Photography according to Nathan Bernard

This weekend, Nathan 'borrowed' Mama's camera and decided to capture our world .... BEWARE!!! lots of the pictures published in this posting are worth ignoring!!





Oh Gosh my big brother is SOOOo coool ...




Keelan came to visit on Sunday.... Keelan is Mama's Godson and she smothers him quite a lot ... I think she's a little bit too fond of him ... next time he plans to bring his snorkeling gear to assist with the breathing process during inflicted cuddles ...

Is he handsome or is he HANDSOME???!!!!

Anyone who says Nathan didn't take the picture below is calling me a liar ...

spot the bandaged hand in the forefront? Read on for more details of Papa's injuries posted at foot of this post ...

Below, this is Keelan's Mama Suzi, who also tends to get smothered quite a lot ... she's a very patient person though ... Mama refers to her often as her best friend ... she's quite fond of her ...

Nobody noticed me creeping out of the house during Sunday lunchtime, to secretely discover the wonders of my new swimming pool ...

the wonders of ADVENTURE ...

no-one even noticed my escape from the lunch table ...

thank goodness no-one discovered my manoevres, else I would have been in BIG trouble!!!

Who called my name? Go look in my bedroom see if I'm there, ok????

And then to close the day it was bathtime... my special moment with my siblings ...

Bathtime revealed the intensity of a sunburn Mama and Papa were quite shocked by ...

For those of you who might feel concerned ... the sunburn subsided within twelve hours. Rest assured that Mama and Papa are fully aware of the dangers surrounding sunburn and never EVER let this kind of thing happen .... it was just a matter of ten unprotected minutes in the sun .... they have vowed never to let it happen again... please don't let this ever happen to your kids ok??? Don't be as dopey as my Mama and Papa ....

... in closing here's some pictures of me cudding my Papa... Papa broke his two fingers at work and has to stay at home for six weeks. Now I know I should be sad but listen - its six weeks at home with Papa all to myself!!! This is HEAVEN!!!!

(Yes, Papa is camera-shy and hates having his photo published in my blog - each one that is published should be considered as a real ACHIEVEMENT!!!!)
A big cuddle for my Papa - Papa I love you soooo much!!!!

An untypical hence typical week in the life of Abigail ... not easy to say good bye to Claude who has been my physiotherapist since I was born

Me and my friend Tinky Winky are well on top of things folks ...

we went to Adeline's for a bit of psychomotricite (which i have learned is NOT the English-language equivalent of physical therapy - so what IS the word in English???? My Mama has launced an international vocabulary enquiry!!!)

Adeline is teaching me all about the concept of 'inside' and 'outside' ... this is one of the first premises of cleanlinesss I 'll have you know!!!

No, this is not a re-born me ....

this is me finding out all about 'inside' and 'outside' and following an adventure set by Adeline .... I SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo love my Friday mornings!!!! Wouldn't YOU love to be doing this??????

All good things have to come to an end .....

Mama had to camouflage some of her tears because Friday was the big official 'Good bye' to Claude my physiotherapist. Claude has been looking after me since I was three weeks old, he knows me so well, and I love him so much. Je t'aime Claude. Tu es un kine genial, exceptionnel, et hors norme. Certes tu es un Ours Grizzly, mais c'est justement ce qui te permet d'aimer, de comprendre et d'aider. Tu ne prends rien a la premiere impression, et tu comprends les autres dimensions.... c'est pourquoi moi et Mama on t'adore. Vraiment tres fort... merci Claude pour ces 24 mois passes ensemble. Tu es devenu ma famille, et je t'adore Claude. C'est le coeur d'Abigail qui te parle .... Merci Claude.

The last appoint with Claude my physiotherapist ... lots of emotion ...

Claude, je t'aime, et tu auras un place tres importante dans ma vie. Merci Claude pour tout ce que tu m'as aide a faire toute seule!!! Tu fais partie de mes reussites physiques!!!


And just to end this post on a positive note, cos I won't pretend it was easy to say goodbye to Claude ... at all ...

the sun has finally arrived in the south east region of France!!! No this is not Pamela Anderson (nor is it Shrek !!! The green reverberations are a touch ott here!!!)

hMMMM.... seems like this is Abigail the Green WATER NYMPH!!! In Scotland they would probably refer to me as Nessie (hey Fairy Godmother, ain't that right???!!!)

Abigails pool does shed a little shame on the state of the family pool ...




Bye bye folks!!! This evening I have a sunburn in the perfect shape of my swimsuit .... Mama has learned that alas I did not inherit the Sun-friendly skin of my Papa but her own sun-timid skin which means EVEN MORE sun screen than ever before!!!!

The first christening piccies have landed!

Hmmmm .... I know there's a priest around here somewhere ...

... lets have a quick peek ...

Lots of very nice climbing frames in this place ...

hmmm .... whats going over there ....

looks like theres another kiddie winkie dressed in white here ...

I wonder if he's getting christened too l...

Hello Yann!!! Do you come here often???

Sorry - gotta go - they want to place my head above a silver basin and bath my head in water ... see you in a bit ok?

Well, that was fun!!! Don't see much point in having blow-dryed my hair this morning, but you know, I'm not complaining!!!

Hey Parrain Franck, I'm over heeeeeere!!!

and you are very late!!!

Put me down everyone, would you!

I want to go outside ... I just spotted a pair of angels!!!

Angel one, and ...

angel two ...
No, the pair below definitely does not count. Not angels. At all. That's my Fairy Godmother Helen... she's Scottish.

There will be lots of fantastic pix of Franck my godfather in the next chapter .... so watch this space for more!!!

One of the rare photographs of the full blast of Bernard Bunch !!!!

I had a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful day. We are all very happy, and it was an important day for us all. Thank you to everyone for making it such a specially special day.