Today was my first time on a train ever. And to top it off, my first time on a train was on my favourite train of all – Thomas the Tank Engine!!!
Mum and Dad, David and Max, and I, went to the Zig Zag Railway at Lithgow in the Blue Mountains for a “Day Out with Thomas – Train Ride & Carnival Experience.” I was so excited I could hardly contain myself 
And Max was pretty pleased too.
Just like last Easter and the Easter before, today started with a chocolate breakfast.
Lunch, on the other hand, was prefaced by a hunt.
After gathering each item from the menu…
It was time to partake of the spoils.
After which I even found the time to give some back.
Today I went to Ryan‘s third birthday party – and it was hot – real hot!
It’s been a year since Ryan turned two, and two years since Mum and Dad took me to Wollongong for Ryan’s First Birthday Party, but this time Ryan had an extra-special Thomas the Tank Engine cake and, right now, Thomas is my favourite!
Australia Day this year was spent with Mum, Dad, Godmother Linda and Teri – wandering through The Rocks – before lunch at Pony (the chips were OK).
I’m not an abstractionist. I’m not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I’m interested only in expressing basic human emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, doom, and so on.
I’m not trying to make paintings look like photos. I want to make paintings using photos as a reference, the way painters did when photography was first invented.
