Leaf: With these two boys adoring her she's got a good life ahead. This is our first morning back at home. (Pai, Thailand)

Rae: Walking over a flower-lined bridge. (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

Leaf: Some protest art stuck on the wall of the main shopping street. (Marrickville, Australia)

Rae: As we were watering the garden at the meditation space on one of those perfect Pai afternoons, Kenya said, "Mama! Where's your camera? Please take a picture of the light coming through there." So I did. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: Under the train tracks. (Marrickville, Australia)

Rae: In the cold season everyone stocks up on warm jammies and socks. (Though the weather did just take a surprising turn for the warm.) (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: These two artists had set up their easels and umbrellas on the side of a busy road. I went and told them how beautiful they looked and asked if I could take a photo. (Yarramundi, Australia)

Rae: I stumbled on some street artists painting a wall and was torn between posting the before picture, or the after picture, since I caught them on both days. I chose the after. (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

Leaf: The sweet little feet of my newborn daughter…the tiniest person I have ever known. (Penrith, Australia)

Rae: One of the many tall Victorians in this city where Chinua and I lived for many years. (San Francisco, USA)

Leaf: This was a million times more radiant and amazing in real life and I could see the whole bow stretching across the sky. Just half an hour before I saw the rainbow the light everywhere was golden, which reminded me of the day that you called us all outside in Pai to appreciate the golden light. (Yarramundi, Australia)

Rae: I was running one morning and came across this little sidewalk succulent garden with a fence made of skateboards. City gardens are great. (Long Beach, USA)

Leaf: Our 'bears' are cute and shy and nocturnal…koalas! (Barrington, Australia)

Rae: Photoshoot moment in one of Toronto's alleyways. (Toronto, Canada)