I was scanning through some old photos and came across this series of my youngest son when we lived in Brisbane, he is three I think,  and he’s playing on a backyard swing in Brisbane.    He was having so much fun with a piece of rope, some dirt for the feet and a shady tree.

Childhood is a wonder all by itself.  It shows in his face.

All the more fun with spaces to jump, run, explore, dig and just be a kid in.

I remember childhood – we didn’t have a swing, but instead we had a big rock to play on and a hilly yard.  We had peach trees, a rooster to run away from and corn growing in that hilly yard.

Childhood a place where I wish all the world’s children had the opportunity to play, explore and grow, with safety and opportunity.  I know for some though childhood was a difficult place, may it not be so for their children.

(c) June Perkins