This will hurt me...

No, it's not a prune, it's Henry at four days! Here he is all arty farty already, set against a black background pulling his The Thinker pose. He's always been a biggun' hence the bruising around the face incurred on the way out! By the by, I only just realised that the comic that I posted a couple of posts ago was number 700 for this blog. Happy 700 blog!

As we enter the week before Henry turns two years old, I thought that I'd kick of a retrospective of Henry-related pictures. Think of it as a pictorial 'this is your life'. I thought that I'd begin with one of Henry and I on the second day after his birth. We're both a bit buggered, and I still find it odd that the most energetic of all involved in the birth at this point was Jen, who had actually done most of the work. I will claim some credit though, as holding her leg up in the air for a good hour with nary a complaint was not easy.

I've just had one of the less enjoyable weeks of my life.

Here is one from this morning of the flags atop of the Tasmanian Parliament. As you can see, this is not the bluest of skies that you’ll see here in Hobart. The proverb is one from Barbados, source of another one of my all time favourite photo blogs, the consistently excellent Barbados in Focus , where Keith Clark has done a magnificent job in recording for posterity some of the remnants of the Barbados of old, as well as what’s happening these days. I really can’t recommend this one highly enough! The proverb is self-evident, but I read it as “There’s always someone ready to spread any sort of news around, particularly if it's juicy.”

Here you can see one of the new type of Hobart parking metre’s that can be found around these parts. Tasmanian’s typically complain at the $1.60 an hour rate, but this is literally 250 metres from the CBD and adjacent to Salamanca. I would imagine that this compares pretty well to the rest of the world. The proverb is a great one from Nigeria, home of the tremendous Lagos City Photo Blog, where Lolade Adewuyi does a tremendous job giving us a look at a city that – despite its size and importance – is often overlooked by many in the west. Lolade is also a mover and a shaker, as evidenced by his crossing of paths recently with Ghanaian President John Kufuor. The proverb is a ripper, and translates as: "When a woman has ten children, there is nothing that happens in the night that she does not know about." I wonder what Jen has to say about that?

Stupidly under the pump AGAIN. So some more odd angles from yesterday morning and this morning, and I’ll throw a few scraps your way in the proverb department and pimp some of my favourite photo blogs as well! Here we have a more typical Geilston Bay power pole from yesterday, think of it as a counterpoint to the precious pole. The proverb is one from Latvia, home of the excellent Riga Daily Photo . Aigars Bruvelis and Karlis Beinerts do a great job selling Riga to the world, and I don’t just say that because I’ve always had a thing for the Baltic!

Here we have another Geilston Bay powerline taken this morning, coupled with a lovely Crow proverb that I like a lot. This photo is one of my favourites from today, but that may be because I am a fan of the colour blue.