Well actually the emperor. But with all the archery action and Robin Hood watching, I am getting my evil authority figures mixed up. Regardless, how awesome is my aim!!
Well, after 3 hours and a hundred arrows it was about time I hit something ;)
Yes, we have officially started archery classes with 'Feral Archery' at the Gosford show ground. Our first session was last Thursday and I learned many things. I am 'left eyed' which means I line up a target using my left eye to focus. In 37 years of using my eyes I never consciously realised that. I learned that after pulling a bow string back over and over and over again you get REALLY sore fingers. I learned that using a bow and shooting an arrow is both easier and harder than in looks. As is much in life....
Like being a brother.
Well, after 3 hours and a hundred arrows it was about time I hit something ;)
Yes, we have officially started archery classes with 'Feral Archery' at the Gosford show ground. Our first session was last Thursday and I learned many things. I am 'left eyed' which means I line up a target using my left eye to focus. In 37 years of using my eyes I never consciously realised that. I learned that after pulling a bow string back over and over and over again you get REALLY sore fingers. I learned that using a bow and shooting an arrow is both easier and harder than in looks. As is much in life....
Like being a brother.
We have been examining a concept of human life every week and this week it was 'brotherhood'. As I mentioned, in line with our archery obsession we have been watching 'Robin Hood' - a made for tv series. It is fairly low budget and hilariously camp but gave us a great way to discuss the concept of brotherhood. Robin's gang are an imperfect collection of misfits and vigilantes, flawed in their individuality and often conflicting as a group. They bicker and sneak around, they punch and humiliate each other, to the point of almost imploding as a collective. AND they rescue each other (repeatedly), stick up for each other, take risks and pay compliments and share with each other. They are a brotherhood, as are my two sons. Sometimes this brotherhood causes anguish as the tie seems inescapable to them. But then the safety and shared private jokes and sense of 'someone having your back' makes up for all the petty squabbles.
We are lucky to have a pretty good 'brotherhood' in our freedom farm neighbours as well. Here we are all going to a wedding on the houseboat. Yep, we went to a wedding by houseboat.
We are lucky to have a pretty good 'brotherhood' in our freedom farm neighbours as well. Here we are all going to a wedding on the houseboat. Yep, we went to a wedding by houseboat.
And at the wedding we were a gang. We sang karaoke, ate and drank together and danced up a storm! And when 'gangnam style' inevitably came on, our local little brotherhood of boys were at the centre of the circle whooping it up like nobody's business.
They were bound by a common love of cheesy dance moves as well as a true level of comfort with each other and and at that moment, all the arguments over Xbox turns and what was fair and unfair were forgotten.
Perfect brotherhood.
They were bound by a common love of cheesy dance moves as well as a true level of comfort with each other and and at that moment, all the arguments over Xbox turns and what was fair and unfair were forgotten.
Perfect brotherhood.
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