A day.

giggling
Originally uploaded by blueolive.

favourite moments of the day:
a five year old said to me
what is the closest planet to the sun
'mercury'
'no, the sun!'
'The sun is a star...the bigges star' (as though that would be a consolation for the information)
the child barely took a moment before rephrasing the question:
'ok, then: what is the closest planet to the earth?'
'mars or venus...i think.'
'no!! (with glee) the EARTH!

later...
bonding with the two dearest children/nosomuchchildren to my heart,
laughing together
while the house is asleep...

earlier...
bike rider passes me speaking to myself out loud (memorizing lines), on the street side...waiting for the caravan of love memories and holders of my history to arrive...only to hear my self glance up in reply to a barely heard question
'pardon' in french
'La Dispute par Marivaux?' says the bikerider, one foot still perched as though about to take off again, the other resting on the pavement of the fresh bike lane, patiently waiting for my reply
'oui' ( i say as though to mean, yeah, pretty neat eh?)
'(i get a goodbye nod and the patient foot pushes off, accompanied by a meaningful look that says, yeah, pretty neat.., in french ;))'

*extatic about random FRENCH stranger interacrtion.

and promptly followed by a ride in the caravan...right up until bedgiggling relief at the end of the day.