22 OCT 25

After serving Puck a plate of eggs and pinto beans...

...and listening to Yali's persuasive speech on why he needs to purchase a charcoal sweater vest from Amazon to complete his Hogwarts student of wizardry uniform...

...Patience and I are back at the old school where the Spanish teacher enrolls my assistance in a paper-cutting elefantes emergency... I am later rewarded with a cranberry ginger ale from her desk's mini fridge as she describes an American frontier reality TV show to us before leaving for the day...

Then back home for classes... and Patience shopping for pioneer bonnets in various botanic-ly calicos online...

...and Puck asking for bacon...

...and Yali asking for a slice of the chocolate pie in the fridge... “No... no pie Yali”... his response to this verdict is to play a recorded clip of a “sad violin” on his handheld voice recorder...

Early evening Patience and I coast back from the studio under an ombre glass of pale sky...

...where Patience sits down for more “Little House” while writing a detailed letter with my pen and ink set...

...and Oxbear and Yali leave for Scout campfires and a night hike with flashlights through chilly hilly woods...