Postcards from Tasma http://thorpes.org/blog Stories and pictures from our small lives here at Tasma Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:46:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Homework with Ethan http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3896 http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3896#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:46:25 +0000 Administrator http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3896 Continue reading →]]> Ethan’s doing his homework and Fiona is nearby. His task is to find Australiana words for each letter of the alphabet. He’s at “S”.
Fi: can you think of a big Australian City beginning with “S”?
Ethan: Scamberra.
Fiona: Nope.
Ethan: Spazmania!
Fiona: Nope.

Ethan: how about “U”?
Fiona: hmm. OK. What’s that gigantic rock out in the middle. Of Australia ? The famous one.
Ethan: The UltraRock?

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]]> http://thorpes.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3896 0 Modern Maladies http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3892 http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3892#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:38:36 +0000 Administrator http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3892 Me: Lucinda, what’s an example of a disease?

Lucinda: Weasels.

]]> http://thorpes.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3892 0 Don’t walk. http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3890 http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3890#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:55:51 +0000 Administrator http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3890 We were walking around the queens cliff marina … and suddenly, Audrey got down on all fours and started crawling.

Want to see why?

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]]> http://thorpes.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3890 0 Audrey’s First Day at School: An beginning, and an end. http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3869 http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3869#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:55:41 +0000 Administrator http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3869 There she goes, into her future. And for Fiona, the end of 10 years of having children in the house all day, every day. Today’s going to feel very quiet at Tasma.

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]]> http://thorpes.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3815 0 Dance session http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3812 http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3812#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:55:01 +0000 Administrator http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3812

]]> http://thorpes.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3812 1 I dont want much. http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3810 http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3810#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:17:28 +0000 Administrator http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3810 Fiona: so I ask Audrey, aside from a puppy what would you like for your birthday? And she says “my own GPS and my own iPad and my own computer”

]]> http://thorpes.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3810 2 Sudden Impact http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3806 http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3806#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:52:47 +0000 Administrator http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3806 Paul Pettit took the girls along to their swimming lessons last week. Thanks Paul! The swimming instructor gets a surprise around 22seconds in!

]]> http://thorpes.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3806 1 Dave’s double rainbow birthday http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3844 http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3844#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:06:25 +0000 Administrator http://thorpes.org/blog/?p=3844 IMG_0534 IMG_0529 IMG_0527 IMG_0526 IMG_0534 IMG_0533 IMG_0531 IMG_0530 IMG_0529 IMG_0528 IMG_0528 IMG_0527 IMG_0530 IMG_0531 IMG_0532 IMG_0533 IMG_0526 ]]> http://thorpes.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=3844 0