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I'm nobody, who are you?

Blow Henry blow!

He advocated thrift and hard work and disapproved of loose women who turned him down.

Part two of my "boys by walls" series...

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Henry and Ezra patiently receive a lecture on the mating habits of the Lesser Flamingo...

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.

During our seven hour wait at Tullamarine airport last month, Ezra had plenty of opportunities to take photographs of planes...

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

Dear sweet little Ezra™ here demonstrates extreme grace under pressure. In this photo, you can see the tiny troubadour [you got a better alliteration?] exhibit profound self-control at young Master Will’s second birthday party. Mere inches from Ezra’s paws sat a lush chocolate birthday cake adorned with a couple of trains. If only all children have such willpower!

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

Here you can see big brother taking little brother in hand and pointing out the all important Water Taxi as it approached the dock in at Geilston Bay.

To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.

Stick with me mate, and we'll go places...

Something must happen!

Look out behind you! It's Father Christmas and he's got a reindeer! Merry Christmas Eve everybody.

The future is not what is coming at us, but what we are headed for.

Late afternoon, just finished the gardening, time to kick back with a cold drink and a muse on vital metaphysical conundrums: "Why [indeed] don't we do it in the road?"

We must be very careful when we give advice to younger people: sometimes they follow it!

Some people say that it's the dimples that make the smile. Personally, I reckon that it's the eyes .

In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.

Teamwork . It is a beautiful thing in action.