David Michael Clarke : Images from my life

Pauline's Visit [October 2008]

2008-11-17T04:24:00.000-08:00

Pauline and Elise, and their respective families came for the weekend. A lot of children, a lot of noise.

Antoine, Magenta, Lois and Mona

Antoine [climbing] Lois [watching]

Magenta and Mona

Amélie's Birthday [October 2008]

2008-11-17T04:16:00.000-08:00

The full sunday treatment.

Amélie [with oysters]

Magenta [with oysters]

Magenta and tricycle [confined]

Ile de Re [October 2008]

2008-10-27T08:30:00.000-07:00

A weekend sailing trip from La Rochelle to St Martin on Ile de Re. Somehow I forgot to bring my camera, so I spent the weekend playing with my telephone! It seems to take ok pictures, although there is some 'haziness' here and there in the images.

Magenta [up], Pierre [down].

Caen [September 2008]

2008-10-02T14:06:00.000-07:00

Emmanuel with Alain's cat.

St Sulpice [September 2008]

2008-10-02T14:00:00.000-07:00

Blackberry picking in black. Anabelle, Bertrand, and Daniel's dog.

St Gilles Croix de Vie [August 2008]

2008-09-07T13:43:00.000-07:00

Vendee in August. My definition of hell. The less said the better. My advice is - don't go. But if you have to, walk as far from the beach as your legs will carry you. We managed to find a little sailing school tucked in the esturary. It had a little artificial beach. Not a soul in sight. It was perfect.

Wall [with sign]

Magenta [with sand castle]

Jasper [surveying his sister]

Caen [August 2008]

2008-08-18T01:32:00.000-07:00

4 days in Caen to work with Sylvain on the new electronic cover versions for postgods. During this time we took many breaks, strolling around the neighbouring quartiers.

Green Wall

Orleans [August 2008]

2008-08-18T01:13:00.000-07:00

A short trip to my sister's place in Orleans. I took my mum and my daughter to visit the latest arrival - Octave.

Liz [with washing]

Mum [with Octave]

Octave [with dolphin]

Pierre [with Cars]

Magenta [at breakfast]

Magenta [with spacehopper]

Reville [August 2008]

2008-08-05T12:10:00.000-07:00

Back in France, jet-lagged, but happy to be re-united with our children. Amélie and Joël had looked after them for 3 weeks. That's a long time for children, and it's an even longer time for grandparents!

The Jury

Jasper & Anabelle

The fishing party

Magenta [after Caspar David Friedrich]

The jury is out

The jury is out [definitely]

Anabelle [folding clothes]

Anabelle [fishing]

Amelie & Anabelle [fishing]

Amelie [fishing]

Darwin [July 2008]

2008-08-05T10:24:00.000-07:00

This is the catalyst for our whole Asia-Australia trip. My friend, Guillaume Janot asked me to be his best man. He had met Tana during a research trip to Beijing. They fell in love ... bla bla bla ... she's australian, he's french, the wedding was to take place in Darwin! It was a really beautiful wedding with two incredible readings [read performances]. Unfortunately, I don't have that many photos of the day, because I was way to busy 'socialising'. But I do have a couple of shots from Guillaume's last hour as a batchelor.

Anabelle x 2 [with toes]

Guillaume [let's do it]

Guillaume [wait a minute]

Feet [at Moonshadow apartment #6]

The only way is up

Adelaide [July 2008]

2008-08-05T08:24:00.000-07:00

My brother Tony and his family have been in Australia for 6 months now. He's an air traffic controller, and has been posted to Adelaide. Hence the reason for our visit. During the stay I made many short videos with his children.

Lucy [with washing basket]

Alex [with truck]

Cooking [with Alex & Lucy]

Demystification of the southern hemisphere whirlpool

Anabelle reading to Lucy

Heather [cooking]

Heather & Tony [searching]

Alex & Lucy [at dinner]

Truck driver

Mandatory kangaroo photo

Anabelle [at the gym park]

Anabelle [writing postcards in Glenelg]

Brisbane [July 2008]

2008-08-05T07:31:00.000-07:00

We had over 8 hours to kill in Brisbane before our flight to Adelaide, so we took the train into the city. Our tired bodies could bearly carry us the short distance to the Botanic Gardens, but we did eventually make it and promptly fell asleep on a bench. In the afternoon we strolled along the river promenade, and took tea on the terrace of some 'contemporary bar'. This photo represents the view from our table.

Untitled Landscape [with salt and pepper]

Hong Kong [July 2008]

2008-08-05T05:59:00.000-07:00

This was an amazing and emotional trip for Anabelle and I. Anabelle had never visited Asia before. The last time I visited Hong Kong was in the early eighties, so I hadn't seen my cousins for over 20 years. I obviously took tons of family shots, but only a couple made it on to the blog. Nonetheless, I think it would be true to say that on this trip I was moved by people rather than places.

Anabelle [Star Ferry]

Janet, Paul, Matthew, David & Anabelle [Stanley Harbour]

Dinner time at Chaiwan

Anabelle [Hong Kong by night]

Anabelle [sleeping in a vegetarian Dim Sum restaurant]

Food [do not eat]