Playdate

Sasha has made a new friend. She met him close to the pool on the South side of the beach where she was collecting water for her sand castles.






So while they were occupied I had a good chat with his mummy. T, her new friend is of Japanese/Brazilian parentage. His parents met in Sydney but tried living in both Sao Paolo and Tokyo. They decided a couple of years back to choose neutral ground and settle in Sydney. I told her about our attempt to choose somewhere neutral, the US, before deciding that neutral also meant rootless. We compared notes about surviving without a support system, without real friends. We agreed to meet tomorrow to let the kids play together again. Sash is such a social animal that these couple of weeks without friends must be difficult for her. I know it is for me.

This morning at the shops I found the coolest thing ever...a swimsuit for Dylan that is 100+SPF. Had no idea that it could go up that high. We were on the strip early this morning to meet with an artist we are thinking of commissioning to paint some of our favourite scenes of Coogee. Years ago, we had seen a painting of his in a gallery in Randwick and seriously contemplated buying it. It was unfortunately quite pricey then so we decided against it. We have been kicking ourselves ever since. We found the gallery again, and asked them about the painting. It was of course sold ages ago but they put us in contact with the artist directly (extremely nice of them). We are asking him to paint two small canvases (he is still pricey but what the hell...you cant take it with you right) which will go in Sasha's and Dylan's rooms. As we like to say, this is where it all started. Well, it actually started in Switzerland, but thats another story altogether...