member of the human race

this weekend i managed to spend some quality family time, my dad took us to some place called ellsmere and we spent most of the time in a lovely country park . the best thing was that the park was empty. well nearly, there weren't many people apart from the odd old couple and dogs which my mother would hide away from, i have to say i was good, i didn't run away from any dogs or stand on any picnic tables :)

as usual my 2 brothers managed to entertain us with there acrobatic skills which seem to get weirder and weirder by the day :) my brother hamza wa intent on showing me how he can balance on one hand on this picnic table.

pretty cool actually, lets just say if i tried i would have probably caused one member of my family to collapse from laughing at me, so i left it for the professionals to try. it became like a competition between my 2 brothers, who can do the best moves?

summer saults and flips in the air!! its a good thing the grass was soft although they never once fell so practice does make one perfect indeed.

at one point they turned around to me and said 'white african its your tun' hmmmmmm let me think, what could i possible offer??? i know i will climb a tree, my skill of the day, and low and behold there was a tree right behind where we where sat, now isn't that a coincidence? the funny thing was that after i had attempted to climb it i couldn't get down, i was stuck, and my brothers just stood there looking up at me!! 'help people, damsel in distress here' hamza came to the rescue and i managed to safely hit the floor in a dignified manner if that's ever possible.

thabet went back to being Mr flexible, literally the kid can really bend into all shapes.

and this weird action???????????
yes well after all that our stomachs began to rumble for some food and after lunch it was time to investigate the place and the only one up for it was thabet so of we went, and the scenery was superb.

we came across a canal:

and whilst walking down the side of the canal, a boat came past
the funny thing was i noticed that the name of the boat was 'shukran', and so i started to shout to the man 'helloooo, do you know what shukran means in Arabic?'

to which the man smiled, waved at me said hello and then shouted out 'Thank youuuuu'

to which i said 'correct'

that was weird and unexpected lol.

we saw a bridge in the distance and my brother kept trying to make me run, and i was adamant that i wouldn't, he was trying to prove a point, that he was faster than me, and i kept telling him that how does he know? so he would challenge me and as of yet i haven't taken up the challenge, if he wins he will never shut up about it :)

we walked over the bridge and came across fields, one thing that i love is the colour green and coming to such parks, you are guaranteed to see the colour green in every shade, subhannallahh such amazing beauty that when you stand there you really cant help but say 'subhannallah':
i have already mentioned that i adore and love trees, there something about them that fascinates me and i really can stay all day looking at them, sitting in the shade of a tree with a good book is sheer luxury in my eyes and it really irritates me when i come across a tree that has been vandalised, how can someone do this to a tree?

as well as trees i love pathways paved with trees, plants, flowers, my ideal garden would have a long pathway
and don't you think gates are so pretty? they really look so cottagy and if they squeak when you open them then that's even better :)
and then we came across a wooden floor that was white but i still couldn't help singing 'follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick, follow follow follow follow follow the yellow brick road, where off to see the wizard the wonderful wizard of oz',

the path lead back to the car park and where my parents where waiting for me, it was time to go back to Manchester,building buildings and even more building yipeeeeee.

its nice to have a break and visit the country side and act like that lady from the sound of music, see whenever i see a field i just want to run threw it and sing 'the hillssssss are alive with the sound of libyannnnns'.