Clarence Park

This morning we went off to what is becoming our favourite playground. It is by the railway lines in Clarence Park. The boys are becoming avid trainspotters and are delighted whenever a train passes by. The park is good for another reason. There is a great bakery nearby! I dropped Inger and the boys at the playground and set off to get coffees. On my way there I noticed that there was an organic food co-op at the Clarence Park Community Centre. I went in to investigate and ended up joining the co-op. For a small contribution of $25.00 I have become a lifetime member. This means that I can send my order in once a week and turn up on Saturday morning to weigh, price and collect my organic produce. There is also an organic dry-goods co-op operating from the same place four times a week. It means taking one's own containers and purchasing flour, dried beans, fair trade coffee etc. I am pleased because it will mean that we can greatly reduce the amount of packaging which we transport home each week.

Uncle Rowan (my brother) has been a great source of discussion this week. Earlier this week William was playing with a big calculator and announced that it was Uncle Rowan's phone (Rowan has a blackberry). Yesterday I bought the boys a really beautiful wooden fire engine made by Pintoys. I also bought them a set of four wooden firemen which are terrific as boy dolls. William looked at one of the firemen and announced that it was Uncle Rowan! As I have always known Rowan to be a librarian I was most interested to hear that he had changed professions! Even more interesting was the fact that William noticed a pair of Inger's shorts hanging over one of our chairs this morning and he was quite certain that they belonged to Uncle Rowan. Perhaps Uncle Rowan is lurking somewhere in our house??