big smoke

enjoying the big smoke

 janu loved watching the tram drivers - although he still wants to either be a policeman or build roads when he grows up.

janu liked the sound of 'elmo's world tour', thinking it was his mate from england.  which one is elmo in that picture? 

soju

I may not have mentioned the lovely hound we are sharing our lives with! Soju!

melb city

a day in melbourne city. the pic of the paving stones is my favourite - a good reminder that everyone has bad days.  Each stone of the entire front of the state government building had been numbered. Realising their mistake somewhere along the line, they'd then all been re-numbered. It really makes my heart warm. 

northcote

my sis, pointing out with janu where her house is on this big pic of northcote. baby niamh --  ahhh! I'm a smitten auntie! 

guess who

you may think he's coquettish, but actually it's a leopard hiding behind a tree!! we arrive at his aunty catriona's house in time for dress ups. and her birthday tomorrow! 

bushy

we had the honour of bumping into bushy, who was fishing by a river in north tassie.  we got talking - he was catching fish for his liquid manure, and had a homemade electric bike! He invited us round to see his magnificent garden - every inch of soil crawling with delicious worms. See the size of his rhubarb leaves, and chard growing up to the sky.  He let him fingers plunge into the ground, and brought up handfuls of potatoes for us. He wouldn't let us leave without my pockets full of seeds - parsnips! perpetual spinich! - adrian a bottle of home-brew, spuds, chard, more tomatoes than we could eat.... such an inspiration. below he's pulling back a layer of compost to show me the worms teeming - he has a blender in the greenhouse to mush up the compost for them! 

pipe cleaner renaissance

travel toys!