It's all relative.
As I sit down to write today, I have the Chicago song spinning circles in my head:
Saturday, in the park,
I think it was the fourth of July.
People dancing, people laughing
A man selling ice cream, singing Italian songs
"Eh Cumpari, ci vo sunari"
Can you dig it (yes, I can)
And I've been waiting such a long time
For Saturday ...
The song came to me as Ed and I were eating breakfast...
Looking out, I notice that the cheepers are on the move. It's in the twenties today and compared with the bitter days of the month, it's positively the Fourth of July out there! Yes, we've been waiting such a long time! (Please do not use this opportunity to remind me that we have two more shots at the Siberian blast this coming week. I prefer to think of the warm up that is making its way three steps forward, two steps back!)
I visit Snowdrop earlier than usual. She has a birthday party to go to in the afternoon and she's decked out with ribbons in her hair!
Today, she is at her most playful.
Delighted with everything, eager to learn more. Books? Okay, we'll do books!
Oh, Snowdrop!
Later, Ed and I take advantage of the warm spell (as I said, all the way into the twenties!) and go for a walk in our county park. Saturday, in the park...
It doesn't feel like it's the fourth of July, but close.
Oh so close.
As I sit down to write today, I have the Chicago song spinning circles in my head:
Saturday, in the park,
I think it was the fourth of July.
People dancing, people laughing
A man selling ice cream, singing Italian songs
"Eh Cumpari, ci vo sunari"
Can you dig it (yes, I can)
And I've been waiting such a long time
For Saturday ...
The song came to me as Ed and I were eating breakfast...
Looking out, I notice that the cheepers are on the move. It's in the twenties today and compared with the bitter days of the month, it's positively the Fourth of July out there! Yes, we've been waiting such a long time! (Please do not use this opportunity to remind me that we have two more shots at the Siberian blast this coming week. I prefer to think of the warm up that is making its way three steps forward, two steps back!)
I visit Snowdrop earlier than usual. She has a birthday party to go to in the afternoon and she's decked out with ribbons in her hair!
Today, she is at her most playful.
Delighted with everything, eager to learn more. Books? Okay, we'll do books!
Oh, Snowdrop!
Later, Ed and I take advantage of the warm spell (as I said, all the way into the twenties!) and go for a walk in our county park. Saturday, in the park...
It doesn't feel like it's the fourth of July, but close.
Oh so close.
I love Snowdrop's little snood! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteAh reading - I just bought 'Good Night Sleep Tight ' by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek which has the rhymes I grew up with (English I assume, transplanted to Australia).
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful life is. A sweet beautiful baby so curious, filled with the joy of new experiences and cared for by a loving grandmother. Topped off by a relative heat wave. Life is good. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't write it any better than this!
DeleteRaffi and board books! Soon she'll be grabbing and choosing for herself... and tapping iPhones and Kindles:^)
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