Two fast

Holy chuffing Nora, Beth is two years old already. I hate to descend into cliché but, gee, that's gone fast.

We were up at Avoca with Lari, Rob, Narelle, Stevo and Lachie. It was a bit rainy but we ventured down to the beach a couple of times nevertheless. Otherwise it was the usual mix of fine food, cultured wines and sparkling conversation. The camera has gone haywire, but you can be sure that we all looked bloody fantastic.

The centrepiece was Beth's present-opening/cake presentation ceremony. She's still a bit too young to really understand what's going on but she enjoyed it. Having spent hundreds of dollars it has quickly become apparent that her favourite present was a small rubber fried egg. Undeterred, the following day we went to a toy shop and bought most of her Christmas presents. Well, you can't miss a sale, can you?

Changing the subject entirely, you know that bit in a film where a body collapses to the floor and the transparent ghost rises from it while the corpse remains on the floor? Or the bit in the Shining with Jack Nicholson crashing through the door with an axe? Turns out they were both lifted from The Phantom Carriage. I only mention it in case you haven't caught any silent Swedish horror movies from 1921 recently.

Off to Blighty in 8 days!

Let's get this party started with some mid-tempo rock.