christmas eve recovery

We picked Bear up after his rather distressing surgery today. He seems to be holding up okay...



... provided my dad is by his side.




Clearly, my dad has a rather abiding bedside manner. Oh... you've just got to love the both of them! x

How to Know When Your Father's a Real Character...

When somebody dresses up like him for the (very competitive) Halloween costume contest at work...and wins!

The actual "Dan the Engineer" is on your left in the yellow shirt - very kindly shaking hands with his impostor sporting safety glasses and a hat emblazoned with "Concrete Counts" - my dad doesn't actually own such a hat, but very well might have if he'd come across one... further proof that we all answer our existential call one way or another.