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Pictures taken by your big sister:

This week your little babbles are starting to sound like mum, mum, mumma...

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The weeks are flying by.
This weeks picture of you is in the Megalong Book Shop in Leura.

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Adventures in the library 

A'hoy Me Maties

Sometimes on trips to the park you're likely to make a new friend. We met Dorothy the African Grey Parrot, who is the same age as Lou - almost 7. We often see her around town on her lead with her owner. She seemed to like Lou as she kept flying onto his head. Maybe it was the pirate costume she liked because he wasn't the tallest person there. 

  

Mr F wasn't too sure - her claws were very sharp on his head.

Pirate Ships drawn by Mr F.

Autumn Hearts

Lou and I playing with autumn leaves in the Music School garden killing some time while Mr F is having his piano lesson. By the time Mr F had finished his lesson the lawn was covered in hearts in random spots by Lou.

Dahlias

My Dahlias are in full bloom at the moment, with their bright cheerful blooms bringing a smile to my face. I'm slowly collecting different colours. So far I have orange, pink, yellow and a red-orange colour. My aim is to plant them on my fence line and have a wall of colour.

When I travelled around New Zealand years ago, I saw dahlias being grown on the fence line of huge properties on the road side. They had been there for years - the bushes where huge. I would admire them as we drove around the country and I told myself that when I get my own place, I'm going to plant a wall of dahlias on my fence line.

I just experimented with a few plants as we are on a ridge upon a hill. We tend to get a bit of wind and we  have poor soil. I did add soil and cow manure but I need to keep building up the soil so the dahlia bushes grow nice and big. But for now I don't need to stake them. 

Katie took this picture of me at the coffee shop the other day. I had no idea she she took the photo. Usually she takes random pictures of me and I usually have my eyes closed or a grumpy, tired, or silly expression on my face. I'm still getting used to my hair being so short after years of having long hair. 

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This week you started crawling on all fours.

You caught your first cold with a nasty cough,

Exploring your world with your inquisitive finger,

And drooling, lots of drooling, but no teeth yet!