Leaf: This is the sight on the way to my parents house from the road…so expansive, makes me wish I was a bird. (Bulli, Australia)

Rae: This morning the sky outside my house was glorious. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: We always need to be ourselves…unless we are ever given the opportunity to transform into a magical unicorn. (Glebe, Australia)

Rae: Sometimes, around my house, stretching happens. I love it. Heather, Derek, Chinua and Ian (not in the picture) were stretching before they went out for a run. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: O.k, this was meant to be a photo of the sign 'Weakness is staying inside your comfort zone', but then this guy leapt into the picture. (Glebe, Australia)

Rae: After all my succulent posts this summer it may not surprise you that I made a little succulent corner. And I LOVE it. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: A serenade at the markets. (Glebe, Australia)

Rae: Dreaming, dreaming! Garden beds galore. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: She is the newest love of my life. I'm so in love and I'm so so tired. (Yarramundi, Australia) 

Rae: I got Khao Soi for lunch and had to take a photo of this shop because there is something so beautifully, quintessentially Thai about it. Maybe it is the shop owner, who is gracious and traditional, or her photo of the King's family or the photos of the time the princess came to Pai and she met her. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: Taran brought his little sister in to school for 'news' today. She was a hit! (Kurrajong, Australia)

Rae: Kenya waited breathlessly for her little tomato plant(s) to sprout, and I don't think there is a more-loved plant anywhere. Her name is Tina and today was her one week birthday. Kenya (and Asha) celebrated with a card, some flowers, and a gift of a spoonful of compost-- Tina's "cake." (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: A rug made by stitching fragments of other Afgani rugs together. (Yarramundi, Australia)

Rae: Grasses are such a simple and beautiful thing. God's world is amazing. (Pai, Thailand)