We have a new camera in our extensive collection! It’s a splendid Kodak Brownie Flash II, which takes a massive roll of film that alas can no longer be purchased at the camera store, but I’m sure we’ll be able to fashion something to fit it. The viewfinder is on the top, and can only be viewed at arms length whilst held down low. It gives a super crisp looking image to the photographer before he or she clicks the shutter, and there’s a second viewfinder on the side, for landscape shots! Our friends Jess, Tim and Ruby the dog bought it for us – thanks guys, you rock!

Since our last post, Twinkle has been inundated with Anti-Dribble orders! Her little sewing machine has been rattling them out twenty to the dozen! It’s by far the most successful product we’ve offered, so it seems that Rhett is possibly not the dribbliest baby in the world after all!

It seems we have the worlds dribbliest baby! In an attempt to curb this issue, I’ve rustled up a few anti-dribble bibs for Rhettman. So far, there’s been an interest at Mums group for my blankets, and I wonder how many pre-orders I’ll get for these! They come with beautiful cotton fronts, a practical toweling back to keep clothing dry, and are finished with a child safe popper fastening at the back ensure baby can’t remove it themselves!

Whilst on Oxford Street today, Twinkle discovered this amazing original acrylic painting by an unknown artist. It’s enormous at about 3 and a half feet tall, and thus forms the largest painting in our ever growing collection. The girl in the shop knew nothing about who painted it and it’s not signed, but she told us to pop in next time we were passing as she’d try to find out for us. Rhett is totally entranced by it, favouring this new addition over his beloved Delores – I’m sure once the novelty has worn off he’ll be back grinning at her though Anney!

UPDATE:
So, after a little digging around, it seems we have a fake on our hands! Not that we’re too annoyed, as it didn’t exactly break the bank like the original by Yue Minjun would have done, which was listed by Christies in 2008 with an estimate of $400,000 – $600,000! It’s called ‘Overlook’, and can be seen here.

We’re not fans of fake stuff, especially art, when there are so many talented people out there selling their work at very affordable prices, but at least we’ve now discovered another amazing artist we love! Based in Beijing, the majority of works by Chinese Cynical Realist Yue Minjun are in oil, depicting himself frozen in laughter. Discover his amazing work here.

In December 2006, we went to Bangkok. We took many pictures on several cameras, but just last week, we discovered a film in the back of the cupboard that we’d forgotten to process. Tom, our friendly film processor based at 303 Pitt St, laughed at the poor quality of the prints, but we thought they were pretty good! The only real way to make your prints look really old is, it seems, to leave the film almost 4 years before processing it! A new technique? Mmm…

See the full set on Flickr by clicking here

Feet is a random selection of shots from all over the world of mainly Jones’ (and occasionally Twinkle’s) feet. It’s a log of just some of the dozens of pairs of Converse All Stars that Jones has walked in, along with other brands such as his rather rare Hungarian Tiszas, worn only on very special outings, or when he’s wearing green. For some reason, these shots seem to centre on London and Hong Kong, though that may be because we’ve only thoroughly searched our London and Hong Kong archive for shots of this classification. We’ll no doubt keep searching, and add them accordingly. See the current set on Flickr here.

On Saturday at 2.18pm, Rhett, our Son was born! Here’s some pictures!…