We arrived safe in Victoria yesterday afternoon and repaired to the home of my folks with Katie in tow. We have today been for a drive in the remarkably snowy back roads and we have also visited the Butterfly House and I hope to post pics after I get home. I figured out how to get butterflies to sit on me, and entertained a number of small children with my new knowledge. Might come in handy if I ever have grandchildren, sigh.
Yesterday I inspected baby Bean, Lady Miss Banjola’s offspring, who’s two months old more or less. He meets all criteria for cute and normal; being who he is he could hardly miss the cute, but the normal is almost worrisome. Katie got to cuddle him for a bit, and Lady Miss B stuffed him into his knitted yellow duck feet, which are squee-renderingly adorable.
I am looking at the facsimile of the journal of my great great grandfather Henry Thomas Wake. There has been a terrible railway accident, 15 dead, and I am very very happy to see that my ancestor spent money on beer.
Having a lovely time. Also, saw this, and loved it, highly recommended.