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Happy Father's Day

Before I focus on my own day, I hope that my Dad has enjoyed a happy Father's Day. He and Mum are in Western Australia at the moment and I reckon there's a good chance that Dad will have enjoyed today despite the fact that his beloved Demons (that's the Melbourne AFL team) bowed out of the finals race with their fifth loss in a row yesterday.

As you can see, my own day started well. Enjoying breakfast in bed, listening to the wonderful singing of The Tallis Scholars on my new iPod, having already been treated to some lovely cards and presents from my kids.

As a father, it is a delight when my children surprise me with their talents.

My son Alex has many talents but art has rarely come to the fore until now. However, this morning he gave a colourful "fold-up" card that included three photos, one of himself taken by his teacher, one of him bowling in last season's Cawsey Shield cricket grand-final and another of me, his sister Rosie and him at Lismore last January. He gave his teacher some of the credit, but to me it still demonstrated some artistic talent peeping through.

On the hand, my daughter Rosie has an undeniable artistic flair, which she showed with the following acrostic poem that she whipped up on the computer this morning:

Have a happy Father's day
And enjoy your gifts,
Poems and
Polish to make
Your shoes shine.

Flop down onto the bed
And sleep
Till you're no longer tired.
Have a great day and
Enjoy yourself 'cause Father's Day comes
Round only once a year
So just relax and have fun!

Dad, Thanks for everything, I really
Appreciate it (especially you BBQ fry ups!)
Yum!!!

Thank you Alex and Rosie, you're great kids.

Posted to Personal by Keith Pitty