An Enchanting Saturday

Yesterday we had the pleasure of seeing two well brought up children. Monique and Benjamin arrived with their parents for lunch and greeted us with shy but spontaneous hugs. Responded with"please" and" thank you" when asked would they like a drink after their long journey from the other side of Adelaide to Willunga and while their parents enjoyed their respective drinks they went about looking at things without whingeing or whining to be entertained.
We had lunch under the vines as it was a lovely cool day and they ate what was their choice and us adults were able to converse with each other or the children without any hectoring or sulking by the little ones. What a delight!!
After lunch we decided to look for the Tawney Frogmouths and take photos of them if we found them. We did indeed find them, in the Pepper tree, much to every ones delight and astonishment, for the birds stay still and pretend they are invisible.
Monique and Benjamin then decided to move the round hay bales to the corner of the paddock, but we thought doing all sixteen of them a little on the ambitious side.

 We walked through the paddock and came to the pond in front of the house. Here the children were fascinated by the gold fish and hearing the frogs but not seeing them.Benjamin found a fish skeleton, eaten clean by the ants and revealing it's delicate bone structure. So he was able to take it home in a little plastic container for "show and tell" at Kindy.

They all went home Monique carrying the little knitwoven bag I had made for her some time back. They are all most welcome to come again and hopefully find more treasures on our place.
As adults not in touch much with young children and seeing very often the awful tantrums displayed by children in public places, it was a real pleasure to experience our happy and contented family members!!