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Friday, 18 February 2011

Noah builds a new Ark

Noah has put his pocket money where his heart is and made a contribution to help fund the building of Greenpeace's new Rainbow Warrior today.

He spent quite a while scanning the inventory looking for Gopher Wood, but realising building technology has moved on somewhat, he chipped in for some bolts, a pump rotor, electrical cable, and some joints to hold it all together.

This is an excellent project for Greenpeace, and a chance to be a part (however small), of something important.
Check the brilliant website, and then make a donation if the mood takes you. Your name will then be in the boat together with Noah's.

Noah's Ark certificate

Saturday, 12 February 2011

Water Baby

Noah has joined Water Babies and had his first swimming lesson today.

Noah took everything in his stride, even going fully underwater! There were no tears (or leaks), he just enjoyed and lapped the water, chewing his thumb as we swam around the pool.

A good sized group (7 babies), we first learned how to hold our little ones, then carefully splashed their faces, leading up to full immersion. Lots of bouncing and kisses before we started teaching the babies what to do if they fall into water - the serious side of the swim is to make these youngsters safer around water as well as to give them joy and exercise.
The exercise was great - Noah had a huge sleep afterwards. We have been having trouble with day-time naps, so this was an unexpected bonus.

Partners could sit at the pool side to watch the fun (grand-parents can probably do this if they want too...), and of course take a few photos...

Lots of dads in the pool and it was a great thing to share time with Noah having a daddy-time activity. Speaking in the changing room afterwards, it was clear a number of dads were taking this chance - both to bond, but also to give mums a chance for a bit of a break (although all the mums were poolside, and ready for feeding after the swim!).

Here are a few of the snaps Nadine took:

Already looking forward to next week!

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

What Fungi?

I have been photographing various fungi on walks for a couple of years now, but i have never known what they are.
Many times I have asked myself "can I eat it, or will it kill me?", because fungi are like that - eating them can reward you with a range of experiences from delicious, through to swift and/or painful death.
So I have enrolled on a fungus identification course running on the 14th May with Andy Overall, foraging over Hampstead Heath.
I'll keep you posted...