Going back a few years (and one Doctor incarnation), the Doctor and Rose go back in time to meet her father who died when she was six months old.  By preventing his death, she creates a paradox and inadvertently releases the Reapers, and leaves the Doctor powerless.

Part 1 of 5 (each about 10 minutes long)

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

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Gift Basket Fathers Day – Treat Dad on his special day – this gift box is filled with 3 4oz Tortuga Rum Cakes, Original, Chocolate, and Blue Mountain. Dad also gets a 12oz gift box of Jamaica Blue Mountain Blend and Frozen Mocha mixes!

The whole family having fun in the beautiful leaves near their home

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On the 31st October I travelled to Mirfield to photograph Vanessa & her gorgeous family: Gary, Kieron, Jamie and Nathan.  It was a gorgeous autumn day, the family were great fun and we captured so many images that I love!

Vanessa bought the shoot voucher as a birthday gift for Gary ….  (hope you are happy with the results Gary!)

Here are just a few samples from the shoot, there are many more I am keeping secret until the viewing later this week ……

Dad telling a very funny (made up) story!

Big brother Kieron in his bedroom (a moment of peace away from the twins!)

Jamie & Nathan can't wait to pile on their brother! squeeze .....

This room was very very tidy before I arrived! sorry Vanessa!

Jamie ... very cheeky and extra cute

Nathan ... also very cheeky, but very cute!

The family got unruly, so I locked them in the garden.

“Thanks Vanessa & Gary for arranging this shoot and for being up for a laugh in your shoot!  Your boys really are absolutely lovely, you must be so proud of them …. see you soon! “

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http://www.childrenseducationalnetwork.com The Father’s Day is celebrated to honor our fathers for everything they do for us through out their life.

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I bought these tie brads from Impress Rubber Stamps online and couldn’t wait for them to come! Aren’t they CAUUUUTE!?

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• My Mind’s Eye Paper
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• CTMH adhesive jewel

The other day, I had the priviledge to photograph some products by Ginny Marsella, owner of Ginny’s Tarts & Treats. I’ve known Ginny for a couple of years now, as she is also a PHENOMENAL massage therapist and I’d highly recommend her to anyone who needs one!

I also had the YUMMY experience to sample many of her creations and they are FABULOUS! To be honest, I am not one for white chocolate, but one of my favorites is the white chocolate covered potato chips. They are awesome!! So you see, even if you prefer one chocolate over the other, you have GOT to try both. Ginny’s Candied Apples are to DIE for and there are so many options for those.

I could go on and on about her products but I would definitely recommend contacting Ginny if you ever need a wonderful gift with a personal touch. Think Holidays, Weddings, Showers, Birthdays, Birthday Favors, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Thinking of You, etc etc. The possibilities are endless! Her website is in the works so I will add that once it’s up and running. So for now, if you’d like to contact Ginny, you’re more than welcome to call her at 401-573-2910.

Here are a few of my faves from the product session:

I call these “Every Pregnant Woman’s Dream”…chocolate covered potato chips!

TEXT: Psalm 103: 13 and 14

MAIN POINT: God the Father has taken time to create us, redeem us, and care for us.

TALKING POINTS:

Have you ever wondered how Father’s Day got started? According to published reports, the first Father’s day was observed in Spokane, Washington in 1910, 92 years ago. Louise Smart Dodd proposed the idea in 1909 because she wanted to honor her father who was widowed when his wife died giving birth to their sixth child. He raised all 6 by himself.

She wanted to observe it the first day of June, her father’s birthday, but the Spokane city council could not get the first reading through until the third Sunday in June. Well the idea spread throughout the country and in 1924 President Coolidge declared the first observance of a national Father’s Day. President Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the 3^rd Sunday of June Father’s Day in 1966 and in 1972, just 30 years ago, President Nixon signed into law that Father’s Day was to be held on the 3^rd Sunday of June. And know you know, the rest of the story!

Several years ago when our phone companies had the last name of Bell, it was reported that Illinois Bell’s traffic had increased significantly one Father’s Day with resulting delays due the number of collect calls that we being made that day.

A successful attorney once made this statement: “The greatest gift that I ever received was a gift that I got one Christmas when my dad gave me a small box. Inside was a note saying, ‘Son, this year I will give you 365 hours, an hour every day after dinner. It’s yours. We’ll talk about what you want to talk about, we’ll go where you want to go, play what you want to play. It will be your hour!” He went on to say, “My dad not only kept his promise, but every year he renewed it – and it’s the greatest gift I ever had in my life. I am the result of his time.”

I am the result of his time. Much has been made of both the lack of, as well as the importance of, father time in our society and its affects on our society. The National Fatherhood Initiative recently listed on their web-site, (www.fatherhood.org,) the following conclusions from an analysis of over 100 studies on family life entitled, “The Importance of Father Love: History and Contemporary Evidence:” (overhead 1)

1. 1. Having a loving and nurturing father was as important for a child’s happiness, well-being, and social and academic success as having a loving and nurturing mother.
   2. Withdrawal of love by either the father or the mother was equally influential in predicting a child’s emotional instability, lack of self-esteem, depression, social withdrawal, and level of aggression.
   3. In some studies, father love was actually a better predictor than mother love for certain outcomes, including delinquency and conduct problems, substance abuse, and overall mental health and well-being.
   4. Other studies found that, after controlling (allowing for) for mother love, father love was the sole significant predictor for certain outcomes, such as psychological adjustment problems, conduct problems, and substance abuse

One of our own US Senators, Evan Bayh, has on his section of the US Senate website, (www.senate.gov,) the following sobering fact about Indiana families, over 20% of families in Indiana do not have a father present in the home. (Overhead 2)

But there is this hopeful sign on the same web page. Fathers who completed the Dads Make A Difference Program in Lafayette, Indiana reported the following results:

A. More confidence in their ability to take care of their children and meet emotional needs.

1. B. More cooperation with the mother of the child.
2. C. Less hostility towards the mother of the child.
3. D. More child support payments were made.
4. E. Improved parenting skills and more contact with the child.

Fatherhood is very, very important. We understand that when we hear the stories, both good and bad, about fathers. There is a yearning in the human soul for a wonderful relationship with dad. It is expressed in ways large and small. Good and bad.

Lowell D. Streiker, an inspirational humorist, speaker, author, and minister said in a sermon entitled, “Help Wanted, dad. Ask for Calvin and Hobbes,” “Great fathering requires three things: being there, being aware, and being real. Everything else is dessert.”

All of us here this morning are the result of our father’s time no matter how that was spent.

But, we are also the result of our Heavenly Father’s time with us. For God, our perfect father is aware of who we are, was there for us on the cross and is still here for us today, and is real in His relationship with us.

In Psalm 139 we read in verses 13 –15:

“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!

Your workmanship is marvelous—and how well I know it.

You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,

As I was woven together in the dark of the womb.

You saw me before I was born.

Every day of my life was recorded in your book.

Every moment was laid out

Before a single day had passed.”

In the classrooms we hear of the evolutionary creation of humanity. The Bible sees it differently. Now the Bible is not a science book. It is a theological book.

Evolution is a scientific theory that, from what I can tell, has yet to be proven. It speculates that humanity evolved from lower forms of life to what it is now.

The Bible tells us that God created humankind in His image. Such a claim is theological in nature. It says that the origins of the human race are not just evolutionarily biological or chemical but divine in nature. In other words, we were created by One who created the materials by which we are created!

My point? A good father is one who realizes that his children have been created by God and are a gift from God. The good father realizes that his children are not some evolving creation whose life has been biologically predetermined. They are dynamic spiritual beings influenced by the choices and decisions dads make.

One of the greatest events in fatherhood since the advent of color TV has been the admission to the birthing room and the ultrasound screen.  Those two items have brought fathers much closer to the reality of what is growing and moving inside of mom’s body. And it is not some thing it is a moving, growing alive human being in the making!

Now God has not only taken the time to create us, He has also taken the time to redeem us! And Jesus gives us a glimpse of the fatherhood of God in John 17. This passage has been commonly called his “High Priestly Prayer.” But, I want us to notice the intimate connection with God the Father as I read portions of this chapter starting with verse 1. (Read through to verse 5 and then move to verses 20 and 21).

As Jesus heads to the cross, who is it that He constantly communicates with even as he hangs on the cross? God the Father!

“Abba, Father, everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will, not mine.” “Father, forgive these people, because they don’t know what they are doing.” “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands.”

Jesus is not personally concerned with what others are thinking and saying during these moments. He does not ignore them, but His focus is on accomplishing what His father sent Him to do.

The work of Jesus Christ, which makes possible forgiveness and a right relationship with God, is a result of God’s redemptive time on our behalf. Why? A good father sacrifices for his children.

Finally we experience the result of God’s time for us as we experience His care. In a passage that we spent some time in last week, Psalm 103, we read in verses 13 and 14:

The Lord is like a father to his children,

tender and compassionate to those who fear him.

For he understands how weak we are;

he knows we are only dust.

Prior to these verses we read of God’s slowness to anger, His patience with our condition, and His mercy and care for us.

David personally understood and experienced what he writes in this Psalm. As we review his life, we remember the affair with Bathsheba, the intentional murder of her husband, and the cover up of both.

But, David acknowledged and confessed his wrongdoing and God forgave him and restored him to a right relationship with Himself. I believe that it is out of that experience, as well as a life lived as faithfully as possible, that David could write these words. He understood that God understood the human condition.

For some individuals they wrestle with this passage. This is not their experience with their earthly fathers and therefore faith and trust in God does not come easy. But, that has never been God’s purpose from the start. His purpose has always been and always will be that we experience His care.

Earthly fathers understand what it means to be human. In an article entitled “Imperfect Dads Expect Perfect Sons,” Archie Wortham wrote of his struggle to not “over do” his fathering and said this,  “Maybe it’s because I realized how hard it was for me to learn some of the stuff I learned on my own. I want to make it easier for them.”

And so does our heavenly father. In one of those “you have to accept by faith” moments, “God became flesh and dwelt among us.” He too, understands what it means to be human for He also experienced life on this planet. He saw first hand all the things that we think are modern problems – domestic violence, family splits, terrible diseases, mental illness, and spiritual disinterest– but gave people a hope beyond themselves and their circumstances.

Let me put it this way this morning, one of the results of God’s time on earth, in the person and work of Christ, is that “he understands how weak we are; he knows that we are only dust.”

And as David puts it in Psalm 68:5, “Father to the fatherless, defender of widows – this is God, whose dwelling is holy.”

CONCLUSION:

So what does all this mean to us dads? Lowell D. Streiker says this, “What are the primary tasks of being a father? And how should we perform them? Fathers protect. Fathers teach. Fathers model. Fathers instill values. Fathers empower (or disempower), and Fathers are a child’s point of contact with the wider world. In particular, a father is essential for the development of his children’s sense of values. In simplest terms: No dad, no conscience.”

That is a tall order for dads. It is a constant challenge. It is doable in many ways. But, we never perfectly master these things. But, God does because He is the perfect father: (Overhead 3)

1. 1. He is always present, even when we do not give Him the slightest thought.
2. 2. He is aware of everything. He knows what is going on and knows that total picture.
3. 3. He is real. “There is no shadow of turning with thee,” says the great hymn, Great Is Thy Faithfulness. There is no dishonesty or deception with God. He is real through and through.

My prayer for us this morning is twofold:

1. That we dads recommit ourselves to our Heavenly Father and out of that recommitment we become better fathers and husbands as a result by being there, by being aware, and by being real.

2. And That all of us find peace of mind and soul in the embrace of God the Father who is our perfect Father and who desires more than anything else to make us into what we have been created to be so that we become the results of His time in us. Amen.

My Camera Editorial Advisory Board comment published on June 14, 2008:

My father loved deep-sea fishing along the California coast relatively close to his home. He could tell lots of stories about his fishing fun. The funny part about him was he didn’t like to eat the fish at all. So, he’d take the fish home and bury them in his rose garden. I had heard fish were good for roses, but until my father’s fish burials, I never knew anyone who actually did it.

My father liked to cook at least a couple of dishes. I believe his most favorite one was chili. He said he could make “a mean dish of beans.” (At the time, I thought making kids eat beans was mean.) Without actually knowing the truth of what sparked his interest in cooking, I imagined he got his start when he was serving on a ship in the U.S. Navy.

One of my brothers told me my father had a tender heart. My brother said my father would cry for hours over the contents of one of his drawers of family pictures and letters. Now my father’s gone, I won’t know about the parts of his life I only imagined. Maybe it’s for the best in some ways. I missed the father I could have had if only…

*This title was not part of the Camera publication.

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Creepshow is an American horror-comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero (of Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead fame), and written by Stephen King (Carrie, The Shining, Misery, The Stand).

It was considered a sleeper hit at the box office when released in November 1982, earning over $21 million domestically, and remains a popular film to this day among horror genre fans. The film was shot on location in Pittsburgh and the suburb areas. It consists of five short stories referred to as “Jolting Tales of Horror”: “Father’s Day”, “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill”, “Something to Tide You Over”, “The Crate” and “They’re Creeping Up on You!”. Two of these stories, “The Crate” and “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill” (originally titled “Weeds”), were adapted from previously published Stephen King’s short horror tales. The segments are tied together with brief animated sequences. The film is bookended by scenes, featuring a young boy named Billy (played by Stephen King’s own son, Joe King), who is punished by his father for reading horror comics. The film is an homage to the E.C. horror comic books of the 1950s such as Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror and The Haunt of Fear.

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In later years, the international rights of the film would be acquired by Republic Pictures, which today is a subsidiary of the Paramount Motion Pictures Group, itself owned by Viacom. The film’s UK rights are owned by Universal Pictures.

Trivia:

• Stephen King carried a toy figure of the character “Greedo” from Star Wars (1977) on the “Creepshow” set for good luck.
• Cameo: [Joe Hill] (son of Stephen King) The young boy featured in the beginning of the film (avid reader and collector of “Creepshow” comic books).
• Rice Krispies were used as maggots on the corpse’s eyes in the first story, “Father’s Day”. In addition, real maggots were also utilized.
• The marble ashtray (which plays a major role in Creepshow’s first story, “Father’s Day”) is featured in all five of the film’s stories if you look closely.
• The wrestling match Jordy Verrill is watching on TV in the second segment, “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill”, was being called by Vince McMahon (Chairman of the WWF – now WWE). The wrestlers in the ring were then-current WWF Champion Bob Backlund and The Samoan No. 1.
• A sign leading to “Castle Rock” (Stephen King’s trademark fictitious town) appears at the very end of the segment “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill”, among other signs.
• Ted Danson, who played Harry Wentworth in “Something to Tide You Over”, said in a T.V. interview that his daughter was on the set during the scene where his character returns from the dead encased in rotting flesh and seaweed. He purposely tried avoiding his young daughter out of fear of scaring her. Finally, despite his best efforts, she went up to him, looked at him and simply said, “Oh, hi Dad.”
• It is rumored that Max von Sydow was originally slated to play Upson Pratt in Creepshow’s final story, “They’re Creeping Up On You!”.
• In a “Creepshow” special feature from the pages of “Cinefantastique” magazine around the time of “Creepshow”’s release, Stephen King (screenwriter) and George A. Romero (director), revealed that if the film’s final story (“They’re Creeping Up On You!”) had proven to be too difficult and ambitious to film, it would have been substituted with the King short story “The Hitch-Hiker”, which ended up being the final story of the film’s sequel, Creepshow 2 (1987), directed by George A. Romero’s cinematographer on the original Creepshow, Michael Gornick.
• Originally, in Stephen King’s first draft 142-page screenplay for the film, the stories “The Crate” and “Something to Tide You Over” switched places. Making “The Crate” story number 3 and “Tide” story number 4. This is also how the Berni Wrightson Creepshow graphic novel adaptation turned out.
• In Stephen King’s original script for the film, the final story, “They’re Creeping Up On You!”, originally took place in a lush, carpeted penthouse apartment. However, because with roaches this would have been unworkable, Romero opted for a more empty almost hospital room-like set for the story.
• Two of the characters featured in the film, Tabitha and Richard (The new professors at the faculty reception at the beginning of the fourth segment, “The Crate”), were named after Tabitha King (Stephen King’s wife) and Richard Bachman (his ghostwriting name), according to the author.
• In the film’s second segment, “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill”, the film playing on Jordy’s television in the background is A Star Is Born (1937), according to director George Romero’s commentary on the UK special edition DVD.
• The prop 10-cent “CREEPSHOW” comic book featured in the film was drawn and inked by veteran artist ‘Jack Kamen’, one of the artists for the original E.C. crime and horror comics of the 1950’s. Creepshow was a tribute to these comic books. Jack Kamen also created the comic book-style poster for the film, which was also featured on the front of the Plume “Creepshow” comic book adaptation (which Bernie Wrightson, another prolific horror comic artist, drew and inked the interiors for). Originally, (‘Stephen King (I)’ wanted Graham Ingels, another EC artist (famous for his work on the title “The Haunt of Fear”) to do the artwork for the film’s poster, but he refused. It was head of EC comics ‘William M. Gaines’ who then suggested Jack Kamen do the assignment. Kamen accepted.
• A screen capture of the “Creepshow” comic book featured in the film reveals that the letters page has letters from “Brian Hall of Ann Arbor, Mich.” and “David Graves of Spruce, Maryland”, among others. Spruce is the maiden name of King’s wife Tabitha. David Graves is the name of King’s late brother-in-law (married to wife Tabitha’s sister, Catherine). David Graves lived in Maryland (although not “Spruce”, Md), until his death in 2000.
• The on-set nickname for the monster in the crate in Creepshow’s fourth story was “Fluffy”, as named by director George A. Romero. The creature’s creator (and makeup artist on the entire film), Tom Savini, was the shorter garbageman featured near the end of the film.
• Why does Aunt Bedelia’s father come to life after 7 years in the first story “Father’s Day”? Not because of the lucky number it turns out. If you watch closely you will see Bedelia spills whiskey on the grave. In Gaelic, the word for whiskey is translated as Water of Life, and is likely a nod to James Joyce and his book “Finnegan’s Wake”. In the story a builder’s laborer falls from a ladder and breaks his skull, but is revived when someone spills whiskey on his corpse at the wake. The story of Finnegan’s Wake is in turn written based off an old Dublin street ballad.
• At the end of “The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill”, on the signpost is the town of Portland, Maine. This was Stephen King’s home town, and King is the star of this segment of the film.
• Adrienne Barbeau was still married to John Carpenter when Creepshow was released. Carpenter would make the film version of Stephen King’s Christine (1983) the following year. King wrote and makes an appearance in Creepshow.
• The housekeeper in the “Father’s Day” sequence is Mrs.Danvers. The malevolent housekeeper in Alfred Hitchcock’s suspense film Rebecca (1940) is also named Mrs. Danvers.

Sorry Martin but the Brits are obsessed with magazines. I’ve gone on a few work trips overseas and whenever we’re killing time before boarding our train or plane my colleagues feel it necessary to buy one or two magazines. Good on them. I guess someone has to buy Horse & Hound.

Many times this shopping is from an equally weird shop called WHSmith. Even British people don’t really know what this establishment is all about. You can’t pigeon hole it like other retail stores. It isn’t a newsagent, it isn’t a bookshop and it isn’t a convenience store.

They must also have the best accounts department in England. They recently announced a rise in full-year profits, despite a fall in sales. Genius!.

It’s a nice shop, however, on 19 June 2009, WHSmith had to apologise for promoting a book on cellar rapist Josef Fritzl as one of the “Top 50 Books for Dad” as a Father’s Day gift. Ouch.

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Remember the entry yesterday when I told you about the freakin’ cool Flower Bus I bought? Below are two pictures of the bus and of my window! Indeed, the Flower Bus really looks great by the window.

I actually think it’s one of the coolest stuff I have in my room, maybe even the coolest one.

Today it’s Father’s Day and my grandparents are coming for dinner so that both I and my mom can celebrate our fathers. My mom will make a delicious dinner and I’ll make a blueberry pie for dessert.

I hope all of you will also celebrate this special day!

Now that the hoop-la over the president’s book has died down we can
talk about “audacity”. I love this word, in the 90’s a man tried to get
me fired over this word.

My whole adult life people have gotten upset with me for using big
words, I hear things like, “speak normal English,” or “do you have to
always talk over everybody’s head?” I personally don’t see the problem,
all the words I use are in the dictionary and most don’t have too many
letters. So I have blamed it on the poor education system that
has failed to teach common words to the populous. However, I have
friends that have said it is because I lived most of my life in Texas,
where the ego is big and vocabulary is simple. This may be so it was in
Texas this story takes place.

I was managing an apartment complex in Houston, it was the Sunday of
Father’s day. The weather was relentless, storms for 2 days and the
clouds were not going away.

Rain in June does not relieve the heat, I
don’t know of anything that will relieve the Texas heat except winter
and then just a little. What the rain does do is give great light shows
and flood, it can be a very dangerous thing to be in the rain in Texas.

The air conditioners have to be big and powerful to beat the heat in
the Texas summer. Ours were on top of the buildings to service each
apartment. A portion of the air conditioners were in each unit with the
temperature control and the filter compartment.

The gentleman in apartment 10 had complained early in the day that his
a/c was not working. I informed my maintenance man and let the tenant
know it could not be fixed until the rain stopped. I could not allow
the repairman on the roof of a 3 story building in a Texas downpour,
that would be risking his life.

Just about lunch time the fellow from apartment 10 came to my office,
even though it was closed for the holiday, my daughter answer the door.
That was normal to do even when closed just in case someone needed real
help.

After a few minutes she returned to our Father’s day festivities,
exclaiming, “You better take care of this guy”. I went to my office to
find the parts of the a/c unit, that had been in the apartment, now in
the middle of my office floor. I could not believe the whole thing was
right there, so I said “What gives you the audacity to think you can
deposit that here and accomplish anything you want, get that
contraption and you out of my office, put it back where it goes, now!
Don’t come back for the rest of the weekend.”

Twenty minutes later my boss called and said the woman from apartment
10 called, said I cursed her husband out and called him an “audacity”,
what ever that was. They reported me and wanted him to fire me for my
bad language. We had a big laugh and I did kick them out for
destruction of property but between my boss and me; it was because they
were just dumb.

The lesson to take from this is look up the word before you accuse
someone of cursing you or you may look stupid.

Father’s day is a celebration of honoring fathers. fete des peres falls in the month of june on third sunday celebrated across the globe. In the same way one can celebrate mother’s day for honoring mothers. Historically father’s day started in the twentieth century to compliment father in order to celebrate fatherhood and male parenting. One can count father’s day as to honor one’s lovable father commemorating fathers and forefathers in the family. Worldly father’sday is organized on different dates involving gifting, dinners, and family based activities showing one’s love and respect for fathers. The very first celebration of father’s day was in the year 1910 in the month of june by sonora dodd’s coming from the country spokane. The thought of celebrating father’s day emerged from mother’s day when sonora was attending the sermon on mother’s day. Seeing this later she decided to honor her father by celebrating father’sday.

Still people don’t make father’s day very special occasion counting few of them. Many governments doesn’t shows its interest in providing holiday on father’sday and is still fighting that day counted as official holiday. Generally one will not find father’sday in the holiday list of calenders inspite efforts done by both YWCA and YMCA. It is in the mind of people who loved and cared their parents alot in every sense. As one celebrates mother’s day so in the same way one celebrates father’sday to meet with each other happily. Now this holiday is taken in wrong ways and reasons resulting are futile. Most of the people target father’sday as a satire,parody and derision which includes jokes and many other different views revealed by many newspaper.

In many countries father’sday is counted with varied reasons and aspect for showing its importance in the society globally. Father’s day is not considered important as one should have kept respect and love for one’s own parents who have shown them this amazing world. One can visit on net to gather more information and sharing among friends at homes and offices to help one’s parents. Why there is need to love once parents and caring. For this question one has to think. Father’sday gives chance to realise those factors among kids to understand the value of humanity and responsibility. In this way the importance of relation is abided with each other.

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My Camera Editorial Advisory Board comment published on June 16, 2007:

Since Sunday is Father’s Day, I’d like to focus my comments there and leave others to discuss the 14 candidates in Boulder’s special election. I hope you don’t mind.

This Father’s Day shouldn’t pass without reflection on the role of fathers and our appreciation for them. Sigmund Freud said, “I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.” In today’s world, children certainly need their fathers’ watchful eye to help steer their course and to keep them safe in all ways. By and large, the fathers I see do a tremendous job at it, too.

As we think of what we can give them, we may choose a special outing, a treat, or a present. Fathers may enjoy these, but I venture to guess they may appreciate even more their children honoring them. So what does that actually mean? It means children do things that reflect favorably upon their fathers. No matter the kind of fathers we have or what they like to do, we can honor them by making good choices. This is the ultimate Father’s Day gift that can be given every day of every year.

*This title was not part of the original Camera publication.

Georgia in training!

On the 17th October I visited Gerard, Vanessa and the gorgeous little Georgia at their home in Leeds. I had such a lovely day with this family, and captured many images that I can’t wait to show them!

We started by capturing some images in the living room, with studio back drops and natural settings, then ventured in to the garden to capture some images of Georgia with Gerards many Cricket bats … I’m not sure that Georgia loves cricket quite as much as her daddy  but she does look very cute in the hat!

Vanessa had some beautiful photographs taken too … but these are top secret and for Gerard’s eyes only.  We then finished off the day by going for a walk in the beautiful local woods, surrounded by the wonderful autumn leaves.

” Thanks Vanessa for booking this shoot as a gift for Gerard …  and for looking after me with lovely food! I look forward to seeing you all again soon for the reveal of all of the photographs.”

Crazy cuddles in the lounge

Georgia making a run for it!

"Please play Vanessa!"

Gerard teaching Georgia the ropes

To see more portraits taken in clients home click here to visit the gallery

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NOONG UNANG PANAHON,
SINIMULAN NYA ANG PAGIGING AMA.
NILALANG NYA ANG BAWAT BUHAY
UPANG BIGYAN ITO NG PUSPOS NA KARUNUNGAN.
IBINIGAY NYA ANG LAHAT-LAHAT
UPANG IPAKITA LAMANG
NA AKO, IKAW AT TAYONG LAHAT
AY KANYANG MINAMAHAL NG WALANG HANGGAN…

HANGGANG SA ANG HATID NITO’Y
TILA MGA BINHI NG PAG-IBIG SA KASALUKUYAN
MGA BINHING NAGBIGAY PINTIG
SA BAWAT TIBOK NG PUSO KO, NG PUSO MO AT NG PUSO NATING LAHAT.
SILA ANG MGA BINHING NAGING HALIGI
AT PUNDASYON NG ATING MGA TAHANAN.

Sa unang mulat ng aking mata, siya na si makisig na nagpapalit ng aking lampin.
Para siyang si Adarna, na pawang ako lamang ang napapatulog.
Isa siyang alamat sa nobela ng aking paglaki.
Animo’y si Ibarra na puspos ng tapang at dunong.
Siya ang aking naging sanggalang sa tuwing ako’y madadapa.
At ang aking naging katuwang sa bawat hakbang ng pagtanda.
Tuwing ako’y mapapahamak, siya ang aking Superman na handa akong sagipin.
Handa niya akong iligtas, patungo sa daang matuwid.
Daig niya pa nga si Marcos sa matuwid nyang pangangaral sa aking kabuktutan;
Subalit, puso naman nya’y mamon, sa mga mumunti kong kahilingan.
Kahit pa ang ibig sabihin nito’y ibigay sa akin
Ang tangan na kaning kanya na lamang isusubo.
Kahit pa ang ibig sabihin nito’y ibigay sa akin
Ang lahat ng kanyang pag-aari para sa aking pagkatuto.

Wala sa kanya ang pagod, basta’t ako’y magtaglay ng dunong.
Wala sa kanya ang pagtitiis, basta’t ako ay maging mabuting bunga.
Wala sa kanya ang masaktan, basta’t ako ay masagana.
Wala sa kanya ang magbanat, basta’t ako’y panatag.
Wala sa kanya ang pagdurusa, basta’t ako’y may pag-asa.

Wala sa kanya ang gutom, basta’t ako’y busog.
Wala sa kanya ang sakit, basta’t ako ay masigla.
Wala sa kanya ang hinagpis, basta’t ako ay masaya.
Wala sa kanya ang pagsusumikap, basta’t ako’y maging marunong sa buhay.
Wala sa kanya ang paghihirap, basta’t ako’y may pananalampalataya.

Sa espesyal na araw na ito… nais ko lamang ipaabot sa iyo ang aking pasasalamat.
Salamat dahil ikaw ay tulad ng pastol na sa akin ay gumagabay.
Salamat dahil ikaw ay mapagkalinga at naging isang matibay na sandigan.
Salamat at ikaw ay laging handang makinig sa aking mga hinaing.
Salamat at ikaw ay laging nandyan para ako’y tulungan sa aking mga pangangailangan.

Salamat ikaw ang aking tatay.
Ikaw ang aking papa.
Salamat, salamat, ikaw ang aking daddy.
Ikaw ang aking popsy.
Salamat, salamat, salamat. ikaw ang aking superhero.

From the Original Version:A WIN Manila Tribute to Fathers 2009;With contributions from Jeff Llamado

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