Shush, Gee Gee and Sam

Dear Great Gran,
Goodness spring is suddenly here - and I we have so much to show you from winter!
We have really enjoyed baby Flynn's visits. Here is 1 drink and 3 happy people:
And one happy uncle holding a content leopard
And here, GG, you can see Buttons riding the Collins gee gee ("Yee-hah, Grandma!" says Ruth). Thanks to Joan and Alan for the lend! We enjoyed Peter's visit last week - all his old toys were here waiting for him (rocking horse, plastic animals, duplo, piano) and some new ones, too (he came to the toy library with us).
I spy with my little eye...
When Buttons takes her four legged cousin Sam for a walk - it really turns heads!
I think the squeals of glee, the jingling bell and coordinated outfits have something to do with it.

much love from Brendan

Mallacoota

Dear Great Gran,
It was warmer than home, but frequent showers on the first day of our weekend in Mallacoota meant plenty of rainbows......and the high winds meant the surf was definitely up...
..although, of course, the inlet was calm, as you can see here.
I took lots of photos of pelicans - before I visited the tourist office and realised that pelican photographs are Mallacoota's main export industry.
Here's Julie showing everything that she knows about fishing to Vinnie and Buttons, who are looking dutifully impressed. As fate would have it, Julie's sum of fishing knowledge exactly equaled the number of fishes caught, which quite understandably left her young pupils completely mystified by the whole experience!
Here's a video of Buttons and Vinnie running amok on the wharf (where there is a clever mural painted on the side of a shed).

And another video in the playground.

much love
Brendan

Nursery Swamp

Dear Great Gran,
yesterday we went on a very cold day walk to Nursery Swamp. Here's Julie, Oliver carrying Buttons and Rohan carrying Momo.
Here I attempted a Heidelberg school image of child alone in the bush...
And here is the lunch stop - though personally I thought it was too cold to sit down for even a minute!
Here are Julie and Momo at our destination - the atmospheric, brooding bog.
And I thought the ever-cheeky Momo could make a cameo movie appearance:

much love,
Brendan