Okay, I admit it. I did not compose this blogpost on Saturday May 16th. That proved impossible as we were at a birthday party for seventy year old Trevor. We have known him, his wife Jane and their children for thirty six years. They lived across the road from us here in Banner Cross.
An additional but delightful obstacle to the usual rhythm of blogging has been grandchildren. Ian is up from London this weekend with little Zachary - our only grandson. He was born just a few days before Margot in the autumn of 2023.
There at the top the two cousins are in their dual control red sports car at Graves Park Animal Farm. Below Phoebe has donned one of my old Hull City shirts and is looking fierce - like a tiger. Hull City are The Tigers. I wore that shirt at The Championship Play Off Final in 2008 when we beat Bristol City to reach The Premier League for the very first time.
Below, the two year old cousins are still zooming down the motorway but not bothering to look at the road ahead.
And I love the next image from yesterday morning with big Phoebe leading the little ones down our street. Little do they know what the world has in store for them as they grow older and discover that it is not all as straightforward and sweet as they had once assumed. Never such innocence again.
Hopefully all three of them remember that walk hand-in-hand down the street!
ReplyDeleteYes. It's like a metaphor.
DeleteAw. Such sweethearts. I hope life is kind to them. X
ReplyDeleteThey are getting a good start under the tutelage of a fantastic grandfather.
DeletePrecious pictures indeed!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's a sad day when a child says for the first time, "But it's not fair!" And they all seem to do it. And they're right. Life is not fair and I don't quite understand where we ever get the idea it is.
If only life was a fair with constant rides and fun and music and candy cotton (English: candyfloss).
DeleteAww, such a lovely final photo.
ReplyDeleteWe don't need to see their faces.
DeleteI love that picture of them laughing in the car and not looking at the road.
ReplyDeleteLet me let you into a little secret Addy. It was not a proper car - it was a coin-operated ride!
DeleteSuch sweet photos. I love seeing them together having fun. Ms. Moon is right... life is not fair and I told my children that from an early age. Another sad fact they have to learn is that those who cheat and do wrong don't always pay the price for it and sometimes even prosper from it.
ReplyDeleteYou are right. Fairness doesn't always attract the rewards that it deserves.
DeleteGreat pictures, especially the one of Zachary and Margot looking at each other in the car. Hopefully life will surprise them with joys as well as with sorrows.
ReplyDeleteYou and I certainly still find joys so it's obviously possible.
DeleteLucky you having "littles" in your family. Mine are all "bigs" now. But still just as lovable.
ReplyDeleteAll yours are "bigs"? I didn't realise you were so ancient Shammy!
DeleteWhat wonderful photos of them all!
ReplyDeleteThanks Debra.
DeleteThat last photo is superb!
ReplyDeleteYou have a good eye Traveller.
DeleteSweet photos! I hope their lives are filled with peace, joy, love, and laughter.
ReplyDeleteIf only there was a God overseeing the show.
DeleteGreat photo of the two little ones in the car. They are looking at each other with a look that says this is fun.
ReplyDeleteYou got it Keith!
DeleteSo what did the safety warning say? I tried zooming but you hadn't focused on it.
ReplyDeleteSo many questions. What's the going rate for a tooth?
Is this an English spring? The girls' sun-hats notwithstanding, everybody still looks pretty well rugged-up by Sydney standards.
The sign says, "Children must be supervised at all times by an adult... also -no Gilberts or Muriels allowed!"
DeleteThey could be the generation that makes the world a whole lot better place than it is now. They are lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteI am glad they are young in England and not Malawi or Bolivia or the USA.
DeleteYou're right, that final picture is prophetic. Lets all hope that the world becomes more peaceful for them than it is at present.
ReplyDeleteFat chance Crozier. Fat chance.
Delete"Never such innocence again" and once lost never to be regained. I truly hope the world is kind to those three and all other youngsters in the world, as they grow to adulthood.
ReplyDeleteThey were not responsible for the world in which they find themselves.
DeleteTheir faces, when looking at each other in the sports car, are priceless! And the photo of Phoebe leading the little ones is very touching. Definitely one for the treasure box.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you approve,
DeleteHappy days!
ReplyDeleteI hope they will retain their cousinly relationship. It's not so easy as they grow older in different parts of the country. Having said that, our six oldest keep in touch between Buckinghamshire and Dorset.
That last photo is perfect.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful family you have. And, to watch the new generation grow up.....priceless!!
ReplyDeleteI only have one grandchild (so far), it's a great thing.
ReplyDeleteI used to go see Sheffield Tigers with my grandad every Thursday when I was a kid but thats speedway.