The Indispensable Man

The Indispensable Man
(by Saxon White Kessinger)

Sometime when you're feeling important;
Sometime when your ego 's in bloom;
Sometime when you take it for granted,
You're the best qualified in the room:
Sometime when you feel that your going,
Would leave an unfillable hole,
Just follow these simple instructions,
And see how they humble your soul.  
Take a bucket and fill it with water,
Put your hand in it up to the wrist,
Pull it out and the hole that's remaining,
Is a measure of how much you'll be missed.
You can splash all you wish when you enter,
You may stir up the water galore,
But stop, and you'll find that in no time,
It looks quite the same as before.  
The moral of this quaint example,
Is to do just the best that you can,
Be proud of yourself but remember,
There's no indispensable man.

hey hey

The Kelvinator is still kicking, for any of you who have checked out the blog and wondered why nothing has been put on here for a while.

2009 has been quite a year so far, with the passing of dad. Flatmates coming and going, and the selling of Thunderbird 1.

Kelv 12.03.09

The Man in the Glass

The Man in the Glass


 
When you get what you want in your struggles for self
And the world makes you king for a day,
Just go to a mirror and look at yourself
And see what that man has to say.
For it isn't your father or mother or wife
Whose judgment upon you must pass,
The fellow whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the one staring back from the glass.
Some people might think you're a straight-shooting chum
And call you a wonderful guy.
But the man in the glass says you're only a bum
If you can't look him straight in the eye.
He's the fellow to please, never mind all the rest
For he's with you clear to the end
And you've passed your most dangerous test
If the guy in the glass is your friend.
You may fool the whole world down the pathway of years
And get pats on the back as you pass
But your final reward will be heartache and tears
If you've cheated the man in the glass.

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Kelvinator

Kelvinator is an appliance New Zealand born & bred since 1971. It takes its name from William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who developed the concept of absolute zero and for whom the Kelvin temperature scale is named.

Kelv 16.06.08

Growth

Nothingness, empty space, bare ground.

The sun shines, light streams through the clouds.

A green shoot appears, something grows!

Growth occurs, new life, healthy, strong.

Kelv 25.05.08

Deck Construction

Deck Construction has been the name of the game... see below for before & after shots.



Before





Timber arrives



The Foundations go down



The Decking Timber goes on...



Kelv 09.03.08

House Developement

The painting began & has continued at 22 Maryhill Ave, below are the before & after shots of the Spare Bedroom & the Sun Room:









Kelv 10.01.08