Shanks, Whiffs and One-Irons, Laura Aiken – Golf course real estate on trial.

Some golf and real estate developments have been holding hands in a dicey game of Red Rover, beckoning the bankruptcy dog to come on over and play in their perpetual bath of red ink. Others have sold fast and sustained the golf and housing marriage well. However, this could be a sellout year for red pens.

New home sales in the GTA were down 77 per cent in December compared to the same month in 2007, according to the Building Industry & Land Development Association (BILD). That’s pretty bad. And if new home sales are down that much in an area of primary residences in urban areas, how are second homes on golf courses in the country going to fare?

Some builders are going for the business aggressively. I was told Sierra has pushed the town of Collingwood to fast track the approval of its 15,000 square foot community clubhouse at its Tanglewood development, which backs onto the Atoka golf course, in hopes of gaining a competitive edge over other projects that may be slowing down.

Developers can only hope the release of the federal budget will restore consumer confidence, which the Conference Board of Canada reported as slightly higher but still dismal in January, according to CBC.

This could be the tipping point for projects in precarious places. It will be interesting to see if any courses are dragged under by the real estate slump.

Laura Aiken is the editor of Bay Area Golfing magazine as well as Canadian Pizza magazine, a business-to-business publication. She has been a golf journalist for six years, and a mediocre player trying to lower her handicap for 10 years. Laura can be reached at laura@bags.on.ca.

TED BITS, Ted McIntyre - GAO HANDS OUT AWARDS…

The Golf Association of Ontario handed out a number of awards and crowned its newest president Saturday morning at Thornhill G&CC. Local lady Liz Hoffman, who takes over from Steve James,
has been an influential leader in Canadian sport as an elite athlete, successful coach and widely-respected administrator. Currently the University of Toronto’s Director of Athletics, Hoffman has been a driving force behind intercollegiate competition in Canada. A former Ontario Junior and Quebec Amateur golf champion, she has competed in the U.S. Amateur and Open championships, the Australian and British Amateur championships and the Canadian amateur and Open. But those in attendance got a feel for her ability to inspire during a most impressive acceptance speech Saturday.
The remainder of this year’s executive consists of 1st Vice President John Swift of Smithville, 2nd Vice President Kathy Pilkey of Claremont, and directors Marilyn Field-Marsham (Toronto), Jim Furlong (Waterloo), Stu Hamilton (Mississauga), Gilles Hurtubise (Kingston), Bill Muzak (Baden), Ian Murray (Oakville), Bob McMenemy (Sault Ste. Marie), Susan Wickware (Thornhill) and Ken Teshima of St. Catharines.

A QUAGMIRE IN ORLANDO
Recession? What recession? Quagmire Golf, the flashy, Canadian-based apparel company, will be showing off it wares at the PGA Show in Orlando this week. Hot on the heels of a Canadian Open victories in golf (Chez Reavie) and curling (Glen Howard), Quagmire got some press at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic last week for its outfitting of golf-addict rocker Alice Cooper and singer Singer Josh Kelley (who’s looking pretty haggard below). I expect the Quag gang should be fun to hang out with this week.

AZINGER’S ANCIENT EQUIPMENT
There’s a great story in today’s Tour Van equipment website discussing Paul Azinger’s decision to not sign any equipment endorsement deals. The winning captain of the 2009 Ryder Cup, who made the cut in his first tourney at the Sony Open this season, claims he doesn’t know if he’s “going to play six times or 26 events this year. I just felt like it’s not really fair to anybody because I don’t really know. I just want to play what I want to play for a little while.”
The 49-year-old’s bag, which he bought for $99 at Sports Authority near his home in Bradenton, Fla., is filled with six different brands: a Callaway driver, TaylorMade fairway metals, Mizuno T-Zoid irons from his 2000 Sony Open win, Ping and Nike Wedges and a Yes! putter. His ball and shoes were also from Nike while his glove represented his only endorsement deal, Bionic Glove.
“For the first time in a long time I’ve liked every club in my bag,” he told writer Dave Shedloski. “Every club that’s in there is a favorite club. That’s kind of nice. I’m not having the pressure to play the latest, greatest equipment. Prior to 1995 I played all the clubs I liked. Then after that I kind of got wrapped into playing the clubs for the money.”

MISSION HILLS STILL TOPS GUINNESS RECORD
China’s Mission Hills Golf Club has being named “World’s Largest Golf Club” by the Guinness World Records for the fifth consecutive year. Located 30 minutes from Hong Kong, the 12-course Mission Hills also features three spas, three golf academies, a five-star hotel and much more.

GETTING HIGH ON GOLF
Six acclaimed golf and resort properties (The Fairmont Banff Springs, Silvertip Resort, Canmore G&CC, Kananaskis Country Golf Course, The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club and Stewart Creek G&CC) have joined ranks. Offering 135 holes of golf throughout Canada’s Rocky Mountains, the six properties have combined to offer visitors convenient access to a destination they’ve themed “Canadian Rockies Golf: Historic. Dramatic. Untamed” to convey to discerning travellers the attributes, activities and resort lifestyle amenities they offer. The base altitude for the region averages nearly a mile high, with ever-present, surrounding peaks rising thousands of feet higher. To learn more about the program, visit www.canadianrockiesgolf.ca.

GOT A PLANE TO CATCH?
Here’s a pic of the salvaging of the U.S. Airways flight in New York. Nice to see it takes them two days to pull an entire airliner out of the Hudson River, but two weeks to find my suitcase.

GETTING A HAIRCUT
I’m getting a haircut this evening in advance of departing for the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. Why is it your hair always looks best the day you arrange to have it cut? Could it be that thousands on hairs, in a desperate plea for their lives, finally decide to behave?

A NEW TOP 50
An associate emailed me the following link that monitors eBay and returns golf related items for sale for less than $50. Some seriously good stuff here. Click here for a link.

GOLF THROUGH THE LENS, Chris Gallow – 10 ways in Photoshop to convert to BW.

1. Gray scale

The oldest and most simple method.

In photoshop go to:
Image –> Mode –> Grayscale

2. Desaturate

In Photoshop go to:
Image –> Adjustments –> Hue/Saturation
Move the slider down to -100
(can be done through adjustment layers)

3. Gradient map
In Photoshop go to:
Image –>Adjustments —>Gradient map
Select gradient from Black to white
(can be done through adjustment layers)

4. Match Color

In Photoshop go to:
Image –> ajustments —-> Match color
Put Color intensity to 1 check in th box for neutralize
Further options can be found under source and use a previous converted image.

5. Lightness
In Photoshop go to:
Image –> Mode –> Lab color
Select channels
Throw out a and b channels
return to RGB with
Image –> Mode –> Grayscale

6. Color blend
In Photoshop make new layer
layer –> New fill layer –> solid color
select black
Select the layer and change its blending mode to color

7. Calculation

In Photoshop select:
Image –> Calculations
Lot of options to choose from in
Source 1 og Source 2
also in blending

8. Channel mixer

In Photoshop select:
Image –> adjustments –> Channel mixer
Check monochrome
Move the slider until satisfied
try to hold total at 100%
(can be done through adjustment layers)

9. Film and filter method
In Photoshop select:
Layers –> new adjustment layers –> Hue/saturation
Put saturation to -100
Rename the layer to film
select background
make new Hue/saturation layer
Layers –> new adjustment layers –> Hue/saturation
Rename this layer to filter
change blending mode to color
Use the hue slider in this layer until satisfied.

10. Black and white
In PS CS3 there is a mega way based on channel mixer
Users of Lightroom should welcome this method as it is based on similar grounds.
In Photoshop select:
Image –> adjustments —> Black and White
Here you can play endlessly with sliders to get the best result
There are many ways to use this meathod that I will explain later on.
(can be done through adjustment layers)

Now start practicing

TED BITS, Ted McIntyre - COMINGS & GOINGS, AN IMPORTANT SURVEY AND THE NEXT TIGER WOODS…

WEIR, IAN ANDREW AGREEMENT IS OFFICIAL, I GUESS
While it was reported here last week that architect Ian Andrew and Mike Weir had probably tied the knot (business-wise) with respect to Weir’s new design firm, IMG (Weir’s management firm) indicated that nothing would be announced until a press conference in the coming weeks. I guess they changed their minds since Lorne Rubenstein got quotes from all the pertinent players in his Globe & Mail story on the subject a couple days ago. So I’m a little miffed that my email last week to IMG about the timing of the press conference and a possible photo shoot with Weir and Andrew went ignored. I wouldn’t be surprised if this helps dilute the attendance figures on Weir’s next teleconference.

SHAKE-UP AT BOND HEAD
One of the more, shall we say, colourful figures in Ontario golf, Nigel Hollidge, was cut loose as The Club at Bond Head’s Director of Golf Properties earlier this week for what we expect are budgetary reasons. (Jamie King has taken over as Director of Sales & Marketing). While Beacon Hall is looking for a G.M., I’m not sure if Hollidge is the best fit. Someone I’d love to see surface in that position is Jeff Boismier, formerly of the Muskoka Bay Club and Nearly New Golf–a classy fellow with great people skills and someone looking for a position he can settle into for a number of years.

DO A SURVEY, WIN A TRIP
The National Allied Golf Association (NAGA), a coalition of Canada’s national golf associations, is conducting a study of the nation’s golfers to better understand golf’s economic impact on Canada’s economy. All respondents will be entered into a draw for two weekend passes to the 2009 RBC Canadian Open, the 100th playing of Canada’s open golf championship. As part of this study, NAGA needs to know how often you play golf, as well as what golf activities and products you purchase (don’t tell them about the partially used golf equipment I sold you). In appreciation for your time and effort in completing the questionnaire, all respondents will be entered into a draw to win a weekend for two to the 2009 RBC Canadian Open, the 100th playing of Canada’s Open Golf Championship. The getaway is valid from anywhere in Canada and includes airfare, shared accommodations, car rental and tickets to the RBC Canadian Open being held at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont. from July 23-26th, 2009. (For whoever wins, I’d ask you to bring me along, except that I live 5 minutes from the course, so I’ll just meet you there and you can buy me a beer). The questionnaire and contest will close on Saturday February 14th, 2009. Click here to take the survey. http://sngoup.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5hzuNkhnpoGl3QE&SVID=Prod

TABI SIGNS UP LORIE KANE
Tabi women’s apparel has signed on four-time LPGA Tour winner Lorie Kane as its official spokesperson. The media will get the official news next Wednesday night at a press conference at Bay Hill Golf Club in Orlando.

WATCH THIS KID PLAY!
Japanese phenom Ryo Ishikawa, already a winner as a pro, will make his PGA Tour debut next month in the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club, outside L.A, Feb. 19-22. You may not have noticed, but the 17-year-old high school student is nestled between No. 59, Dudley Hart, and No. 61, Woody Austin, in the World Golf Rankings. He’ll be back in the U.S. one month later when he plays in Orlando at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, having accepted Palmer’s invitation there.
Ishikawa just became the youngest Japanese athlete to earn a hundred million yen in a single season last year (about $1.1 million US), thanks in large part to his winning the Mynavi ABC Championship on Nov. 2, despite admitting he wanted to cry for help during the round and that his hands shook such on No. 18 that he found it “like a scene from a ‘manga’ comic story.” He had no reason to be nervous, having already won on the Japanese Tour (the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup, which he captured in May, 2007…as an amateur…at the age of 15 years and 8 months…on tour attempt No. 1. The youngest Japanese Tour winner previously had been Seve Ballesteros, who won the 1977 Japan Open at the comparatively ripe old age of 20.
I can’t wait to see this kid in action!

Just found out that my e-pen pal, U.S. Army specialist William Lesiak, a.k.a “BT”, suffered a Grand Mal seizure recently and has been in and out of hospital as they search for the cause. Here’s hoping they find what triggered the seizure and that there are no lasting effects, buddy!

TED BITS, Ted McIntyre - NICE START FOR TITLEIST…

Titleist finished 1-2 in the PGA Tour’s first full-field event of the year, the Sony Open last week, with Zach Johnson and Adam Scott atop the leaderboard. The triumphant Johnson was playing just his second week with Titleist’s 909D2 driver, as well as its new 909F2 fairway woods, a 21-degree 909H hybrid and AP2 irons (he placed sixth the previous week at the 2008-winners-only Mercedes-Benz Championship in his competitive round with the new gear). Both players had the Titleist Pro V1 ball in use.
“The shot and spin rate I’m putting out (with the AP2’s has) been fantastic,” Johnson says. “It’s just a matter of technology and getting better and better, and certainly Titleist putting the right ball with the right club in my hand, essentially what it comes down to,” he said.
Ironically, the only Titleist club NOT in Zach’s bag is the hugely popular Scotty Cameron putter. His flatstick of choice? The SeeMore FGP Black.

CAMPBELL IN, RORY OUT AT ADAMS
Affable American Ryder Cupper Chad Campbell (left) has replaced the occasionally amusing, often abrasive Rory Sabbatini in Adams Golf’s Tour player fold. Campbell, a former Nike player, joins a Touring Pro roster than includes Tom Watson, Bernhard Langer, Aaron Baddeley, Brittany Lang and LPGA 2008 Rookie of the Year, Yani Tseng.

WHAT’S NEW IN ORLANDO?
I’ll walk 500 miles at the annual PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, which starts next Thursday at the sprawling Orange County Convention Center, but I’m still looking forward to seeing what’s new and to get a pulse of the languishing golf industry. I’m also looking forward to seeing the bizarre gizmos that litter the show floor, with people taking out a second mortgage and betting their best friends’ net worth that things like this umbrella hat will become the next big rage in golf.

TED BITS, Ted McIntyre - WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THIS MONEY…>

Times may be tough for some, but I am once again rolling in dough after winning yet another lottery! This from my email not long ago:
“Attn Lucky Winner, We are pleased to inform you that you have emerged a winner in the annual draw of our Global Lottery Promotions, UK. You are therefore to receive a cash prize of 2,500,000.00. (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) from the total payout.
You are hereby requested to contact your claims agent and immediately update your claims process for your payment.
Contact:
Mr. Martin Joyce
Tel :+447551249192
Fax :+448703121132
Email:m.joyceuk@googlemail.com”

As I eagerly await the imminent arrival of said fortune, I am pondering what to do with my new-found riches. The second thing I intend to do (the first will be to run out and buy 10,000 dark chocolate raisins) is hire a personal tech assistant in our head office so that when they promise to address the fact that recent readers’ replies to my blogs aren’t getting through, someone will actually follow through with a solution within, say, three months. This will be great.
Next, I’m going to design a stand-bag whose zippers don’t break within six months and whose legs don’t collapse if I so much as breathe on them. The last three sent to me by major manufacturers haven’t quite met these stringent standards, but mine will.
Next, I’m going to make a 300-mile leash for John Daly so that he can’t embarrass himself beyond the Arkansas state line. Sorry, I’m on a JD kick lately. BTW, check out his website: www.johndaly.com. The most recent news listed there dates back to 2007. I guess not a lot worth printing has happened to JD the past 13 months. I notice they left out the part of him passing on an invite to compete in Abu Dhabi last week. According to Michael Campbell’s website, Daly “advised tournament officials that his game was not yet up to shape to contest the $2 million event.” Good grief! I mean, how bad must JD be playing to pass on guaranteed appearance money? On the other hand, maybe he’s just busy working on his tan in the United Arab Emirates. Daly, after all, had an endorsement deal with Fly Emirates, which was going to pay for his travel expenses. He had last week’s event and the next two in the Middle East on his schedule while he serves his six-month suspension on the PGA Tour for conduct unbecoming (ranging from driving a ball off a beer can in the Buick Open pro-am to spending a night in a North Carolina jail after police said he appeared intoxicated outside a Hooters.
“John’s New Year’s resolution is do everything he can to make positive things happen on the golf course,” said Bud Martin, his agent. “I hope he can walk the walk.”
Daly remains in the field for this week’s Qatar Masters.
Another notable absentee last week at the European PGA Tour stop was Ian Poulter, who pulled out to undergo corrective laser eye surgery. “I have been having a problem with my vision in poor light, and my doctors have advised me that I should have this surgery as soon as possible to prevent further deterioration,” the English golfer said in a statement. “I am relieved that the problem can be corrected with surgery, but very disappointed to miss one of my favorite events on the schedule.”

ADAM SCOTT AND KATE HUDSON
A good quote from The Golf Channel’s Rich Learner this morning on his blog from Honolulu: “It’s all been carefully orchestrated,” says Lerner. “Adam Scott being linked to actress Kate Hudson is just a ruse to get people to quit asking when he’s going to start fulfilling his potential, challenging Tiger and winning majors. Instead he’s being peppered with the really important questions: ‘Are you and Kate really just friends as you’ve said? When did you meet? What do Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell think?’
“It’s also a clever way to expand the golf audience, because this is People Magazine, Entertainment Tonight territory: Handsome golfer seen with Hollywood star! While we’re at it let’s land Camilo Villegas a spot on Dancing with The Stars, and watch the ratings for golf go through the roof.”

MAO TSE OBAMA?
A good line from OG columnist Doug Breen today: “How many banks have to be propped up by the government before the U.S. has to declare themselves a Communist country?”

TED BITS, Ted McIntyre - CAN SOME GOLF COURSES STILL SUCCEED THIS YEAR?>

There’s a lot of hand-wringing going on these days among golf course operators. Life’s little luxuries tend to take a hit in lousy economic times, and golf’s certainly among them. But not everyone may get beaten up in 2009.
“Generally, when there’s an economic downturn, golfers play the same number of rounds, but they’ll play at cheaper golf courses, so that the more economy-minded courses will have a bit of a spike,” said Boris Uvakov, VP of Kaneff Golf Group, to the Globe & Mail a couple weeks ago.
In other words, high-end golf, be it corporate tournament havens such as Angus Glen or Eagles Nest, may have it toughest (and what the folks at Muskoka Bay are thinking by RAISING green fees from an already pricey $175 to $215 is anyone’s guess). But some of our great Bang for the Buck courses in Ontario may see some of the spill-off from pricier facilities. Affordable quality courses like Crosswinds or Copetown Woods are also quite capable of hosting significant tournaments; and, as I’ve experienced, can certainly handle the catering responsibilities if great food is called for.
Our own company here, Town Media, saw a similar scenario at the Gourmet Food & Wine Expo a couple months back. RECORD numbers. People weren’t necessarily buying the most expensive wines, but there were more of them spending more money than ever before.
People are willing to indulge–especially in depressing times–they’re just looking for value. I mean, just try to find a bottle of Fuzion, a Shiraz/Malbec blend from Argentina that retails at the LCBO for $7.45! I must have phoned five LCBO outlets a few weeks back before I found one with Fuzion stock still available. Quality at a great price, it seems, will always have a market.

TED BITS, Ted McIntyre - A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY FOR PING>

Fifty years ago today, the first Ping putter was shipped from the Redwood City, California garage of Karsten and Louise Solheim, marking a turning point in golf equipment design history.
Solheim’s wife of 63 years, Louise, who turned 90 last year, vividly remembers the moment Karsten informed her of his new putter’s name: Ping. “He came running into the kitchen,” she recalled, “and said, ‘I’ve got a name for my putter.’ I said ‘That’s nice, honey,’ and we ate our hamburgers and vegetables without any particular celebration. I always wished I’d shown more enthusiasm that day because he was so excited. It changed our lives forever.”
The trendsetting heel-toe-balanced 1A model (pictured below, along with the original patent illustration, would eventually spawn a revolution in very forgiving, sweetspot-increasing perimeter weighting technology.

TED BITS, Ted McIntyre - MIKE WEIR WEIGHS IN>

Mike Weir just wrapped up his first media teleconference of the year. The usual stuff, for the most part–feeling healthy, looking forward to a great year and hoping to make the Presidents Cup team. Apart from that, he said he’s planning on 24 PGA Tour events or so this season.
One interesting topic of late has been Weir’s position on next week’s Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, Calif. Weir says he’s not playing in the celebrity portion of the event as a response to the unceremonious dumping of George Lopez as tournament host. (Not having to watch bad players hack it around the course won’t hurt either, so this could help him stay focused throughout the event).
Lopez’s brand of humour–which is a long way from that of the man the event’s named after, and typically unfunny, in my humble opinion–apparently rubbed Tour officials and organizers the wrong way. In his place, Arnold Palmer will serve as host of this, the 50th edition of the tourney. Which is like
Martha Stewart taking over for Roseanne Barr. In other words, don’t expect a giggle-fest next week.
“George is a good friend of mine,” said Weir this morning. “I know how much work he put into that tournament, how much time…going to hospitals for kids. I’m a little disappointed.”
Weir, incidentally, will be having another press conference in the next couple of weeks to announce his new golf design team–the lead member of which is believed to be Brantford-based Ian Andrew, a skilled, passionate restoration expert whose classic design leanings and straight-forward nature should mesh well with Weir’s. On the other hand, they’re both pretty opinionated and honest guys, so I’d like to be a fly on the wall of some of their future meetings!

BIG TEES
I’m not yet convinced that a golf tee can make much of a difference (I used to hit my best drives by kicking up a layer of sod, à la Laura Davies). But it’s hard to argue with numbers, and that’s what the story’s been for the past four years for Evolve Golf, maker of the Epoch tee, the only performance tee with radius posts that span the width of a golf ball dimple. This unique feature creates the lowest coefficient of friction of any tee, eliminating deflection at impact and increasing ball speed and control off the tee, says the manufacturer. It’s hard to imagine this makes much of a difference in distance, but there seem to be a lot of pros using the tee without getting paid to do so
New for 2009 is the Vireo-S3 model (pictured above), featuring a wider, deeper cup for greater stability than traditional wood tees and the revolutionary Sweet Spot System promoting increased distance and accuracy. Although constructed completely from environmentally-friendly materials, the particularly cool new feature is marriage of Evolve’s marking system and proprietary Internet application showing the proper tee height for consistent alignment between the golf ball and driver’s “sweet spot”
(www.evolvegolf.com/settings.php). To use the Sweet Spot System, golfers simply enter the make and model of a driver and the application shows its recommended depth of insertion mark to use when placing the tee into the ground. This guide is a visual reference tool featuring four evenly spaced ovals printed on the stem of the Vireo-S3 and other Evolve Golf tees, including the Tour-proven Epoch.
Evolve’s products are available at more than 2,200 marquee private clubs, daily-fee facilities, off-course and online retailers worldwide. The company’s founder and CEO, BJ Maloy, was named one of GOLF Magazine’s top-10 industry innovators of 2008 and was chosen out of hundreds of pioneers for his contributions as an entrepreneur and his quest to enhance the environment through Evolve Golf’s revolutionary products.

GOLF DIGEST’S HOT LIST
I’m being inundated with golf manufacturer emails concerning their presence on Golf Digests’s 2009 Hot List. I’m sure all these clubs are very special and all, but this supposedly exclusive list has now grown to include 116 different models! I mean–hell, there are eight different putters under the friggin’ “MID-MALLET” category alone!

TED BITS, Ted McIntyre - NO LAYOFFS AT TAYLORMADE CANADA, AND NEW TIGER TAILS

TaylorMade Canada’s Director of Marketing Richard Sullivan was quick to respond to yesterday’s report of 70 company-wide layoffs out of its head office in Carlsbad, California. “From a Canadian perspective, we have had ANOTHER record year in 2008 in terms of profits and sales for both TaylorMade and adidas,” Sullivan assures. “We continue to show growth in many categories including metalwoods, irons, balls(up high double digits), putters, accessories and all things related to adidas golf.
“Going into 2009, we expect to continue this leadership position, however are cautious and will be very prudent in terms of expenses. 2009 will be a year of uncertainty in the economy but overall we are optimistic that we will continue to gain market share in all categories.”
TaylorMade also announced 17 new staff signings yesterday, including Duffy Waldorf, Paul Goydos and Steve Lowery.

MORE TIGER TAILS FROM MEXICO
Director Golf at El Tigre GC in Nuevo Vallarta, Jesus Carmona, has welcomed another four baby Bengals into his ever-increasingly fold of felines at his upscale Mexican club. The only golf club in the world–I’ll venture to guess–that features tigers inside the main gates (don’t worry–they’re in cages), the aptly named El Tigre (a demanding design from the architectural team of Von Hagge, Smelek and Baril) offers patrons a lot more photo ops than the standard resort course. It’s truly a very special experience to be able to pet these awesome creatures through the bars of their cages. They’re well behaved around Jesus, albeit much larger than I’d anticipated. Jesus sent me the following pics of his most recent additions, who will spend most of the time at his home until they’re a few months older.

And here’s a link to a video I posted previously of meeting Jesus and his “kids”: