After spending what seems an eternity in a motel in Mountain View my chest infection had cleared up by today sufficiently so that I was no longer a threat to either Ella or young Flynn. It was a real joy to come through the door and see Flynn again and Ella made the trip back home in the car with us ... even better with instant recognition. I got to read Ella some books and build impressive structures with her Lego blocks.
And I got my first real exercise in two weeks when Greg invited me to play tennis with me, which he won by an embarrassingly wide margin. Still, it was my first game in what must be 20 years so I had an excuse! After that we threw a Frisbee for maybe half an hour or so in the adjacent park while keeping an interested eye open at a game of Quidditch being played alongside us. This previous fictional game featuring in Harry Potter books and movies has been elevated to a real sport in California and other nerdy places. The players in each of the two teams ride witches' brooms while trying to wrest a ball from their opponents and throw it through raised circular hoops - presumably scoring a 'goal' of sorts.
This picture shows what I've just described ... I think! The brooms seem to be held in place with one hand, which only allows one free hand for all the rest.
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Anyway, I can't see myself taking up this particular sport, nor tennis for that matter. I'll stick my bike back home. After a pleasant afternoon in the park and Ella had returned from her own sessions there with Dot, it was back to child-raising activities like those already mentioned and holding young Flynn while Emily was preparing herself for feeding time. Here a two more photos, one of me holding the now 17 day old baby and the other of Emily holding an interested Ella, who is now coming I think to accept that mummy has two objects of attention.
Apologies for the first of these. The picture I added was rotated through 90 degrees, but the BLOG will only add it in current format!
And I got my first real exercise in two weeks when Greg invited me to play tennis with me, which he won by an embarrassingly wide margin. Still, it was my first game in what must be 20 years so I had an excuse! After that we threw a Frisbee for maybe half an hour or so in the adjacent park while keeping an interested eye open at a game of Quidditch being played alongside us. This previous fictional game featuring in Harry Potter books and movies has been elevated to a real sport in California and other nerdy places. The players in each of the two teams ride witches' brooms while trying to wrest a ball from their opponents and throw it through raised circular hoops - presumably scoring a 'goal' of sorts.
This picture shows what I've just described ... I think! The brooms seem to be held in place with one hand, which only allows one free hand for all the rest.
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Anyway, I can't see myself taking up this particular sport, nor tennis for that matter. I'll stick my bike back home. After a pleasant afternoon in the park and Ella had returned from her own sessions there with Dot, it was back to child-raising activities like those already mentioned and holding young Flynn while Emily was preparing herself for feeding time. Here a two more photos, one of me holding the now 17 day old baby and the other of Emily holding an interested Ella, who is now coming I think to accept that mummy has two objects of attention.
Apologies for the first of these. The picture I added was rotated through 90 degrees, but the BLOG will only add it in current format!
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