October, November &
December 2005 - Western Australia |
October ~ The Birthday Boys!! |
 October
is always a fun month in the Clark house as it is a time of celebrating
two birthdays!!
For the last ten years I have celebrated EJ (Vibodha's) birthday
with him on October 6th, and now I have the honour of spending
Devon's birthday with him on October 9th! |
 This
year (2005) Devon is 2, and his father is 33 >>>
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| Devon turns 2... |
 "Dear
Devon,
I want to tell you how much I love you. I feel so
blessed in every moment that you have come to me and that I can
be your guardian in this life.
You truly are a magical little boy, with a divine
light inside. You are my teacher, my companion, my son, my friend.
Over the past 2 years I have seen you express yourself
in so many ways, all of them a delight to see. You show me how
to be playful in life. To you right now your "Harry Potter
Bag" and all the balls in it is the centre of your Universe,
after me and Daddy of course.
You are a treasure and I am honoured to be your
Mum and to hold you as you fall asleep. I cherish creating for
you, on this earth, a safe space for you to grow.
I love you very very much my son, Devon, (aged 2
years & 1 day)." |
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~ A visit to the Aquarium on Devon's 2nd birthday!!
October 9th 2005 |
We went to see the sea indoors,
and saw to the bottom of the sea's own floor!
With coral and fish, turtles and sharks
twas like a colourful under water park.
See our Visit to the Aquarium
of WA.
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| Water |
 Speaking
of which, 80% of our bodies are water. Water is necessary to all
life, and yet it is something we know so little about.
For instance, we don't even know why:
- Water's solid state is lighter than it's liquid state. (ie:
ice floats)
- It has amazing surface tension. (It holds itself together.)
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Also, it has just been proven that water has the ability to 'carry'
information. Through high speed water-crystal photography, the
effects that words, music, pictures, and electromagnetic waves
have on water has been recorded and verified.
You'll never speak the same way again, believe me. |
See the movie "What The
Bleep Do We Know?" or visit www.whatthebleep.com
and see some other interesting facts about life as we think
we know it. |
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| THE PARKS. We love being
out in nature... lots to explore... |
 We
frequently visit the "Oval Park" as Devon calls it.
EJ: It's the Davilak Oval (both in shape and
in Name) It's the community Rugby/Cricket pitch, large enough
to hold several full sized football fields. It's a wonderfully
huge open space. Very good for watching clouds.
He takes his balls from the bottom of his pram (he now has over
twenty balls) and throws and kicks them around the field.
This is a picture of his "soccer ball" and his "other
soccer ball" >>>>>
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 One
day there was a man mowing the park. >>>
He stopped his tractor right next to us and got
out. He thought Devon might be amazed, and let Devon climb inside
the tractor!
How friendly!!
Devon loved it!
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|  Devon
sat in front of the steering wheel.
He just LOVES tractors, trucks and anything that moves... brummm.
(I think you started something Uncle George!!!)
See Adventures
at The Lang Farm June 2005 |
 We
also play at Manning Park, which is a great park for kids.
On Monday mornings from 10 'til noon "Buster The Fun Bus"
comes to this park. The bus is a free service run by our Council
facilitating play and community - it's awesome!
"Buster " is filled with all sorts of toys, easels,
trains, and lots of other fun play things. |
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children's area at Manning Park has a"Friendship Castle"
as the central play area with lots of other slides, fireman's
poles, steps, steering wheels, climbing frames and lots of other
fab things to see, feel and experience.
E.J. loves it because it has two twisty slides. He used to go
with Memom and Poppy to a big metal twisty slide in Philadelphia
when he was Devon's age.
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 Devon
loves to go there and either of us take him to one of the parks
5 or 6 days a week. |
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| In the garden |
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Devon spends a lot of time in the garden together with his dad.
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  They
water, plant and love all the things that live and grow around
the house.
It is DIVINE to live in this oasis. |
 They
have created a beautiful garden environment for us. We eat breakfast
on the front patio most mornings where we overlook the dozens
of giant sunflowers and vibrant bamboo thicket.
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 We
have morning tea out back in the yoga area, overlooking another
dozen sunflowers.
We eat lunch now on a low table by the pond, sitting on cushions.
Devon has a few playtoys out here; his rocking horse, his teepee
and his own little blue chair.
As I said, it is a beautiful and wonderful space. |
 One
day Vibodha ordered some hay, and Devon and he had great fun distributing
it all around the garden.
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| Darkfield Microscopy |
 A
client of mine, and leading naturopath Elspeth Taimre, owns a
Darkfield microscope. I went over and tried it out, looking at
live samples of my own blood. I even managed to help get the microscope
connected to the television system so we could all see!
It was amazing how quick I picked up the controls of the microscope,
having never before used a microscope.
It was fun, and very cool. Thanks Elspeth. |
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| Painting by the pond. |
 We
love painting and drawing together and we have our paintings up
all over the house.
On this particular day we created 5 paintings.
It's great to allow yourself to be creative. |
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| Devon paints. |
 
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Devon has his own picture frame. It hangs up in
his playroom. When he finishes some new pictures we change the
current one for the new one. The old pictures are stored inside
the box too!!
The new painting is displayed framed and hung up on his playroom
wall where it can be appreciated by us.
His latest framed print is this one>>>>>
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| The Fremantle Festival Finale Parade - November
2005 |
 Every
year, Fremantle has a festival.
This year we made it to the Finale', a parade full of light
and laughter.
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 See
more photos right here in Fremantle 2005!!
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Fremantle Festival 2005
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| MUSEUM OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
 We
visited the Museum of Western Australia.
It is a natural history museum with dinosaur bones, asteroid
pieces, stuffed animals, and a great hands-on collection of artifacts
& antiquities.
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We learned what we were made of, and how all the
land moved away from Australia long ago. |
| We looked at dozens of moths and other wing-ed
creatures and ventured into the Dinosaur Exhibits. |
 
Devon (And Tila) LOVED the dinosaur bones!
Worth a visit! |
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| Daily Activities |
 Washing
the car.
He loves it. |
 Sleeping
in his mother's arms. |
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| Vistara's Christmas Garden Party |
 Vistara
had a Christmas party, it was a nice party.
Music, friends, sun and food.
See the photos:
Christmas
Eve Brunch at Vistara's |
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| CHRISTMAS MORNING & CHRISTMAS NIGHT -2005 |
 Christmas
at the Clarks of Australia's home was delightful.
Devon's eyes, wide open as he looked at his sofa
filled with all the lovely presents that the family bought him.
He enjoyed opening them and experiencing them all
- so thanks everyone!!
We had a wonderful Christmas morning. (We
don't celebrate Christmas in a Christian way because we do not
follow any particular religious belief system, but we celebrate
it because life is about celebration, and everyone else recognizes
that this time of year too!) |
 
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 We
had our own Christmas lunch, full plates of roasted, mashed and
steamed veggies with gravy... yum delightful.
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| Santa surprises us with a visit at Pauline, Connor
and Nisha's house on Christmas Night... |
 We
spent Christmas Night at a wonderful party.
Our friends Connor (who is Irish) and Pauline (who is Scottish)
and their little boy Neesa (who is Australian)' had a Xmas Party!!
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 What
a great night it was, a special place, with special friends.
A lot of us there had left our original birthplace and have no
other family here in Western Australia.
It was nice to come together in this way to be each-others family.
Everyone brought something to add to the feast - the table was
brimming with (almost entirely vegetarian)
food.
Each adult and each child brought a gift. When Santa turned up...
he too had a gift for every person!!! |
 
<<<<This is our awesome trance and World Music DJ
friend Avi. Check out his website [that
V Designed] at www.lamuria.com
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Devon got his first present from Santa.
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This is Osher and his Mum Peta (Avi's son and wife).
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Happy Faces all round.
As I said, the adults got gifts from Santa too!
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| CUHUNA KOALA PARK - Dec 28th 2005 |
 I
don't know how other children grow up, but I think it's awesome
that Devon is feeding a kangaroo at age 2.
Really now, that's neat.
He watched as the kangaroo ate from my hand, and after three
tries finally kept his hand steady for the joey to eat from it.
Kangaroos... amazing. |
See other interesting animals too at our
Visit
to Cuhuna Koala Park
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| I love my Dad... |
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| Any more Chai??? |
 Mum
and I make GREAT Chai.
It tastes sooooo good.
I love it. |
 Try
it for yourself, we put the recipe below.
Here I am just taking a rest, reading the Nova Magazine and drinking
home made Chai.
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 Recipe:
- 2 Decaf tea bags
- 10 cups water
- Add 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- Add 1 cardamon pod (or 1/4 tsp cardamon powder)
- 1 clove
- Add few drops of vanilla extract.
- 3-5 cups Soymilk
Method:
- Boil together for 5 - 7 minutes.
- Add soy milk until you reach desired creaminess.
- Boil for 2 minutes.
- Strain, pour and drink!!
Yummy...
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More?
Any more Chai?
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NEW YEAR'S EVE ~ 8.14PM
The ending of 2005 and the beginning of 2006...
WHAT A GREAT YEAR FOR THE CLARKS OF AUSTRALIA. |
 "Dear
Devon,
I have just held you in my arms until you feel asleep
on New Years Eve of 2005.
I feel so blessed and grateful to have you in my
life. |
 You
are now sleeping peacefully, listening to the sound of Tibetan
Bells and you are in your own bedroom!
We all created your bedroom together over Christmas time. |
 It
has your paintings stuck with blue tack over the walls, you told
me where each painting belonged on the wall.
You also stuck up your stars, moons and planets (that glow in
the dark) and every night now, for four nights, you have slept
in your own bedroom. |
 You
are such a wonderful little boy.
It has your blue fish lamp in there and we have got all the nails
to put up your clock from Nannie and Grampa and all the ocean animals Daddy I and bought
you for Christmas. |
 You
loved your room from the very first time you slept in and and
are happy to be in there. It really all does happen naturally.
On the 23rd december you slept ALL NIGHT (from 8pm until 6am)
without waking up. It was amazing.
My first full nights sleep in over 2 years!! I am happy to be
there for you. |
It is such a joy to be guiding
you on this adventure of life!
Thanks for another great year my darling Devon (and
lovely Vibodha.) |
SEE A PHOTO
GALLERY OF DEVON'S 2005 |
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ONTO THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND AND
SIX WE GO...>>> |
