Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Ready and waiting, comfort and already asleep.

Today there is a celebration over at Day of Happiness -- you can pledge to spread happiness, or nominate a happiness hero.

1. Alec is sitting in his pushchair ready to go. We are not leaving for another hour.

2. To sit warm and sleepy after lunch in a room with a wood fire.

3. We take a dozing boy upstairs and put him to bed. When I've finished settling him I come down and get ready to go out. Nick looks lost: "I don't know what to do with myself this evening." He'd been expecting to spend the time reading stories and building pillow houses.

At the gate, invitation and beetroots.

1. I find yet more recycling and squinting in the drizzle, go down to the gate to put it out. Our neighbour is at her gate and we grumble ge...