Cute babeez!

My folks very generously looked after Dom yesterday while Debbie and I went a-visiting. We saw Olive and her parents, who were all well and cute (Olive was cutest) and Willa and her parents, who were impressively relaxed and well for parents of a 1 month old. Olive and Willa are good babby. While we were visiting a moose tried to get smooches from Willa, but was blocked by deft fending skillz.

Some cool kids

I love this photo. I have no idea how it came to be in my possession, but I love it :-)

Sir Julius Vogel Awards - nominating Gino

I just nominated Gino for a SJV award for best fan art. It's easy! You just email them with a message with the following details:


I would like to nominate Gino Moretto for Best Fan Artwork for the cover of Star Ship Sofa No. 150.

http://www.starshipsofa.com/20100824/aural-delights-no-150-paul-di-filippo/

Name / Title of work: Cover art SSS 150
Name of Producer / Author / Creator: Gino Moretto
What the work is: Digital artwork
Year of First Release: 2010
Publisher / Production company name: Star Ship Sofa
How to contact the producer / author: *Put in Gino's email address*
What category you think the nomination belongs to: Fan awards GENRE - science fiction Contact details of the person making the nomination e.g. email or/and phone
number: *Put in your details*
Where to get a copy of the work:
http://death-from.blogspot.com/2011/01/cool-thing-from-last-year-sss-cover-1.html


If there are lots of different people nominated in the category and the organisers want to cut down the number of names on the ballot they'll look at how many people nominated Gino, so you should consider emailing a nomination yourself :-)

Preschool - day 2

Dom just finished his 2nd half-day of preschool, and it went very well indeed. It's a lovely place with excellent staff and he seems to be starting to settle in :-)



Evidence on his clothes suggests some painting may have taken place, and we were told of his love for "unpacking things and moving them around". This is a habit we notice most often at home when attempting to tidy up :-)

Tauranga is fun!

Dominic and I are on holiday in Tuaranga with Dom's grandparents. It's been a lovely, busy couple of days :-) We're flying back to Wellington later today taking some very fond memories and a few extra kilos with us...

Brought to you by the letter B

First up is a photo of Dom on a bee ride, taken (I think) when he went on a farm walk at Lindale with his granny and mother.



Next is the ever-popular bridge over the Waikanae river. Strolling along the riverside, throwing rocks into the water (from the bank, not off the bridge), and seeing horses and plants and ducks is a lot of fun.


And lastly, bed. After a tiring day's travel down to Christchurch, replete with delays and gate changes and meltdowns and turbulence, Dom cooled off and settled in at his uncle's house with a bit of down time and snacks in bed.