Photodump...

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...with some added tales to explain.

I'm on holiday - today is my first official day off. It's been a surprisingly smooth transition this time, with several nice occasions related to school that made the last minute rush before everything closes down a lot more enjoyable.

Now I'm on a break between cleaning sprees in honour of mother-in-law visiting us later today. The kid and his Dad are picking her up at her place while I agreed to do some more tidying and washing and domestic stuff like that.

Onto the pictures, arranged by topic:



He has fallen in love with doing puzzles and playing games.



He has also recently added why to his vocabulary.... Still won't say his name - goes by "Mir" (Mine).

Sunday outing - one week ago:





Both taken in the grounds of a near-by stately home - which you can see below.

Later there was some amusement at a market fair:



Damn that thing was fast! I was convinced he'd be scared but he loved it.







As promised, picture of Schloss Wickrath with lemons in the foreground.



Souvenirs.





So proud of the dahlia, which I bought last year and then removed from soil in the autumn and repotted this spring and it had survived!





I love hydrangeas. They're old-fashioned, but in a good way.