A new Family Car

What with the demise of the Opel in February, we have been making do with the Ford Ka. A Ford Ka is a fine vehicle, unless you are fussy about minor things such as comfort, safety and reliability. Getting into one alone is bad enough. With four people it is more comfortable in the fridge. Ours has a crack in the windscreen that is now almost touching the sides, at which point the screen may fall into two pieces and be driven inwards by the wind, and just as you congratulate youself that you ducked in time to avoid decapitation by the lower portion , the top half slams down like a guillotine and finishes you off. Thus we searched for a modest conveyance.

This Maserati caught our eye, but not for long.

It belongs to the father of a horsey girl. He has lots of cars like this. You wouldn't want to be seen in the same car two days running, now would you? People who cannot afford one of these go to the Ferrari shop for something more modest. The car has an interesting affinity with the Gregorian calendar. It has a cylinder for each month of the year and one kph of top speed for every day of said year. And probably one mile per gallon for each of the four seasons.

Anyhoo, we found the Mazza a bit ostentatious. We wanted something like Karolien's MPV in New Zealand, and ended up with a Nissan Almere Tino, a soort of Renault Scenic lokk-alike. From 2000 but spotless and with only 86000 km on the clock. I am allowed to drive it sometimes. The price for hurling myself and the Opel into the canal last icy February.

One always finds photos in odd corners. One day we will sort them all out. This is Opa with his great grandson Sam, at the wedding of Kees and Ans.

Moddles

Further in the photo department, Emma is at that stage wher teeners take millions of pictures of themselves. Mostly they are just teeny-posy things, but occasionally something rather good catches the eye. I needed room in the camera SD card, but hesitated befre deleteing these 3.

The 2 indoor ones are done by holding the camera at arm's length.

Sara, your comments please!