portrait pics

My dear boys and me, photo compliments of Maddy......thanks Mad!

Bruce smiling for the camera..................................

                                                      ............Cairo smiling for the camera

Jimmy observing the birds at the park.

puppies playing in puddles

After a couple more days of big rains, this school ground park - which is usually very dry and dusty - became an oasis for the boys on this hot and humid day.

boys under gates and in the yard

Cairo's impatience for the ball............................

.........Bruce's fascination for what goes on outside the front gate

Bruce enjoying the calming scent of lavender.................

..........................Jimmy basking in the warmth of the sun.

puppy meditation

The boys like taking it in turns to sit on the meditation mat and contemplate life.

boys and their xmas toys

It doesn't take much to get Cairo and Bruce playing. My gifts to them were rather poorly this year - 2 partially blown-up balloons! - but they played with them for ages, chasing each other and having a good chew of the rubber.

Luckily for them, cousins Richard and Judy were more generous and they loved the furry and rubber bones they got from them. Thanks auntie Judy and uncle Richard!

                                               



from droughts to flooding rains

This park hasn't had its lakes for nearly 10 years. Now, the little lakes are back and parts of the park are flooded!

frollicking in the water

Cairo enjoying the rain-free morning

all the boys having a break from frollicking

puddles at the park

with all the rain we've had lately, it's hard to find a park that's not covered in puddles. luckily, my boys aren't into rolling around in them.

..........but they do like to roll around on the grass!

2 old dogs sitting on a park bench watching the world pass by :-)