The Wintergardens are a couple of gorgeous greenhouses amid some courtyards and formal flowerbeds inside the Auckland Domain. We went exploring there on a whim after lunch the other day. We poked about and stuck our noses into all the little corners and then we found Something Amazing.
A pond. With goldfish. Real goldfish.
It turns out the fish are half-tame and beg for food. They school up and will follow you en masse as you move around the edge of the pool.
Well, that's that. Mom just better sit down and make herself comfortable, because we're going to be here a while.
I was totally proud that my kids were respectfully observing the fish, not snatching or hassling them. What's better, I didn't even have to tell them to. That's just the kind of people they are.
A pond. With goldfish. Real goldfish.
It turns out the fish are half-tame and beg for food. They school up and will follow you en masse as you move around the edge of the pool.
Well, that's that. Mom just better sit down and make herself comfortable, because we're going to be here a while.
I was totally proud that my kids were respectfully observing the fish, not snatching or hassling them. What's better, I didn't even have to tell them to. That's just the kind of people they are.
6 comments:
What a cool place!
It is so obvious that the boys are very well behaved - even while all the other kids are not so much..
Allie, you are a most wonderful mother!
I suppose that dangling toes in the water would be frowned upon..but the fish might have investigated...
I am so proud of my grandsons!
How wonderfully delightful! And so many!! ;o)
The boys are very special and a wonderful reflection of their mother. I remember their mother treating the baby rabbits with such kindness by instinct all those years ago. I always say that kindness counts and your boys showed lovely restraint without being told. I am sure you explained later how nice it was that they did not scare the fish.
Amiri and Arram are always so well behaved. Sorry I haven't been posting here but I do check your blog daily just to keep up. Lots of love and duas your way,
Saima
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