When family came to visit, we took a drive through the Dandenongs. It had been raining for days and the sky still dripped periodically. It made for beautiful scenery and, ironically, it wasn’t cold at all.
It was amazing to see how green and lush everything had gotten with the unexpected amount of rain we have been getting.
Even the birds were wet!
We spent a great day at the Tesselaar Tulip Festival during the school holidays. It worked out really well, going on one of the days they had special activities for the kids. The flowers were gorgeous! The kids had a ball running in the mud between the colourful blooms.
I’ll post some more tomorrow. I always take too many photos at the festival. There are just so many gorgeous things!
The wire came out of my hand Friday, so I have some mobility back. About the experience, well, lets just say that watching a doctor try to yank out a wire from your hand with a pair of pliers isn’t a great sight (or feeling). Lots of exercises over the following weeks should get my hand back to full strength soon I hope! My opinion about this whole business? Breaking your hand is not to be recommended!
Even with a cast on, I have been getting around a bit. With hubby on leave during his mom’s visit, we have been visiting all the cool places we could think of when it didn’t rain. Sherbrooke Forest is one of my favourite spots! Signs of spring are everywhere.
There were lots of crimson rosellas and Australian king parrots around, eager to be fed.
We came home extremely muddy, but happy!
I recently did my first wedding session. I did not know the area very well, so I dragged the kids with to do some location scouting. We found some beautiful parks and a fabulous playground in the area. The kids had an absolute ball.
The one park is called Richard’s Reserve. It has green spaces, tall trees and fairytale-style toadstools. I just love the romantic feel about it.
The children’s favourite place was the Montrose Community Playground. The detail and effort that had gone into developing and building this playground is really obvious. It is wonderful being in an area that feels children deserve to be treated as special
I found the swings to be quite something different. Apart from the normal swings, you get these big ones, that two of the kids can fit on. My oldest (without complaint) proceeded to push his siblings so I could take some photos. It was lots of fun, until….
STTTOOOOPPPP!
Oh well, all good things come to an end I guess. It was time to go home and let the kids relax after a long morning driving around.
There sure was lots to see at the tulip festival. These are some last photos of the event.
To my children’s intense joy, there was a fairy garden at the Tesselaar Tulip Festival. Underneath two huge trees, surrounded by bright florals, all sorts of tiny treasures could be discovered.
From the small gnomes in their home,
to little mushroom men
and tree houses and walkways between the trees.
Definitely a magical experience for my children.
We went to the Tesselaar Tulip Festival today. It was a beautiful, bright and warm spring day. You can’t ask for better if you are going on an outing, though not ideal for photography. But with all that colour, I couldn’t resist.
The kids ran up and down between the rows of tulips. Yellow was one of the more dominant colours.
My oldest quickly spotted bees flitting between the tulips. Can you see it inside the flower?
The bee flew from flower to flower, then it was off…
I will post more of the photos of the other colours tomorrow.
