Wives

This afternoon we visited friends in their beautiful village. We went down to the river for a paddle- a welcome relief from the heat- summer is round the corner. These boys were playing marbles under the shade of a tree by the river. I then chatted to lots of ladies around the village while the children played. On the menu for discussion today was men who take more than one wife- 2 of the ladies I was with are fellow wives whose husband has just got number 3 (a 'new model'). 

While we were there 2 police cars arrived in a hurry- a 10 year old boy had just then drowned in the river in the next village- so tragic.

A P.S. to ydy's blip- when I talked about the boys it really is a delight not a burden (at least, not often!)- we love to see them busy, not causing trouble and they hardly ever come in to our house- they're contained and happy in our garden! It's more the case that it's the ladies at the moment who I need lots of patience with such as ydy in the middle of school a neighbour turned up asking me to make a cake for her guests. Another one told me it was a Sin to make my children do school beyond midday!