Leaf: We love a slow, slow, Sabbathy Saturday morning where breakfast is late and the pyjamas stay on for a long time. (Yarramundi, Australia)

Rae: I have discovered that I adore stones, especially stones at the beach. On our retreat Christy and I went to a beach called Pebble Beach, where we spent a very happy hour sorting through the most beautiful sand polished stones. (Half Moon Bay, USA)

Leaf: We walked along the beach together in pairs…six sisters.  (Wagstaff, Australia)

Rae: We went to Niagara Falls for Chinua's birthday. It was even more breathtaking than I thought it would be. (Niagara Falls, Canada) 

Leaf: This is the life: a permanent hammock strung up in the back of your tuk-tuk so you can kick back and relax in between customers. (Vientiane, Laos)

Rae: Collecting stones on the beach can become an obsession for me, that's how much I love it. (Victoria, Canada)

Leaf: A moment of peace with classical music playing, hot chocolate pudding and this beautiful pottery to enjoy. (Vientiane, Laos)

Rae: And now he looks like this! This is our Solo on his sixth birthday. (Victoria, Canada)

Leaf: The cheapest dinner at the night market- 10,000Kip ($1.30) for a plate as high as you can pile it. (Luang Prabang, Laos)

Rae: One amazing thing about our beaches is the driftwood. Because we have so many forests, there are piles of beautiful silvered driftwood on the shores of British Columbia, my province. (Victoria, Canada)

Leaf: Pilgrims from Kanartaka state in white dotis. (Varanasi, India)

Rae: I couldn't ask where these jewel-like ladies were from, but they certainly weren't from Goa. (Arambol, India)

Leaf: I am in love with these wooden, red lacquered containers and have been every since I fist laid eyes on them the very first time I came to Varanasi. (Varanasi, India)

Rae: Isaac is such a delight in the sea. Ever in motion, laughing at the waves, a chunk of cuteness on the beach. (Arambol, India)