so many goodbyes these past few days
(one aunt, two godmothers, three boy cousins + papa)
a. is putting on a brave face
but is not always able to deal with the emotions.



here with my sister at a 'laundry' installation
in the old town moments before autumn came down  .    .      .

[all photos by my sister]

 explaining what happened at school today .   .     .

( and the mother behind the camera hoping for a lifetime of intimacy over water and biscuits )











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warm day

   laundry day

family day

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>  every morning, just before leaving for nursery school,
    engrossed in her dictionary that she cannot read

>  a pretty cotton raindrop dress from line+liv
   ( there's a birthday coming up .   .    .  )




>  a complimentary postcard, one of many beautiful images
    on the line+liv blog










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outside our bedroom window


october skies, the first green shoots from bulbs and weeds -
i could almost break into a little dance
if it wasn't for this cold



+



on narcissism
(or why mothers need to be servants .  .   .  : )











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[ tiny ernest bear  +

 white garland made by hand here ]

what if
the first raindrops fell
it's still so hot and humid .   .      .


but the early evenings
are bathed in soft 'wolf-light'
making it almost worthwhile.









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