This was an interactive display, but I got up a bit more close and personal than I should have. This is the before shot, but more about that later Despite the guilt, I’m in Canberra again for the first time in three years. Although I’ve seen the littlest granddaughters on video chat in the meantime, it’s not the same as being able to be with them in real life. The baby is now a walking, talking little person keen to show me the tree house and the castle while the older one, now aged six simply runs rings around me when we play games and we’ve enjoyed lots of hugs, outings and laughter. I was just getting used to that idea when one member of the family caught Covid. Now it looks like I’ll be staying a lot longer than intended but things will be a bit more subdued. We are having to isolate in separate rooms with son having to run the gauntlet between them, providing meals, sanitation, airflow and recreation and we’re still having to do bedtime stories via video. That’s life I gue...
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