Leaf: My Mama making a delicious udon noodle soup for lunch. We shopped for those scales (on the right) together in the Varanasi steel bazaar when my parents visited about six years ago. (Corrimal, Australia)

Rae: I sat here for a while and washed a whole lot of clothes. When you're traveling with five kids, you use the washer that takes the mega load. I've always loved laundromats. It was a quiet hour. (Long Beach, USA)

Leaf: This is an example of my Mama's fun taste in decorating. (Corrimal, Australia)

Rae: Isaac was captivated by this basketball playing in the park. (Long Beach, USA)

Leaf: My Dad and Taran spent the weekend secretly working on something…this was the Great Unveiling…a bow and arrow set. (Corrimal, Australia)

Rae: One more sculpture from the Getty. This one makes me feel wild, like ahhhhhhh, I have to create stuff! (Los Angeles, USA)

Leaf: A little morning drink of lavender nectar. What a life! (Yarramundi, Australia)

Rae: A couple of friends enjoying the gardens at the Getty. (Los Angeles, USA) 

Leaf: Colourful gum leaves. God even makes things change into beautiful colours as they are decaying. (Yarramundi, Australia)

Rae: One day this week, we went to the Getty Center, an art museum with beautiful gardens and buildings. Oh, I was in heaven. (Los Angeles, USA)

 Leaf: This is my beautiful sister Ingrid. (Wagstaffe, Australia)

Rae: Aren't succulents beautiful? I'm glad we can grow them in Thailand. (Los Angeles, USA)

Leaf: "As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame…" Gerard Manley Hopkins (Yarramundi, Australia)

Rae: L.A. is chock full of quirk. I don't know what possessed this person to cover the outside of their home with cow skins, but I sure pulled the camera out quickly as we were driving by. (Los Angeles, USA)