Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2009-10-11 20:00:26 - Graham Ellis
Yesterday's lunch was the first time in goodness know how long that the whole family living here abouts came together for dinner, so I'm going to make a very rare break from my 'norm' and post a family photo which they all knew I was taking. From left to right, my Dad, son Chris, his wife Delene, Tom who is the partner of daughter Kim. Then my wife Lisa, and our dog Gypsy.
I was on "front of house" and Lisa on "kitchen", though with odd helpful digressions both ways. The there was the autumn harvest of apples (we have a harvest of horse chestnuts too, but don't think they're edible), and Lisa did us proud with a pork roast, cooked in apple juice and served with apple sauces - and an apple cobbler pie crunch for desert.
"Never act with children or animals as they will steal the show" - I expect you've heard that said? Well - I say "never photograph animals - most pictures have to be scrapped as they look odd", and I've enhanced that saying to read "never try and photograph two animals together". It's taken a long time, but Gypsy the dog and Charlie the cat now get on quite well. Gypsy says hi to Charlie who arches her back for a grooms, but Gypsy sniffs her. And Charlie comes out into the garden to watch Gypsy exercise and be with us all. But it's been impossible to capture on camera so far, so you're seeing the best of a poor bunch here.
It's only fair that I should include my picture today too ... and here's one Lisa took (she does better with animals!) with me and Gypsy, in the garden.
Pictures in this article ... all taken at our HQ - "404". Delegates who came on Perl courses or Java courses prior to October 2006 may recognise the old training / conference room - now an office and meeting room which we very occasionally take over for a family meal; last one prior to today must have been Christmas 2007!
Yesterday's lunch was the first time in goodness know how long that the whole family living here abouts came together for dinner, so I'm going to make a very rare break from my 'norm' and post a family photo which they all knew I was taking. From left to right, my Dad, son Chris, his wife Delene, Tom who is the partner of daughter Kim. Then my wife Lisa, and our dog Gypsy.
I was on "front of house" and Lisa on "kitchen", though with odd helpful digressions both ways. The there was the autumn harvest of apples (we have a harvest of horse chestnuts too, but don't think they're edible), and Lisa did us proud with a pork roast, cooked in apple juice and served with apple sauces - and an apple cobbler pie crunch for desert.
"Never act with children or animals as they will steal the show" - I expect you've heard that said? Well - I say "never photograph animals - most pictures have to be scrapped as they look odd", and I've enhanced that saying to read "never try and photograph two animals together". It's taken a long time, but Gypsy the dog and Charlie the cat now get on quite well. Gypsy says hi to Charlie who arches her back for a grooms, but Gypsy sniffs her. And Charlie comes out into the garden to watch Gypsy exercise and be with us all. But it's been impossible to capture on camera so far, so you're seeing the best of a poor bunch here.
It's only fair that I should include my picture today too ... and here's one Lisa took (she does better with animals!) with me and Gypsy, in the garden.