments, string, ja'know like.....??? All the kids were saying "Sir, why is there a picture of rope on the sign?". I weep for humanitys future.

May the force.....

So there I was, biggest star wars fan in Perth, walking down the road with a bak full of fish'n'chips when I noticed these two bucko's coming the other way/ Photo opportunity was a no brainer as they were as amazed with my r2d2 t-shirt as i was with their costumes. They had the padawan plats and everything. So we got some bystanders to take some shots, a que promptly formed outside the chipper of familes with their kids taking photos and everything, hilarious. The funniest thing of all though is that the guy on the left has a geen jedi SNORKLE!

Happy 3rd Birthday Oliver!

It was olivers birthday party last night so we all went down to Al Sito's (our favourite Italian resteraunt) to celebrate

Oliver doesnt like cake/sweets/sugar but loves cheese so Jane made him a cake entirely out of cheese!

And here is Finn giving Oliver his borthday present

Huzzah

Mom and me are in the same orchestra now and we had our first concert together last weekend. The last time we were in the same orchestra was probably 7-8 years ago with the cork symphony orchestra

Sneak Preview.....

Finn has been learning the violin for the last three weeks, here is a sneak preview of his forthcoming album and world tour.....

Weekend adventures with Finn

Finn stayed with us over the weekend, we had a great time!

Here he is all set to drive us to the aquarium,

And here he is staring death in the face. He was afraid of this croc the last time we took him there.

And here he is with Oliver propping up the bar after a long days adventuring.

its out

I picked this up the other day, its out on DVD here now. What a film!!!!!

Fresh Flowers

Check out the tulips that margaret planted last april!

Pats all set for the gigging season....

Mom has herself kitted out for christmas, a book of carols and a buskers book of classics

She is even training in her duet partner

Master of disguise

Spookycam

BATMAN!!!!

Mrs Lovett from sweeny todd and her latest victim...

Cleopatra serving up a helping of fresh brain!

Batman looking after the spooky snacks...