creaky old convicts

It's time for a break in "the weather"...a post not related to our New Zealand trip. Here's a bunch of photos I took last week of my gorgeous hairy husband on the footy field. That beard will be gone in just over 2 weeks!!!! I think I'll throw a 'the-beard-is-FINALLY-gone' party. Sorry, I digress. Ben has been playing footy almost every Sunday afternoon since we moved here. He LOVES it.  At first he wasn't allowed to score a try...well, the team is for oldies you see.... but now, he's OLD yay (over 35)!!!! Now, he's legally allowed to score a try, and better still, he can compete in the Golden Oldies Rugby comp!

This week Norfolk Island hosted a Golden Oldies Rugby competition with teams visiting from QLD and New Zealand. It was a week long wild rumpus of footy and socialising. I hate footy. I never watch it, EVER! But I have to confess, I loved every minute of trying to capture the fun these Creaky Ol Convicts were having. Their enthusiasm was completely infectious; just a bunch of guys (and a few gals) of all shapes, sizes and fitness levels running around together, having a laugh....all with the aim to get a ball over the line...apparently! Ben is the youngest player and the oldest, Ian, is 80 years old. His gold shorts are a visual reminder to the other players that he's untouchable!

Before we moved here, Ben read about the Creaky Ol Convicts here, on Cristina's blog. He said then and there, "I want to play with those guys when we move to Norfolk". I'm glad he's living the dream! lol

I won't lie...I've TOTALLY lost my blog mojo of late....not only have I lost the inspiration to keep up with writing posts, I've barely even dropped in to read anybody else's blog (and that alone is very unlike me!). My focus lately has been photography. It's all I want to do! I've just learnt a bit more about shutter speed so I've been trying to capture as much action as I can. I still have SO much to learn (and I'm having a lot of fun)!