Leaf: This guy comes to visit me every now and then…I chat, he is silent and wise. Today he snuck up on me and was just one metre away. He is an Australian King Parrot. When he flies you can see the blue on his back. (Yarramundi, Australia)

Rae: Elkie's birthday party had a pirate theme. It was interesting to see just how easily Josh transformed himself into a ukelele-playing pirate. (Pai, Thailand)