On Wednesday, the boys and I went to market, to market, and who did we see? But of course: Marion! Although we see Marion in all kinds of places all the time, and although we often see other friends and acquaintances at the market, the boys have decided (with some justification) that Market = Marion. So when we start off for the market, they start asking, "Mm...? Ehm...? Marion...!" And today, they were proven correct. We had coffee & juice at our post-market Stammtisch* afterwards, and then Marion walked us home. And here, also, are the gorgeous just-opening, velvety-deep-red gladiolus that Marion had stopped over with the night before (along with our just-off-the-stove supper, though you can only see the meaty part here. The other parts have closed in on the gladiolus, perhaps out of fear of a future flash).
And here are our wee boys, who, having decided that they are actually Big Boys, decided as well that they would eat at THEIR table that evening...!Leo had his First Day Back at School today. And it went oh-so-well! Which isn't as surprising as it might be, considering that he'd been seeing a Very Well Tomi take off and come home Very Happy from school for days. Leo actually started asking on Sunday night if he could go back, too... And now he can! Here they both are, walking home at lunchtime and taking in all of the shop windows along the way:
* Stammtisch is a German (& an Alsatian) term, meaning the table where the regulars (of a café, bar, bistro...) sit down to eat, drink and/or be... well... be themselves, actually.
