(at the Western Australian Museum)
RJ: I want one of those. It would make a good pet.
Dad: A carnotaur? I’m not sure that’s a good idea.
RJ: No. A hypsilophodon. We could keep it in the back yard.
Dad: That’d be fun. It would probably eat some of the plants in mum’s veggie patch, though.
RJ: Maybe we should get two then.
The garden has been doing fantastically. Lots of veggies and fresh greens have been rocketing up out of the ground. Mum and the kids spend a bit of time out there each week to hunt caterpillars, snails and the other evil creatures that want to share our meals with us.
Mum has been finding really interesting plants to grow in there too. Last year’s big hit was the purple carrots — apparently quite popular amongst preschoolers. This year, we have beetroot (aka. beets), but something has gone terribly, terribly wrong.
They're beets, Jim, but not as we know it.
Great colours, but will the kids eat them?
(Dad & LR adding location ‘Pins’ in Google Earth)
Dad: Okay, so here’s our house. I’ll add a marker here.
LR: Good. Now make it green.
Dad: Goodbye yellow marker!
LR: Great. But I think we have to go out front and check the front garden.
Dad: Huh? What for?
LR: Because there’s a giant green pin out there.
I hope we didn’t hit the swing set.
