I just got back the digitized version of all of my dad’s Super 8mm cine film!
What does that mean?
It means we can watch films from my childhood in the 1970s without having to set up a projector!

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Arcade Fire is a popular Canadian alternative music group; Again, I catch these things well after others have made them popular.  I haven’t listened to them much.  Probably all of 6 minutes so far (the same song twice).  I like them, well this song to start with; In particular, I really liked the interactive music [...]

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Today, it was my turn to introduce another generation of Reeves-Halls (and a Popova) to the wonders of a magical airshow.  Okay, probably more magical to me because of the nostalgia angle (hey, I am 40 now).
Photos, as usual, are in this website’s photos section — better: look at them in our new gallery!

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I* was in Munich for a meeting on Thursday. I get there about half a dozen times a year. Fly in the night before, get to the hotel late, have a bite to eat**, sleep unsoundly (although its getting better, usually asleep by 1:30am [12:30am UK time]), wake up, have breakfast, walk to [...]

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This town of ours keeps on wow-ing us. Today was the first carnival and procession in the town since 1996 - and you could tell the event has been sorrily missed. The king, queen, prince and princesses were all in attendance, too!
The creativity and fun shown was second to none. Heck, it [...]

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What better way to celebrate Canada Day than with some arrogant worms.
What Canada is:

What Canada isn’t:

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Well, its time for another funny video…hopefully, Katya will laugh…mind you, she might just not get it (as Andrew doesn’t play these kinds of online games).
The scene at the end is a homage to Leeroy Jenkins.

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We had a wonderful afternoon walk after the kids’ swimming lessons (like last week, Tosha put up a fuss, let’s hope he’ll settle into the lessons by next week). We’ve written a separate Kids’ Outings page about the walk itself. There are a ton more photos, of course, in our gallery.
We drove the [...]

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Tolii’s rocket reached the planet Mars (its a reward chart). We had a reward that we were itching to give to the kids and this was a good reason to do so!
The reward is the Super Marble Run by Galt.
Daddy gave it to the boys this morning after they got dressed and had breakfast. [...]

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Not even a hail storm could prevent our annual Easter Egg hunt from going ahead.
The eggs weren’t really egg-shaped: they were in the shape of bugs, chickens, bunnies and very big bunnies (all from Lidl).
We descended upon the Whitchurch Millennium Meadow for the event. There’s even more photos in our gallery.
There were lots of [...]

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Granny finally had the opportunity to take the boys bowling; It was one of their Christmas presents.
Tosha insisted on carrying the heavy balls himself - only once did he drop one; and that was probably because daddy was trying too hard to help him (which he made clear he did NOT want). Luckily it [...]

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Tolii and Tosha were invited to George’s 4th birthday party held at Andover’s Salto Centre, a gymnasium. They’ve been there before for other birthdays and absolutely love the place.
George and his family sure know how to throw a good party! There were lots of jumps and bounces and even a medal race (isn’t [...]

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Andrew has been sucked into that world where time does not exist and the addiction to “just one more level” is enough to make you wet your pants instead of getting up to go to the toilet.
In his university days, it was Tetris; Today, it is Deep Blue Sea, made by The Game Equation, a [...]

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This afternoon we were invited to a skating show at Basingstoke’s Planet Ice arena. The older sisters of Tosha’s best friend, Joshua, were performing in it.
It was probably the first “show” that either Tolii and Tosha had ever seen (and certainly the longest time they had to sit still!).
The first half had a few [...]

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Aussies are renowned for their “straight talk”. Usually its annoyingly to the point. Sometimes its funny. And none better than John Clarke, a kiwi New Zealander
First, he has a go at how URGENT it is to deal with climate change.
The best interview, though, has to be this one, where he discusses a [...]

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