He ain't heavy, he's my brother

No, it's not a Bill Henson retrospective, just two brave young men out to take on the world with just a smile on their faces and each other for support.

For added measure (and because I happen to like the song very much), I've added the video from the Hollies for your enjoyment below. Oh, the summer of '69, those were the best days of my life! (Or maybe that was somebody else...)

Comments

FRances said…

beautiful photos of the boys and mum of course keep them coming kris as i do lve to see my grandsons.

6 October 2008 at 12:48

Erik W. Laursen said…

Shots like that make me think, "Wouldn't it be fun to have another." And, "My daughter needs a sib."

Anyway.

6 October 2008 at 13:48

Petrea Burchard said…

Thanks for the lovely photo. The pre-MTV film is sweet! And I'd forgotten just how good that song was.

6 October 2008 at 15:23

Jules said…

Another gorgeous photo!!!

6 October 2008 at 15:41

Sue said…

My favourite song... which always makes me think of my darling brother, Ian (sorry, Roddy). Gone...but NEVER forgotten.

And each and every photo of the boys is a delight! They seem to grow more beautiful as each day passes.

6 October 2008 at 17:36

Kris McCracken said…

Mother, I shall try.

Erik, don’t make any decisions rashly! ;) Ezra is lovely though...

Petrea, it is one of my favourites. I do like the gentle awkwardness of the film too.

Jules, gorgeous kiddies = gorgeous photos (most of the time).

Sue, well, Roddy is my favourite of the McCracken boys (sorry Neil).

8 October 2008 at 13:38

Lost inside an adorable illusion and I cannot hide, I'm the one you're using, please don't push me aside, we could've made it cruising, yeah.

Yes it is Theme Thusday again, and today we are talking GLASS . I've three possible hooks to hang my [glass] hat on with this theme. First, the photo! Yes, it is the river again from an odd angle in an interesting light. You can just make out the bottom, which should tell you that I'm right on the shore. In some ways, the distortion of the stones below the surface reminds me of ye olde glass windows, what they call "cylinder blown sheet glass". You can still find some of this around Hobart these days. Thw second link comes from a trip I took to Venice a few years back. You're probably aware that Venice was (is?) a glass-making centre of excellence. If you have ever been there and taken the tour of the glass factories, you might be familiar with the sheer amount of coloured glass that sits at the bottom of the water there. These fragments of glass have been worn down and had their edges dulled by their time in the water, which makes them ample keepsakes for the ...

Hold me now, oh hold me now, until this hour has gone around. And I'm gone on the rising tide, to face Van Dieman's Land

Theme Thursday again, and this one is rather easy. I am Tasmanian, you see, and aside from being all around general geniuses - as I have amply described previously - we are also very familiar with the concept of WATER. Tasmania is the ONLY island state of an ISLAND continent. That means, we're surrounded by WATER. That should help explain why I take so many photographs of water . Tasmania was for a long time the place where the British (an island race terrified of water) sent their poor people most vile and horrid criminals. The sort of folk who would face the stark choice of a death sentence , or transportation to the other end of the world. Their catalogue of crimes is horrifying : stealing bread assault stealing gentlemen's handkerchiefs drunken assault being poor affray ladies being overly friendly with gentlemen for money hitting people having a drink and a laugh public drunkenness being Irish Fenian terrorist activities being Catholic religious subversion. ...

Happy anniversary baby, got you on my mind

No it is not a webcam, but this photograph was taken a mere forty-five ago on my way in to work. Here you can see a good old fashioned Hobart autumn morning, with the rain pelting down and me getting drenched. This one was taken on the corner of Macquarie and Elizabeth, while I was waiting for the lights to change. Come on Ampelmännchen ! Today is my wedding anniversary, an apparently I need to be showering Jen with leather -related goodies. Va-va-vaVOOM! To you Jennifer, here is a poem I wrote this very morning. Anniversary I love you i love you iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou I LOVE you I love YOU iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou I LOVE YOU iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou Happy anniversary

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