05-08-17 Portraits

Saturday 5th August 2017

Today Kingsley declared to his daddy that he wants to go to school with the school bus. He misses going to school. That settles the matter then; Erroll will send Kingsley and I to Greece for the precise objective of enrolling him into his beloved pediko stathmo in Lagonissi, Mr. Mixali the school bus driver coming to Saronitha to fetch the kiddies and Kingsley eating breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea there at school.

Meanwhile our days is spent indoors; Erroll is with us till 2 PM, and we speak with mum in Greece with instructions she contact Ms. Sophia regarding summer camp, Jim in Sydney to offer our condolences for the tragic passing of his lovely wife Helen, and Kingsley enjoys the tasty bread his daddy brought back from Manchester. Five pieces in fact. We peak early today as Kingsley wakes much earlier than usual: 8:30 AM. We are used to 11 AM and 12 Noon so this threw me. Its because we put him down ‘early’ at 7:30 last night. I cannot deal with early starts, I now recognize.

After a varied breakfast (2 babybells, 2 pieces of buttery toast, an apple, a banana, milk, laban) and lunch (chicken pattie, 2 pieces buttery toast again, pineapple juice) Kingsley is ready to practice his portrait taking. Out comes the Nikon D7000 and 50mm 1.4 G lens specifically for the child to take pictures of his favourite toys and knick knack. Here are his images…