Ezra did his bit for the world today, with two vaccinations - chickenpox and swine flu - to give YOU [and me and Henry and Jen and your kids and their kids and their kids etc etc] safety from a number of preventable, but potentially deadly, diseases.
Jen and I joined him in the fight against tetanus and whooping cough (plus swine flu); and Henry (a long supported of vaccination) went with the swine flu on his own.
If the little grinning bloke above can do it, you can too!
[I have spoken about this before, of course...]
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As you might guess, he is heading o'seas again to a third world country!
I am going to try to get our school to cover us with the swine flu vax this year as well as the usual flu one!
I believe in immunization too. My kids had every vaccination going!
What third world? There is Tasmania, then Australia and after that where else?
A big hug to the kiddo!
Now as far as that boy is concerned - can anyone be more beautiful??
Great photo - is it straight from the camera? What is your new camera again? Any pointers on people shots for those-who-are-lousy-at-getting-good-people-photos esp. with kids on the move! Special settings? Much appreciated.
It still breaks my heart though when a baby comes in all smiles, and after I've done the deed they look at me with the most accusatory "how could you *do* that to me?" look. It gets me every time.
The biggest tip with kids is to have the camera at hand, set it to as high a shutter speed as the light will allow and take lots and lots of photos. With toddlers I get one decent shot from twenty (or so). The reason that I have a lot of photos at the beach is not unrelated to the amount of natural light it affords.
All the kids' vaccines are free (in fact, not only does it not cost, you get a tax rebate if you have them fully vaccinated by the Federal Government).
And yes, Roddy...there are other countries besides Australia and as a seaman you should be well aware of that!! (Just as there are other groups in the world besides The Beatles!!!)
I am not a fan of the usurpation, and must refrain from doing so in the future.
That said, I would interpret Indonesia under Mao's understanding as 'non-aligned' (although Suharto would have thought differently) during the Cold War, and they very much at the successful end of the developing spectrum today (much to many people's surprise!)
Sue, go back and reread my statement, tongue in cheek.
Tasmania first. Australia second. Anywhere else, questionable.
As a seaman I am well aware of the rest of the planet. As an Australian, who really cares.
As for the Beatles? The beginning and the end of music as far as I am concerned. Again, tongue in cheek.
Please don't take things so literally. At least not in this blog.
Note to Roddy...perhaps the nerve touched was yours...I was just takin' the p*** out of ya, dear bro'!!!
I hardly ever take anything seriously...least of all this blog! I thoroughly enjoy it's humour and I guess sometimes it is hard to convey irony in the written word!
A wonderful photo of your son!!