there's been a wolf lurking around these parts
always threatening to pounce

but she's been under the weather lately
we're slowly nursing her back to mischief










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a pink cloud
that brought joy, friendship

+

i would have loved to put it on the wall (like here)
but a. wants to cuddle it
and take it with her 'on her travels'.

thank you is a little poor, dear Alessandra
but we feel it deeply

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NO LEAP FORWARD

I no longer want

to take a leap forward

just slow footsteps

that might allow me

to watch the

calyx of the flower

how it stretches

to reach

the last rays

of light

how it changes colour

how it wilts, withers, dries up.

                        Niki Marangou, 1948-2013

i will miss your unique way of observing, distilling the world

then giving it back as a poem.

i will miss you.

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a few more dolls house props
recently made for a long lost cousin mouse
we heard she was redecorating : )

we love her mattress sofa, her sophisticated magazines,
her knitting basket, the pictures on the wall .  .   .








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yesterday, working on a garland for a new friend
pausing for some lunch in the sun
'souppa mammas' as my sister always called it
egg + lemon + rice soup she made us
(and makes us still) for when we have a cold











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an almost alone sunday
i can barely remember the last one
such a little break from the norm
but it felt like a holiday : )

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an inventory of summer memories 

reverently laid out,

then carefully put back in the jar.

have a wonderful weekend !


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