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6-year-old godson’s explanation of “honeymoon”: It’s when you take your honey somewhere nice to watch the moon.
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Indoor Seashore

It’s cold and rainy, an insidey sort of day. The girls have been asking when we would be going to the beach again. They remember summer fondly, though it must feel long ago to them.

And there was a simple antidote to the winter blues. Fossicking around I found the booty from last summer. Shells, stones, seaweed and driftwood, ready again for play. An unused box and a bit of assembly was all that was now required. Not as much fun as our beach holiday discoveries at Merricks, but tip in a magnifying glass for good measure, and we had a rebooted box of beach to rediscover, up close and indoors.
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Chatterbox

CONVERSATION WITH A TWO YEAR OLD

Camille: I don’t know her.

Me: Who?

Camille: I don’t know her.

Me: You don’t know who?

Camille: NO! I don’t know her.

Me: Who is her?

Camille: I don’t know …

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Fence Proof Tree

I was out with Camille in her pram, strolling the peaceful perimeter of Maranoa Gardens, when I noticed this sweet solution for a growing tree. Fences are supposed to keep things out, or in, but this one is a little more accommodating than most.
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Humble Beginnings

Beginnings are an interesting place to be. The journey, the evolution, the lessons ahead. It’s an exciting time stepping out that front door, not knowing where twists and turns may lead.

Hindsight has its charms too. Ideas in their first flowering can display a raw vision, or a seed concealing bigger plans within. Who would have thought that the 1950s Charlie Brown, looking all at sea in a zig zag knit could take his innocent shtick, along with a rag-tag gang of little folk and become world beaters for decades to follow. He endured subtle makeovers, and later appeared as a more upbeat rendering of his downbeat self.

Looking back at Lauren Child’s I Want a Pet (1999), we now see a leggy, scribbly protagonist trying to release her inner Lola – the party girl to the pre-school set. The first Charlie and Lola book arrived a mere twelve months after I Want a Pet, the rest is history.

And here we are, at the first Baker Smith Small Talk post. Not a Charlie between us. Are we world beaters, or just a couple of innocents all at sea? Who knows? I sure don’t. There are twists and turns ahead though … you coming?
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