Looking Glass Garden.....

I dragged The Lad away from his mountain of work this afternoon and packed the kids in the car and we all drove up the road to visit Gail's enchanted Looking Glass Garden:


The birdlife is fabulous, and abundant - everywhere you look there is at least one of our feathered friends, in an array of shapes and sizes:



And the interesting little treasures you find in all the strangest of places along the way mean that you inevitably spot something new every time you visit:


This rather steep flight of stairs is just a teaser for greater things to come (my calves were burning at the mere thought of it):


Yep, they call this the Stairway to Heaven, and that is sure what it feels like when you start at the bottom (can you see the bottom w-a-a-a-a-a-y down there? It just goes in a straight line up the side of the hill!):





Yep, I finally made it!:



We're gonna come back and camp under the stars up the top here in summer, when the nights are balmy, and watch the sun set on one side and rise again on the other. No tent, just us and the mini Stonehenge array:




L4 resting barefoot on a stranded boat:


There were also some monkeys in the trees up in them thar hills ;o)





After passing the wolf's house (complete with a mess and bones from last night's supper strewn around), we came down the path to the Three Little Pigs' houses. The girls were in the straw house:


L4 was in the house of sticks:


And A10 moved in to the house of bricks:



PS: Happy Birthday Trina xoxoxo