been back a week and with the Sun shining fiercely in Holland it feels like the holiday never stopped!

Me ‘OBK?’

OldBirdKing ‘Yes, Saskia.’

 ‘Did you miss me when I was in Greece?’

‘Yes, yes I did. As a matter of fact most of us did.’

‘Really…..’

‘Absolutely. And you, what about you?’

‘What about me?’

‘Did you miss us in sunny Greece?’

‘To be perfectly honest I hardly missed you, there just wasn’t any time.'

‘What do you mean?’

‘Well the first day, when I wandered off on my own, on my solitary beach hike, I missed you especially. I had conversations with you in my head and thought how much you would have enjoyed the views and the sun. The rest of the week activities with everyone else took over and I completely forgot about home…..’

‘As it should be, well all I can say is I’m very glad you’re back.’

‘So am I OBK, so am I’

‘OBK?’

‘Yes Saskia.’

‘Will you always be here when I go away and come back?’

‘Yes I will.’

‘Promise?’

‘Promise.’

above, view from bedroom window at home; last night as I woke up to go to the loo I heard the countless frogs croaking their love songs, the sound drifting through the open window;
below, view from bedroom window in Greece

colourful toilet in Greek village of Georgios

we managed to take the sun back home with us

an intact sea urchin 

ha, a nine-patch set in stone, so Jude was there in spirit as well

back where I belong, wrapped in large landscape cloth

Django Flying 

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