It was a beautiful day for a bike ride to the Royal Botanical Gardens Victoria . Ella Mae was riding tremendously slowly which
made the journey almost unbearable at times as I was struggling to stay upright
due to the lack of momentum. I trusted Thomas and sent him ahead and met him at specific destinations.
Nevertheless, she persevered and we arrived in good time to
have a picnic lunch at the Ian Potter Foundation Children’s Garden. There were
shortage of bike parks but we managed to secure ours on a concrete structure
nearby.
The children metamorphosed into their swimmers, sun-suits and
sunhats, with sunscreen reapplied. Their most favourite activity here was to
make dams. However, this infuriated many of the children as the water was not
flowing freely as they hoped. Some of them were racing leaves and felt impeded.
Some brushed it off this obstacle, some were very aggressive. I sat back and observed
their interaction and reaction to the differing situations while sitting under
cherry blossoms. As it was slightly windy, snow petals trickled majestically in
the breeze.
The children met an Australian-Korean mixed boy called Ian.
Amongst the bamboo grove, the friendship blossomed as they played tremendously
well together and had mutual respect for each other. I too like his mum and we exchanged
numbers.
We bid adieu to our new friends and promised to meet in the
next school holidays. Amazingly, Ella Mae and Thomas rode towards home very
quickly as there was a promise of exploring the newly refurbished Ferndale Park in Glen Iris.
They loved the new park as it had nature play that was
intertwined with traditional playground equipment.
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