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It's the day after the 1st anniversary of 7/7, or the London bombings. So along with other reasons to remember the date, I have just been to 'Rise' (against racism) festival at Finsbury Park, London, and it was one of the best festivals I've ever been to.

80,000 people attended and it was paid for by the Mayor of London, but the reason it was so fabulous, was because "The Wailers" played. It was a tribute to BOB MARLEY.

They played everything that I wanted to hear - Redemption Song, Could you be loved, I Shot the Sheriff, Get Up Stand Up, No Woman No Cry Exodus plus more. I was in Jamaica exactly one year ago, and one of the most amazing experiences I have had, was when I went to '9 Mile' where Robert Nestor Marley was born and is now buried.

Dais

14 April 2006

Finally after 9 months, she has arrived... her name closely guarded so as not to spoil the suprise to myself and Simon's sister Natalie, my niece DAISY NATALIE was born on Good Friday, the 14 April 2006, at 2.45pm after only one hour of labour to the relief of her mum. Ethan now has a little sister to play with, and the Kent/Ropiha family is now complete. I only have a few photos to show you at the moment, but no doubt as she begins to blossom, you will find a field of daisies.

And so a little bit about us...

With thanks to our English grandmother, Elizabeth Mary Kearney (nee Doble), of Yarcombe Honiton, County Devon, Vanessa and I were able to immigrate to the UK in 1997 for an indefinite time. Listed below is a brief timeline, of trips and travels we have completed (together or separately). More will be added as we go along.

* 1997 - Arrive in the UK and visit our first European country, France (Daisy, Nessa and friend Rachel)
* 1997 - Hogmany New Year in Edinburgh (Daisy and Ness)
* 1998 - Road trip of Wales (Daisy and friends)
* 1998 - Majorca Spain (Daisy, Ness and Rachel)
* 1999 - New Zealand, Bali, Turkey, Holland (Daisy, Ness and Rachel)
* 2000 - Israel for the millennium (Daisy, Ness and Mellanie)
* 2000 - Egypt (Vanessa)
* 2000 - Three month road trip of Europe (Daisy, Nessa and Mellanie)
* 2001 - New Zealand
* 2002 - Road trip of Ireland (Daisy, Kate, Shari and Matt)
* 2003 - New Zealand, Fiji, South Korea, The Greek Isle, New Zealand again (all of these Daisy)
* 2004 - Australia (Dais - Queensland, Northern Territory & NSW for Kate and Stephen's wedding
* 2004 - Austria (Daisy, Kate, Stephen, Alys and Angus)
* 2004 - New York (Daisy and Kate)
* 2005 - Jamaica (Vanessa and Simon's wedding)
* 2005 - India (Daisy)
* 2005 - Canada (Daisy, Kate and Stephen)

Suprisingly enough, we have managed to hold down quite a few jobs, reside in several flats, make lots of good friends, and meet loads of interesting people. In between all this (and for me, the best news) Vanessa had a gorgeous and beautiful little boy called Ethan, who was born on the 18 August 2003. I have a page of pics dedicated to him alone. I think he is an amazing little person, this aunty loves him to bits, and she can't seem to stop taking photos of him (though I have selected only a few, or you'd be there all day).

I have tried to include a bit of commentary where I have bothered to keep bit of a diary of trips and life here in the UK, but you'll find it mainly made up of pics. I have no method to any of the links in the menu, they are placed as and when I've completed a new page.

Most of you will know I am a bit animal mad, and I do a lot of catsitting, so sadly I tend to take lots of photos of them. SO, to make it a little more interesting I have only included ones that I thought were quite cool photos of animals (mainly cats). But you be the judge and tell me how sad I am. I hope to hear from you soon.

Please note, this site works best in a Firefox browser. If you wish to download Firefox, please go to this link Mozilla/Firefox. It's free and much better then Internet Explorer, as not all my photos will display in IE.

And last of all, if you click on the image below you will be taken to a site of the music I am currently listening to:

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