Blowing out candles

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birthdays, candles, celebration, family, postaday2013

I am way too tired these days, first I forgot to take my own pictures at my best friend’s wedding vow renewal and now I forgot to take pictures of blowing out candles and the birthday ice cream cake. My sister and my niece and nephew came up this evening to both celebrate my hubby’s birthday, it was yesterday, and my birthday, which is on Wednesday the 7th, and to take my baby girl along to the nearby 6 Flags Amusement Park so that my niece and nephew have a more contemporary roller coaster partner to accompany them on the rides.

I made a soupe aux poissons (fish soup) with croutons, a garlic mayonnaise and grated Swiss cheese on top, which everyone had and then we attacked the ice cream cake. I really enjoyed the interaction between my two old children and my niece and nephew because they are at the really fun ages of 10 and 6 where the imagination runs wild and every joke is a surprise. My two got a kick at trying to apply logic to what the younger ones were saying and I just sat back and laughed and laughed.

We were also getting to listen to my niece trying to convince my sister as to why they needed a dog. I have to say that Jack wasn’t on his best behavior. All these young people riled him up into a much more energetic dog than usual. He was jumping a bit on my nephew who doesn’t like it one bit so I kept having to remind Jack of his manners. My niece took Jack for a walk with my sister and I and she was pointing out at she would do this everyday if she had a dog. My poor sister, I remember not quite being on board for a dog, but that was a long, long time ago and a few dogs before Jack, so I can empathize with her hesitancy. It will all work out for the best for them and the potential dog in the near or far future.

I’m so happy that they are here.

Daily Prompt : Back to the future

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fiction, imagination, postaday2013, writing

Anachronism (noun): an error in chronology; a person or thing that’s chronologically out of place. Write a story in which a person or thing is out of place, or recount a time when you felt out of place.

There have been so many interesting novels written about a person being out of time such as “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”, this excellent novel has spawned countless adaptations and variations, it’s easy to lose track. The most basic explanation is that the mere concept is so intriguing and curious. The late Michael Crichton wrote Timeline about a scientist and his team seeking to time travel but for nefarious purposes and at the end the evil man behind the team of scientists learns a most valuable lesson. There is no place like home. Dorothy herself said it best.

In all of these stories, the principal character most often simply wants to go back home where his or her’s realities make sense to them. These stories make the whole idea of the grass is always greener on the other side stand a little on its head. In the end it is always the sense of family, of belonging and one’s own comfort level that is what makes one’s own personal timeline so special and why rarely would someone pick another timeline to spend the rest of their days. The curiosity and adventure wears thin after a while, and the normalcy and the familiar are things to be missed and appreciated.