Family getaway - the B&B bit

Entrance into the living quarters.

Pretty little courtyard that we did a lot of sitting around in. So quiet and peaceful.

Lovely grey weather. Cool but not cold. Just perfect after a hot hot summer.

Tilly getting lost in picking flowers.

Drinking 'rosy tea'.

Hard to capture. The butterflies were abundant and of many different varities.



Also hard to capture. On the roof of the B&B the next morning. I can't abide by monkeys. I always think if they won't give you some kind of disease they'll scratch your eyes out. Apparently these little guys won't do either....



Another view looking onto the B&B. Mountain of monkeys in the background.

Family getaway - the farm bit.

We stayed in a B&B in Luo Dong which is 15 minutes from Yi-Lan proper. And Yi-Lan is about an hour from Taipei.

The pathway above leads to a pretty cafe and rest area. Beyond that is a farm with fruit trees, ponds, fish, chickens, abusive geese....... what is up with geese? Never met a good one.

 



The area is completely surrounded by mountains on either side.



Evie had her eyes planted firmly on them nasty geese..... They were making their noisy way over at that point. And look at Tills, not a care in the world. Soaking up her time in the bush... A bush kid at heart.

The tale of the lost glasses...... in pictures.

On head

In hand

Behind back

On head again.

And again.

Completely missing......

Unlike the lost toy in the post below, I did not love my glasses and need to get a new pair anyway. But, I feel my brain is missing a few links somewhere.....

Feeding Evie moments later and still no glasses, not on head, not beside and not on my eyes... and completely oblivious to the fact they are back over the bridge and in the grass somewhere. Love all these happy snaps. Completely tracked the lost glasses and the lost toy. Wouldn't normally have a whole series of shots of myself, but the subject lent itself to it.... sorry.

The tale of the lost toy... in pictures.

We went away for a couple of days to Yi-Lan. We had such a lovely time. But when we came home tonight I searched for a long time for a little toy that Tilly and Evie's cousin Bonnie had made for Evie with some of our craft beads and a bell. I loved that toy, loved it. More than Evie did. Just loved it, it was gorgeous. Did I mention that I loved it? And here is the tale of the missing toy...... only to be discovered after Steve and I went through the photos of the trip.....

In hand.....

Beside hand

Dropped

Forgotten

Mama didn't even know she had it and Daddy was taking the photos at this stage. He promised he'd ring in the morning to ask them to go look for it. I hope it's there. I wanted to ring tonight at 10. Daddy said no...... I loved that toy. 

Lazy Saturday morning

Harmonious Saturday morning moment in which the harmony lasted all of 15 minutes. But we won't go into that.

Happy Moon Festival

Tilly made moon cakes this week at school to celebrate the Chinese holiday, Mid Autumn or Moon Festival.

Moon cakes are a traditional custom and in Taiwan it's known mostly for the BBQ's everyone has. BBQ being a little wire grate over a patch of coals, usually out on the street (as where else are you going to have it in this concrete jungle). The festival is characterised by the smells of burning meat. And then there is the predictable turn in the weather where the oppressive summer heat is not so oppressive, just slightly miserable....

Tilly's moon cake has an egg yolk in it and sweet red bean paste. I LOVE moon cakes. Another speciality is pineapple cakes. My sister in law is a master at these and we got three boxes this year.

While big sister's away.......

.......Evie still plays. I was wondering how Evie would be on her own without her big sister in the mornings to accompany her. She's very much like Tilly was at this age. Content in her own company and happy to play by herself. Although it must be said that as soon as she sees me with the camera the spell is immediately broken.