Tadpole Update!

We now have quite a few eggs that have hatched.....if they all grow into frogs, Papa will have about 300 jumping around his garden!




You can see the eye of the eggs start to lengthen here.















Just a day later, tadpoles have come out of their egg sacks and are feeding on the jelly.

It will be six weeks before they have legs. By then, these ones will be swimming freely again in Papa's stream.

London!

We spent a couple of days in London last week. Actually the G20 days which turned out to be the perfect time, as all the tourist spots were empty!

Daniel and Eve were excited to go to The City for the first time, on the train too, so no more car sickness driving along the windy English roads!

Daniel's favorite London 'ride', the Tube!

Some local 'Bobbies' (policemen). They dont carry guns in England, just truncheons.

A Police Smart Car. Perfect kid size!

Our first stop was the Tower of London. We took a boatride on the Thames which gave us a great view!

View from within the castle walls.

The famous White Tower in the centre of the Tower of London. King Henry VIII's armoury is kept here now. We also saw the Crown Jewels, with the largest clear and cut diamond in the world. It looked a little heavy!

The official guards at the Tower of London are the Beefeaters. Behind the Beefeater are theRoyal lodgings, should the Queen choose to stay at the Tower.






Below is an archer, the chainmail he wears under his tunic protects him from incoming fire! Again, very heavy !

As we left the Tower of London, London Bridge was opening for a sailboat to pass through on the Thames. Its rare to see this, it only happens a couple of times a week, so we were very lucky!

The next morning we got up bright and early to see the Changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace.

The Palace gates were impressive.

We then moved on to the London Eye - we couldnt believe the weather! A clear view.

Next stop, the top of the world!

Wow! This is last year's wasp nest we found in Papa' s attic. Its larger than a soccer ball! Its paper thin though so it would crumble if we moved it.

Thankfully, no-one's home!

Our apologies for the big gap - we have been keeping busy exploring other parts of England. We have blogged parts you might like to share with us.

We travelled to Oxfordshire (central England) for a few days visiting family, and then went onto Dorset, which is an area on the South Coast of England.

We took at day trip to Kimmeridge Bay, on the Jurassic Coastline.

The beach floor (rocks) at the Bay were once the floor of a deep tropical sea, rich in pre-historic life. The rock formations were amazing and there were some very cool fossils to be found.

Eve, fossil hunting!

This fossil was as large as Daniel's face!