A Bear on Water-skis

If you’ve never stared at puddles and tried to make out what their shapes represent, you’ve missed a serious source of fun!

I love walking familiar paths with new companions….that is, folk with whom I don’t usually walk those paths.  It’s fascinating to see a place through fresh eyes.

Yesterday, Joss and I wandered about one of our favourite haunts with our friends, Poppy and Jenny and their mum.  And it was so enriching to encounter it from their perspective.

We climbed up to the trig point on top of the moor; then went in search of the Big Rock.  We picnicked in a sheltered hollow; then slid down the hillside.  We said hello to the resident horse, and picked a bunch of wild flowers.  We found a forgotten ball and an old T-shirt.  We came upon the remains of a burnt-out car; and some rocks assembled to form huge letters on the ground.

My favourite bit of all, though, was those puddles.  Without the girls, I’d have splashed my way through a butterfly and a high-heeled boot; a dinosaur and a giraffe; a map of Australia and even a bear on water-skis….totally oblivious to them all.

Bring on the rain, I say!  I can now see the point of puddles.

Comments

[Milena Widdowson]

What a truly lovely post, children have so much to teach us. I shall take a closer look at puddles from now on :)

[Dawn Rollins]

This is lovely Helen xxx