29.9.13

39/52

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013."
Sofia: wheee!
Otto: wheee!



Favourites for the week have something in common: Poet and Wilf.

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28.9.13

Crescent Honeyeater

There are lots of seasonal visitors in Hobart. Some are here in the summer and some are here in the winter. The birds that turn up for the winter seem to mostly be altitudinal migrants - they live in the mountains during the summer but head down to lower altitudes during the cold, snowy winters. The birds that turn up here over the winter include some of the honeyeaters, fairy wrens and black currawongs.

Crescent Honeyeater

Crescent Honeyeaters are one of the winter visitors. They are one of the most common birds at our house between March and October but almost completely absent over the summer. This is a photo of a male Crescent Honeyeater checking me out that I took a few weeks ago.

26.9.13

Black Cockies

One of my favourite birds is the Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, especially the way they look like they're flying in slow motion. They are infrequent visitors here but a group of nine showed up today, including some young birds still being fed by the parents. They hung out in a tree next door for a while and I managed to snap some photos.

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

When I told Sofia there were cockies in the tree, she said we had to shoo them away, so I then had to explain that these were a different type of cockie and they are okay. Unlike the Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, they don't eat walnuts or almonds so they are very welcome.

25.9.13

Simple pleasures #8 - pushing the trolley

These videos were taken a few weeks ago but thought I'd put them up anyway. Sofia is showing Otto the ropes with many things, including pushing the trolley. In the last few days Otto has come along even further with his walking and can take quite a few steps without any support. (If you are viewing this post from an email you will have to click on the title to view the post in your browser to see the videos).

Here is Otto's turn.



And here is how an expert does it!




22.9.13

38/52

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013."
Sofia: eating apple on the verandah.
Otto: yoghurty contemplation.



Favourites for the week are here and here.

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17.9.13

37/52


"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013."

Sofia: in a pretty daisy crown made by her cousin Tilly.
Otto: gleefully reaching for a balloon.


Images from my instafeed this week, a little late due to leaving my laptop charger on the west coast when we returned home.


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8.9.13

36/52

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013."

Sofia: laughing with Grandad.
Otto: snoozing with Grandad.


We have spent the last week in the west visiting my family. It has been lovely seeing Sofia and Otto enjoying time with their grandparents, aunties, uncles and cousins. I had many photos to choose from (including some rippers from a quick visit to my aunty and uncle's farm at Wilyabrup), but I love these ones that feature my Dad and the hammock that hangs in my parent's back yard. Much fun has been had in that hammock this week.


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1.9.13

35/52

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013."

Sofia: selfie.
Otto: the book bear.


This week's photo of Sofia is a self portrait. She is enamoured with all forms of technology and will often beg for my phone to take some photos. This is one of her better shots.

Otto is reading about his namesake here. He is loving books as much as his sister.

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