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SOME EXTRA PICTURES TAKEN DURING A VISIT BY FRITH'S GRANDPARENTS THIS PAST WEEKEND. THEY TOOK FRITHA TO THE PARK - THE ONE WITH WITH THE GRAVEL.
THIS PROBABLY COMES CLOSE TO BEING FRITH'S FAVOURITE ACTIVITY. SHE SCOOPS UP THE GRAVEL WITH A SHOVEL AND EMPTIES IT INTO A PAIL. THEN DUMPS IT OUT. LATHER RINSE REPEAT.
HERE WE HAVE FRITH AND MAMA'S LATEST OBSESSION. AS IT TURNS OUT, OUR BACKYARD IS THE EPICENTRE OF FOSSIL AND ARROWHEAD ACTIVITY FOR THE DUNDAS VALLEY. ALONG THE BOTTOM ROW YOU'LL SEE THE ARROWHEADS. TOP RIGHT, FOSSILS. TOP LEFT, TWO MORE BLACK WALNUT PIG SNOUTS. IN THE MIDDLE, THE HEINIE OF A CHINA PIG, CIRCA 1956 - BUT DOESN'T IT LOOK LIKE A SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER FANG? ANYHOW, SNOUTS AND HEINIE THROWN IN FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT.
BUT, JUST BECAUSE THIS WHOLE SCENARIO IS EXTREMELY UNLIKELY, DOESN'T MEAN THEY AREN'T ARROWHEADS AND FOSSILS, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. SO WE'RE TAKING THEM TO THE DUNDAS MUSEUM TO TALK IT OVER WITH AN EXPERT. WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
THIS IS A TYPICAL FRITH AFTERNOON THESE DAYS - DIGGIN IN THE MUD IN THE SPRING SUNSHINE, ONE SHOE OFF AND ONE SHOE ON.
FRITH, MAMA AND OMI CELEBRATED MAMA'S DAY AT THE BRANTFORD ZOO. FIRST WE SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE TURKEYS - OR RATHER THE "TU-KEEEEES".
THE BUNNIES WERE A BIG ATTRACTION.
FRITH WAS VERY GENTLE WITH THEM - THIS LITTLE BROWN AND WHITE ONE WAS HER FAVOURITE I THINK.
THESE WERE THE CAPYBARAS, WHO CAME RUSHING OUT OF THE RIVER UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE WE WERE BUSY ADMIRING SOME PEACOCKS.
BUT OF COURSE THE GOATS WERE THE BIG HIT OF THE DAY. ALTHOUGH WE WERE ALLOWED TO GO RIGHT IN AMONG THEM, TO FEED THEM PEANUTS, TODAY WE STAYED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.
FRITH HELD BACK FOR A BIT, BUT FINALLY GOT UP THE NERVE TO FEED ONE PARTICULARLY NICE GOAT A PEANUT. THEN, SHE STOOD BACK AND NODDED TO HERSELF WITH GREAT CONVICTION, AS THOUGH KNOWING SHE'D JUST DONE A VERY GOOD THING.
(SOME QUICK FOOTAGE OF FRITH WITH THE GOATS)WE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE LIONS AND TIGERS TODAY - ALTHOUGH THE ZOO IS QUITE SMALL, WE WANTED FRITH TO TAKE THE LEAD. WHICH MEANT LOTS OF BUNNY TIME, PLUS ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES ON THE SLIDE IN THE PLAYGROUND. I THINK WE'LL BE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME HERE THIS SUMMER - MAMA IS GOING TO LOOK INTO GETTING US A SEASON PASS, IF SUCH A THING EXISTS.
THIS MORNING THE FRITH WAS OUT THE DOOR WITH PAIL AND SHOVEL IN HAND SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME RAIN LAST NIGHT, THE BACK YARD WAS A MUDDY MUDDY MESS.
MEANING THE FRITH RAPIDLY BECAME A MUDDY MUDDY MESS.
SOME ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO WASH UP IN THE SINK, BUT TO NO AVAIL. WE FINALLY HAD TO RESORT TO A MORNING BATH.
FRITH AND MAMA LIKE TO GO DOWN TO SPENCER CREEK TO THROW LEAVES IN THE WATER, AND THEN WATCH THEM FLOAT DOWNSTREAM.
AFTER WE THROW THEM IN, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR A BIT, BEFORE THEY HIT THE WATER. SOMETIMES THE WAIT FEELS VERY LONG.
FINALLY, THEY HIT THE WATER.
WE WATCH THEM AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE, AND THEN WE WAVE BYE BYE. THEN WE GO GET ANOTHER SET OF LEAVES.
HOLDEN AND FRITH STARTED AN IMPROMPTU PERFORMANCE ON HARMONICA AND RECORDER BEFORE SHABBAT DINNER TODAY.
THERE WAS SOME SIGNIFICANT TALENT GOING ON HERE.
ALSO SOME SIGNIFICANT GRABBINESS ON SOMEONE'S PART.
SHE DIDN'T SEEM TO MIND TRADING THOUGH.
FINALLY THEY TRADED BACK, AND THE SHOW WENT ON AS PLANNED. NOTICE THE MATCHING PIRATE T-SHIRTS. CUTE HUH?
SOME EXTRA PICTURES TAKEN DURING A VISIT BY FRITH'S GRANDPARENTS THIS PAST WEEKEND. THEY TOOK FRITHA TO THE PARK - THE ONE WITH WITH THE GRAVEL.
THIS PROBABLY COMES CLOSE TO BEING FRITH'S FAVOURITE ACTIVITY. SHE SCOOPS UP THE GRAVEL WITH A SHOVEL AND EMPTIES IT INTO A PAIL. THEN DUMPS IT OUT. LATHER RINSE REPEAT.
THIS AFTERNOON, IT THUNDERED, THEN IT RAINED, THEN IT HAILED, THEN IT RAINED AGAIN, AND THEN IT SLOWED DOWN FOR A MINUTE. SO FRITH WENT OUT TO DO HER LAUNDRY IN A PUDDLE.
EVERY TIME A THUNDERCLAP WENT OFF, SHE LOOKED.
BUT SHE WASN'T SCARED.
NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT.
AFTERWARDS, WE WENT INSIDE AND WRAPPED UP IN BIG WHITE TOWELS, AND THEN SAT ON THE BED TO DISCUSS THE GRAY WOLF, WHO GOES AAARRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOO. AAAAAARRRRRROOOOOOOOOOO. AAAAAARRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
FOR SOME REASON THE TULIPS GOT FREAKISHLY TALL THIS YEAR.
THIS IS WHAT FRITH WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE IF SHE HAD BEEN A PIGGY. FRITH AND MAMA BOTH FOUND THIS TO BE EXTREMELY AMUSING.
WE HAD CHICKPEAS FOR DINNER, AND UNTHINKINGLY MAMA SERVED THEM WITH A FORK. FRITH LOOKED AT THE FORK FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN SAID POON-SE (FRITHESE FOR SPOON).
THEN SHE WALKED OVER TO THE KITCHEN, REACHED UP INTO THE UTENSIL DRAWER AND PULLED OUT A SPOON. THEN SHE BROUGHT THE SPOON OVER AND ATE ONE CHICKPEA WITH IT. THEN SHE SAID POON-SE AGAIN, WENT BACK TO THE DRAWER, GOT ANOTHER SPOON, BROUGHT IT BACK, AND ATE ANOTHER CHICKPEA. SHE DID THIS AS MANY TIMES AS YOU SEE POON-SES.
HERE WE HAVE FRITH AND MAMA'S LATEST OBSESSION. AS IT TURNS OUT, OUR BACKYARD IS THE EPICENTRE OF FOSSIL AND ARROWHEAD ACTIVITY FOR THE DUNDAS VALLEY. ALONG THE BOTTOM ROW YOU'LL SEE THE ARROWHEADS. TOP RIGHT, FOSSILS. TOP LEFT, TWO MORE BLACK WALNUT PIG SNOUTS. IN THE MIDDLE, THE HEINIE OF A CHINA PIG, CIRCA 1956 - BUT DOESN'T IT LOOK LIKE A SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER FANG? 
THIS IS A TYPICAL FRITH AFTERNOON THESE DAYS - DIGGIN IN THE MUD IN THE SPRING SUNSHINE, ONE SHOE OFF AND ONE SHOE ON.
FRITH, MAMA AND OMI CELEBRATED MAMA'S DAY AT THE BRANTFORD ZOO. FIRST WE SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE TURKEYS - OR RATHER THE "TU-KEEEEES".
THE BUNNIES WERE A BIG ATTRACTION.
FRITH WAS VERY GENTLE WITH THEM - THIS LITTLE BROWN AND WHITE ONE WAS HER FAVOURITE I THINK.
THESE WERE THE CAPYBARAS, WHO CAME RUSHING OUT OF THE RIVER UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE WE WERE BUSY ADMIRING SOME PEACOCKS.
BUT OF COURSE THE GOATS WERE THE BIG HIT OF THE DAY. ALTHOUGH WE WERE ALLOWED TO GO RIGHT IN AMONG THEM, TO FEED THEM PEANUTS, TODAY WE STAYED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.
FRITH HELD BACK FOR A BIT, BUT FINALLY GOT UP THE NERVE TO FEED ONE PARTICULARLY NICE GOAT A PEANUT. THEN, SHE STOOD BACK AND NODDED TO HERSELF WITH GREAT CONVICTION, AS THOUGH KNOWING SHE'D JUST DONE A VERY GOOD THING.
FRITH'S GRANDFATHER TOOK US ALL OUT TO LUNCH AT CRABBY JOE'S FOR MAMA'S DAY.
LUCKILY PAPA REMEMBERED HIS CAMERA, WHICH TAKES MUCH BETTER PICTURES THAN MAMA'S DOES.
WE DIPSENSED WITH THE BABY SEAT TODAY. FRITH DIDN'T DOESN'T DO MUCH SITTING AT THE BEST OF TIMES.
AT ONE POINT FRITH WENT TO SIT AT ANOTHER TABLE ENTIRELY. AND SHE ALSO SPENT AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR STANDING NEXT TO THE PEANUT BIN, CRACKING NUTS AND THROWING THE SHELLS ON THE FLOOR (YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO).
ALL IN ALL, A SUCCESSFUL MAMA'S DAY EXCURSION.
THIS MORNING THE FRITH WAS OUT THE DOOR WITH PAIL AND SHOVEL IN HAND SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME RAIN LAST NIGHT, THE BACK YARD WAS A MUDDY MUDDY MESS.
MEANING THE FRITH RAPIDLY BECAME A MUDDY MUDDY MESS.
SOME ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO WASH UP IN THE SINK, BUT TO NO AVAIL. WE FINALLY HAD TO RESORT TO A MORNING BATH.