What We Did on the Weekend

What we did on the weekend…

[oops. I posted the text by email, then modified it by adding thr images using post edit on my blog site. The order of the photos is now the reverse of the captions. I'm sure you can work it out...]

1) Okay, so she hasn't quite sussed out exactly what a newspaper's
for, but she's still loving it (literally) to pieces.

2) It's definitely in the genes. Who'd have thought Tash's muffin
wrapper could have so much chocolate left on it?

3) Iola's stylish new shoes. We'd sworn black and blue that she was
never going to get a pair of shoes that squeak, but these sandals were
just too damn cool. Tell you what, though: I've got some two-part
epoxy ready and waiting to fill the holes where the squeakers used to
be the very second she starts walking!

4) Remember when you were a little kid and you'd go to sleep in the
back of the car? This little girl's doing it Surabayan style…
Personally, I'd feel a bit more comfortable if she had an occy strap
or something to keep her in place!

5) Negotiating rights of passage. Will diplomacy prevail? Or do we
shift to defcon 3?

6) Hurrah! Iola's five-point plan has ushered in a new era of harmony
and good will in the Supermall playground. The two little girls go
their own ways in peace and understanding.

7) Fashion parade. I'm not sure what it was in honour of, but it was a
pretty big deal. There must have been close to a kilometre of red
carpet stretched out through Supermall, with a rolling fashion parade
moving from the stage to do laps of the mall. Many, many people with
many, many cameras.

8) & 9) I want to start collecting a few more pics of this sort of
stuff. There seems to be a fascination here with classical
architecture and imagery. Thus, as seen here, you can be driving along
through warungs and shops and typically Indonesian suburbs, when you
suddenly come across triumphal arches, looming pillars (Doric, Ionic
and Corinthian too: though, as seen here, the capitals are often
supporting nothing but sky. Instant ruins—just add water), Greek
goddesses and Roman centurions. I love it. I'm trying to persuade Tash
that we should invest a month or two's pay in a legionary or two and
maybe a Diana or a Pegasus for the front yard, but (oddly enough) she
seems less than convinced.

10) Checking out the scene from her observation bubble.

We also went to see the new Indiana Jones movie! It was brilliant.
Very, very cheesy—but that's what it's all about, yeah? I won't say
anything more about it lest I spoil the plot for anyone.