Wait, did I say he was passed around contentedly? Well, he was until I held him. I made him very unhappy at first – completely inadequate baby-holding-skills, in his opinion, but once I’d jiggled him around and hummed to him a bit he settled down for a while. Finally, someone who appreciates my vocal skills.

What a cutie – young Maxwell, the fairly new son of an old workmate, was passed happily around from arm to arm at a recent morning tea.

Kicking the football around while camping – I quite liked the sharpness I was able to get despite the overcast weather.

Mum and Allen eating a snack in Lamington National Park, before they looked up to notice me taking pictures.

I love the unsuspecting and intimate portraits you can capture with a zoom lens (specifically, in this case, a 200mm). And my brother, looking pensive, and to my fond eyes, sort of like a brooding rock star.

What mum and her partner spent a lot of time doing while they were visiting – looking up in the trees identifying birds. I now have a little list of birds that I know are on the property but that I haven’t personally seen. I’m eager to go out and get myself some binoculars now so that I can spot a scarlet honeyeater myself – they look very pretty in the bird book.

My mother and her partner came to stay with us last weekend. It was lovely to have them – I hadn’t seen mum in a long time, since my wedding last year, and we had moved on to our new property since then. They stayed in the granny flat next to the house, and it was great fun getting to show them around the place.

Playing the guitar on our verandah.

Although it would have been nice to get this in focus, I rather like the motion blurred belly.