Stories or dreams recounted, fairies and animals glimpsed or imagined as we journey through the dark woods...
And at the edge of the forest - sometimes - sunshine awaits.
Out in the open, nothing can stop them. Lily (age 2) calls out a warning if she feels the distance between us is too great.
Once inside the school gates, their attention is swallowed up by a zillion distractions: friends and teachers and the school day ahead. And the distance becomes too great to overcome.
But the short, shared journey there is precious :-)
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This morning, on the street near where I work, a guy passed me by on a skateboard. Not a kid in a shell suit and baseball cap, but a guy, maybe thirty or so, in an expensive suit, ear phones and briefcase. On a skateboard. In the traffic. It was a really striking image and I was sorry I hadn't a camera at the time, or the time since to blog about it. Your picture of the girl on the scooter reminded me I should carry my camera more often but I guess your blog reminded me that I should leave it to the professionals!!
The ear phones worry me - in traffic, on a skateboard... unless he was dressed as the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, I would worry for his safety.
:-)
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