Every day I want to record three things that have given me pleasure. This 3BT site is the original Three Beautiful Things.
Monday, December 05, 2011
Time, swap and wreath
There's a post about 3BT on fromi2us with some pertinent quotes about gratitude. Do go and have look.
1. We've come all the way to the industrial estate for a small but important errand (getting Alec a car seat). The purchase is the fruit of much worry, and much research, and walking out of the shop with the seat is a bit of an anticlimax. I feel as if we've pushed hard on a door, only to have it glide open easily. There is a bit of time before our train, so we go for coffee in a bland chain cafe. It's actually very pleasant -- bland places often seem more baby friendly than indie places -- and it feels like good family time.
2. Alec reaches for a pain au chocolate at the next table. "Sorry, mate," says the owner. Next time he looks up from his paper, Alec is holding out fragment of muffin in a conciliatory manner.
3. Twining ivy from our garden into a wreath.
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