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[nanila]

It's the end of the week and I'm fighting off a throat infection. Have a kid picspam; I know I need one.


These lecturers just keep getting younger and younger.

We went to the university this past weekend so that the bloke could have an office tidy and we could take the children to the Barber Institute (art gallery) and the Winterbourne botanic gardens. Ms Humuhumu took the opportunity to sit in his comfy swivel chair.


And brush up on her aerosol chemistry. As you do, of a Sunday.


Keiki took the opportunity to sit on the floor and dribble. He seemed pretty happy about it.


The Shed of Carnivorous Plants at the Winterbourne Gardens, which Humuhumu thought was great and wanted to share with emelbe.

Over the past few weekends, we have encountered about twenty of the 200 owl statues gracing various locations in Birmingham and its environs. Below the cut: Humuhumu, with owls.


Humuhumu with Hootankamoon.


Humuhumu hugging Owlbert.


Wise Old Owl. She ran off to the next owl before I could get my phone out, but I loved the design of this one, mimicking the Central Library behind it, so much that I snapped a photo without her.


Humuhumu and the owlship.


Humuhumu and the Active Owl.


Humuhumu and an owl whose name I can't recall. Sorry, owl.


Yesterday, some friends visited. Their three-year-old loves the pub as much as Humuhumu does. I anticipate the frequent recreation of this tableau in the coming years.

Comments

[ceb]

Oh my goodness, I *love* that library owl :-)

[nanila]

It's fantastic, and its placement is just perfect.

[lark_ascends]

Gorgeous.

[nanila]

Hee. :D

[ironed_orchid]

Owls!

[nanila]

Twit-twoo!

[angrboda]

Oh, those pitcher plants on the floor in the middle of the photo, we have one of those, just a smaller one. They are excellent when you have plant-eating cats, because not only are they non-toxic, they also supposedly taste really bad. :) We haven't seen any chewing of it yet. If only Charm would stop drinking its water, though...

[nanila]

Huh, I didn't know that! Telstar isn't an indoor-plant-eater so we don't have a need, but that's a great tip. Thank you.

[rmc28]

The owls are amazing.

We had so much fun with the Shauns in Bristol :-)

I love that bar photo at the end.

[nanila]

The owls are lovely. I'm hoping we can get into town again this weekend and find some more.

Glad to hear you enjoyed the Shauns!

When the two of them got up on that stool, S said to the bartender, "Please may I have an apple juice?" Then he was mortified when his dad admonished him with the information that he was queue-jumping. Such a terribly British child. :P

[cmcmck]

Cute kids! :o)

And owls! :o)

I love the studious pics!

[nanila]

Thank you! Yes, I love those too.

Speaking of which, I've been meditating on/worrying about the assumptions that others (and probably her parents too) will make now that she's wearing glasses. She's going to be expected to be bookish and intellectual. I wonder how much that's going to end up shaping her future personality.

[fadedwings]

Your children are adorable and those owls are pretty cool too!

[nanila]

Thank you! The owls are great. I don't think I'm going to attempt to be completist about spotting them as there are just too many and as of next week I'm back at work full time. But it's nice to keep running across them. :)

[lurkingcat]

Wols!

[nanila]

Yusss! :D

[fred_mouse]

The carnivorous plants are lovely, but I'm slightly bemused by their size - we get teent-tiny sundews that collect ants, and not much else. And owls! Are they part of some particular project, like the Calgary cows?

[nanila]

Some of the pitcher plants and Venus flytraps are huge! I'm not sure where they all originate. I think the only things native to the UK are also tiny sundews.

The owls are indeed part of a big sculpture trail/charity project. :)