http://holmesmacleod.com Our lives and travels Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:35:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have been spotted at Cookham Rugby Club playing the odd game of Tag rugby on Sunday mornings. http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/11/29/cookham-rugby/ Sometimes I get about without a camera on me. Luckily the Blackberry is handy. I wouldn't say that it takes good pictures, but it is always there for when something fun happens. Also, with Mitchell's arrival, Lena still deserves some of the limelight... [gallery columns="2" orderby="ID" size="medium"] http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/09/24/summer-pics-from-my-blackberry/ The debut video of the new dynamic duo. Download:  Lena and Mitchell (6.5MB) http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/08/13/lena-and-mitchell/ Mitchell has been home for 3 days now, so here are a couple of adorable pics of him. [gallery columns="2" orderby="ID" size="medium"] http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/08/10/mitch-about-the-house/ We'd like to introduce you all to our new son, Mitchell Robert.  He was born in the afternoon of 6th August 2009, weighing in at a massive 4.5kg and 59cm tall already. [gallery columns="2" size="medium"] http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/08/07/birth-of-mitchell/ I ran into Gok Wan today at Oxford Circus. He is of course famous for making women look good naked! He kindly posed for a photo. EDIT: Gok didn't introduce his friend at the time but a reliable source tells me it is Ruby Wax. [caption id="attachment_150" align="alignnone" width="194" caption="Enjoying ... http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/05/12/meeting-gok-wan/ Some light construction work has been going on at the holmesmacleod household. We've laid down the new floors (without worrying about the underfloor heating) and as you can see in this picture, Lena enjoyed putting in a helping hand.  Most of the work was Greg and his dad Brian. We ... http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/05/08/flooring-work/ A recent trip to the allotment led to a find of buried treasure, believed to be of Russian Origin. How does a russian coin 270 years old end up in our allotment?         Attack of the C'lonials: Buried Treasure! http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/04/21/attack-of-the-clonials-buried-treasure/   [caption id="attachment_115" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Lena and Andrea"][/caption] We had a lovely easter in the sun, to celebrate the wedding of Dee and Martin, in the Munich Ratskeller. A Ratskeller is not a place where rodents dwell, rather the cellar below the Rathaus or town hall. The wedding started with a drinks reception ... http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/04/16/munich-dee-and-martins-wedding/ So we are looking at redoing our floors downstairs. Currently we have some icky green carpet which came with the place. They were icky when we moved in, and having a two year old and two slobby adults around the place have not made it any better. So out with ... http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/03/17/hot-floors/