The First Swallows of 2012

The First Swallows of 2012

After a break of quite some time, the blog restarts! All things flying are moving…The April showers have run on into May. The grass on the farm has grown considerably and will, weather, permitting give us a good hay crop. Before that the dogs will enjoy rolling in it and bowling each other over followed by a frantic game of tag! Spring has definitely taken a hold. Yesterday, the May Bank holiday, saw us at the Warwickshiore Hunt point-to-point. We saw there the first swallows of spring and more today at the farm. Having heard the first cuckoo on 17th April, the seasons are definitely on the move.
And today the first bomb plot for an aeroplane by Al Quaeda. Just to coincide with my trip to North Carolina! Ho hum. Certainly no check-in on-line – they want to see us all face to face!!

Dolphins and Pilot whales

Creole!

Creole!

Bonjour! Qui nom? Ça qua fed, di gasso? Bien, merci!

The Not-so-wildlife and the Wildlife

Holidaying in a rain forest is a treat at times if the mosquitoes do not get you. Luckily there are lots of these little chaps to help keep them away!

The Peppermint Lobster

The Peppermint Lobster

This somewhat hacked off lobster removed from his hole is quite impressive being striped rather than plain

Male Pregnancy !

Male Pregnancy !

Interesting! Not only women can multi task it would appear underwater

Black Belt 1st Dan

Black Belt 1st Dan

Another achievement! Where will it end?

Graduation – A mixed event

Graduation - A mixed event

Wow! What a day. Family upsets, muck-ups by the University, about which they are still apologising. Anyway Toby in his regalia received his degree with mixed emotion and walks away from Manchester suitably garnered.

An Engineer is Born!

Finally Toby has qualified. A 2.1 M.Eng with prizes for his performance in his team. Now the rewards. Applications are being fired off for prestigious posts. We all look foward to success, fun and a future. The top of this ladder in one week as he collects his prizes and is awarded his degree.

Shades of Chinese and Turkish!

Shades of Chinese and Turkish!

Further travels. The World Congress of Dermatology in Seoul. An interesting and different cultures or cultures. The language is virtually impenetrable. Apparently some based on Chinese Kanji, except the characters each represent a syllable. The origins are so different from Japanese and Chinese, that apparently there is even some Turkish mixed in there somewhere! Thank you = ‘Kamsa-amida’

Seoul