Monday, July 17, 2023

Dragonfly, balloons and nougat.

1. Alec darting across the path trying to catch a dragonfly.

2. Bettany has drawn faces on balloons and they are leading their best soap opera lives, alternately kidnapping, adopting and orphaning each other. Our day is punctuated by surprising bangs and requests to blow up or knot more balloons. 

3. A bite of homemade nougat.
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