Something special from a friend

 At our post office this was waiting for us today.

Our lovely friends from stillparenting sent it for our nature table.

A lovely idea as Australian customs can be very strict.

We sent them some seed pods.

Dear Arianne,

Thank you for the wonderful photographs of native birds taken from your surroundings.

They will make a special addition to our nature table.

We have not met but I feel like I know you really well from your blog.

I feel like we are soul sisters.

I hope to become more descriptive and creative, as you are, the more that I write.

Sending you love and light from Adelaide, Australia.

 Angela

 On another note, Mein Spatz and I have been house bound with the flu this week, a bit of cabin fever and hair dressing clippers turned this face into this.......... 

I don't think it suits him.

He looks a little rough and tough.

He said "That doesn't look like me Ernst-Wilhelm!"

But it does make him eyes look like chocolate drops.

In our Garden.....more iconic Australian animals

Mein Spatz has been busy bird watching lately.

The Kookaburra has always been important to me and often appear in a timely fashion when I need to be more mindful and reflective. Their laughing tells me to lighten-up....relax.....this too shall pass......trust yourself. 

There is a well known children's song in Australia Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree.

I was so excited to read this post on Still parenting to see that our first foray into 'blog-gifting' was such a success.

A great start to my weekend.

 Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

      

Natural Learning Sunday (we do our shopping each Monday)

 On a table near our balcony door I set up a little bird watching basket.

Every bird that Mein Spatz has seen on our block has been eagerly found by him and labelled by Mama for quick referencing. He has also located the birds that he feed every morning while staying with Grandma in Sydney last November.
The Kookaburras are very noisy at the moment and he has to run out to see which tree they are laughing from.

Yesterday some crafting was needed.

We sat together and made paper folded stars.

 He picked the colours.

(the concentration showing with the tongue)

He did the folding in half with a little help. 

Was in charge of his glue stick.

And let Mama do the smaller folds into the centre.

  

 Mama then glued it in order of the colours that he picked.

 Placing above his bed all by himself.

 Then we sat down to have lunch.

Today a lovely friend had Mein Spatz for a play while I went to the supermarket.

Instead, I used the time to wandered around the local charity shop and found.....

this book below

I am very excited!

($2.50)

Off  to bed now to read.

Goodnight!

Schlaf schoen, traum schoen.

(Sleep well, dream well)