It's been a while

So let's start with some photos. 

Hooray for photographer friends and free collage apps. 

Walking home from town on a dark cool evening is made pretty special by the company of a small boy dashing along with his eyes on the sky calling out 'Hey moon, wait up!'

It is your turn now,
you waited, you were patient.
The time has come,
for us to polish you.
We will transform your inner pearl
into a house of fire.
You're a gold mine.
Did you know that,
hidden in the dirt of the earth?
It is your turn now,
to be placed in fire.
Let us cremate your impurities.

Rumi

In lieu of memory

'Do you remember what you did when you were a baby?'

'Mmm, I didn't like grass.' [his father told him that last week]

'Anything else?'

'Not really playing.'

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'You're the best thing that's ever happened to me.'

'You're welcome.'

Thank you

'Thank you, Mummy,' he says, heading down the stairs.

'For what, darling?'

'For myself.'

Busy garden days

Spring!

When what falls from the sky is dry and pink and much more fun than the cold wet stuff.

Where did you come from?

So, we ask small boy, where did you come from?

'Italian' he answers (he's half-Italian)

But before that?

'99p shop' (his favourite shop - all those cars!)

Before the 99p shop...

'Home'

And before you were here?

'Sleeping'

Indeed.