At last!

[radegund]

The lovely niallm has sorted out the glitch that was stopping me from uploading images to our server, and so, without further ado, I bring you two ACTUAL PICTURES of the ACTUAL OYSTER ... and one by him. If you're very good, I might post some more soon :-)

They're wide, for which I apologise, but if I decide I need to smallify them for this post, it'll never get done.



The Oyster and his Mama on a peculiar sort of pedalled roundabout they had in a playground in Belfast in April.



This is just to show you how beautiful he is, really. It was taken in Connemara, also in April.

(Well. I never claimed they were up-to-date pictures, did I?)



This was taken with a mobile phone, so apologies for the quality. Sometimes Oisín does a drawing, then looks at it and decides what it is. He did this one after we got home from Reading in May, where ailbhe and rrc's trike made a big impression on him. He drew it, looked at it, and said "trike". I can see what he means. Can you?

Comments

[ailbhe]

Oh my god. Yes, yes I can. At least, I see the two wheels, and the wedge-shape of the box and cover on top. Wow.

Wow.

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Hee! He hasn't done the draw-shapes-then-identify thing for a while. But his shapes are getting more sophisticated.

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

Oh, and actual photo of actual you as well! a) the Oyster still has the fascinatingest face of any small child ever, practically, b) I want a go on that roundabout c) you! I like pictures of you! d) I can absolutely see what he means.

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

I like pictures of the Radzer, too! I MISS HER. WAIL.

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Likewise! But you are Coming Soon to a Swannery Near Me!

[radegund.livejournal.com]

a) Yes, I look at it all day every day, and I don't find it palls :-)

b) It was great! Three seats with pedals, and three with just footrests, alternating and evenly spaced. Took quite a bit of effort to keep it moving while leaning forward to hold the Oyster, mind you.

c) Thank you!

d) I was pretty gobsmacked when I saw it. I'm fairly sure it was an identification after the fact - but I wish there was a way to know!

[pisica.livejournal.com]

Cute! And yes, I can definitely see a trike. He is truly an infant genius.

[radegund.livejournal.com]

He is a bit cute, yes, I'll concede. His genius has always been evident to me; it's gratifying that the world (or at least my f-list) is in agreement :-)

[socmot.livejournal.com]

Not only is it a trike...it's almost a three-dimensional trike!

[radegund.livejournal.com]

It is a trike, isn't it? It's not just me ... or rather, me and Oisín...

[ailbhe]

My mother had one of five who produced art like that and she's dying to see a copy of this one. (My eldest sister Deirdre, The Artist, produced a 3-d chair at some ungodly young age).

[syleth.livejournal.com]

Clever and gorgeous. (both him and the drawings!)

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Thank you (on his behalf)!

[kulfuldi.livejournal.com]

NEARLY as charming as he is in person. But not quite. I am very cast down by the thought that he won't remember when I'm back next.

[radegund.livejournal.com]

FEW PEOPLE are as charming as he is when he decides to be charming.

He might remember you "in theory", as it were. He asked me to draw you today.

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

He's got such an expressive face.

And I admit I saw a bike before I read his suggestion, but now I see the 3rd wheel.

[ailbhe]

What you can't see is that he's also got the shape of the passenger box! The trike doesn't have a crossbar, which one could see if one thought the pic was of a bike, but it does have an angley bit on the cover.

[londonn7.livejournal.com]

I am in tears at your lovely photographs.....I miss you guys!! Will be home weekend of 29th July, hope you will be around. Will call and say hi in meantime.

YOU'RE BOTH SO CUTE!!!

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Yes, we should be around that weekend. Certainly in Dublin, anyway. Giz a ring any time.

[tenderhooligan.livejournal.com]

Button cute! :)

And this is the first time I've seen a picture of his mammy too! :)

[radegund.livejournal.com]

He is somewhat cute, yes.

(I am very, very bad at getting around to posting photos. Particularly given that niallm is utterly trigger-happy and there are literally thousands of the things on his hard drive...)

[tenderhooligan.livejournal.com]

He's more than somewhat cute! Gush woman! ;)

And, yes, post more. I actually don't pass out when I look at babies now! ;)

[leedy.livejournal.com]

Oh, the CUTENESS! He is so, so adorable (and you're not bad yourself, missus). And I definitely see a trike in the picture - I actually saw a bike initially, before I read the enlightening description.

(also did you get my sadly belatened email?)

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much :-)

(I did get your e-mail, thanks - will reply eftsoons!)

[biascut.livejournal.com]

Aw, look at you both in your reds and blues! That's a lovely photo.

And yes, I can see the trike too! Clever Oyster!

[radegund.livejournal.com]

We were all about the red coats this spring. They don't quite match (and neither quite matches O's jaunty new red buggy), but what the hell.

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you!

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

Oh, gorgeous (and artistic) Oyster! And you look lovely yourself.

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Why thank you! (He is a little bit gorgeous, I'll admit.)

[ainetl.livejournal.com]

OH YAY photos! and they're lovely. you and oisín both look good in red. i love love love the first photo of the two of you.

look at oisín big blue eyes. heh. and yes, for sure that is a trike. no doubt about it.