bright & beautiful

breakfast in the car by the lake, listening to the raindrops on the roof; Em and me. Em busy doodling in the condensation on the window. Then all kitted out for wet weather we headed to the shore, each and every puddle on the way jumped in and splashed through. Little birds flitted among the hazel branches dripping with raindrops and catkins. On the shore we carved moats with sticks and sailed boats fashioned from a handful of dry oak leaves Em found in a tree hollow. Then we had to stand in the water. For quite some time.