Dagger of the mind

I went to see this play today.

It was great! I really enjoyed it.

Old shoes

I took this photo way back in August 2004, when my shoes were old but the patio was new.

Today the patio looks a little older and has moss growing between the paving stones. The shoes are mostly unchanged.

I love this picture. I can still feel the August sun shining on our lovely new patio, and remember how happy we were to have a useable outdoor space at last.

Huzzah for happy memories and old photographs!

Brief but wonderful

When I entered the kitchen this morning, there were strange patterns of light and shade all over the floor. The floor tiles looked as if they were striped, rather than plain. It was really weird.

It was a little bit disappointing to realise that it was just caused by light reflecting from the curved surface of our shiny bin (trashcan). I had hoped for fairies or some other kind of special, magical reason.

However, the effect only lasted for about five minutes - while the sun was in exactly the right position to shine through the hall window and all the way into the kitchen. I suspect that this is only a late autumn/early spring thing too - related to the sun being very low in the sky.

So maybe it was a tiny bit magical after all?