Saturdays, my good friend and wonderful cook Melinda has a sort of open house: she makes great lunches, fantastic desserts and there is a lovely garden, pool, jungle gym.. I probably already mentioned before that I love to go there and unwind.

But the rare occassions that I stay late (to chat to her after she finishes work) and end up sleeping there, are even more fun. The next day, this Sunday, Jos gave the kids a tour of the rest of the garden: he showed them the poultry they keep and the fruit and vegetables.

The girls were a bit scared of the geese but they had never seen pigeons that are only 5 days old. They got a bit of an educational field trip from Jos on pigeons, trees and shrubs (and pineapples!), I did not admit it at the time but I learned some things too 🙂