The contortionist

Of all the places you could possibly choose for reading a book, he choose this one.

A thousand pieces

Seems like we’ve picked up yet another hobby during lockdown - thanks to someone in our street’s WhatsApp group getting rid of a couple of jigsaws last week. I’ve never had any interest in doing one, as I’m not the most patient person in the world, but I’m so happy I on the spur of the moment sat down and joined in when the guys had a go at a 500 piece one. Jigsaws rock!! We completed it in one sitting, and then swapped it with another lady in the street who’d taken the 1000 piece one pictured here. Even though the weather was great, the pull of the jigsaw was strong enough for me to want to just spend all day working away at this thing. Sometimes we’d get completely stuck, and Oomoo would get the task of finding a particularly shaped piece, and just by going by shape alone he’d find it almost immediately. Like Rain Man or something. My technique was purely visual, I could find where a piece should go by looking at the tiniest details, whereas Mr Famapa kept track of shapes and shades. I kid you not, but I was buzzing for about 20 minutes after we completed it (it took four days of sporadic sessions) and the whole experience was just so satisfying. Now we just need to hook up with more people getting rid of jigsaws, ‘cause I’m jonesing for one baaaad. I guess it’s official. We’re old people now.

Walkers

Last Thursday afternoon was the first time in nine weeks that we walked together as a family! The boys have only been cycling for outdoor exercise this whole lockdown, and Mr Famapa joked and said he wasn't even sure how to use his legs for walking anymore. Made me think of sailors, and how strange it must be for them to walk on solid ground again, once they’re back on land after months at sea. It’s all change out there; we’re not out of lockdown yet, but walking down the road, you can’t tell. Everyone is out and about, and it almost feels like before, except pretty much everything is still closed. I’m due out for another walk in the woods now. I wonder how busy it’ll be.

Le street art Parisienne

Thought we’d stay in Paris for today’s post. Looking at these made me realise how I hardly ever go to the trendy parts of London where you’d see our equivalent street art. Anyway, I really like how mixed these all are.

It’s going to be +26 here today, and my plans are to do the Dutch GCSE exam (what 16 year olds take) this morning (that my Dutch teacher gave us as homework last week), and read in the garden before our daily bike ride. Leuk! Hope you have a good day! Or Fijne dag ;0)