Last night we decided to go out to Spur, as these long hot days in the house with the kids, when it seems there isn't really a cool moment, were started to get to me! So we all got dressed up and a lovely evening, everyone in this town seemed to be out and about, we had delicious burgers, Natty enjoyed her fish fingers, Ashlee jumped with her 'maatijies' and sat in a corner alone watching the kids movie with all the hype and screaming around her (that was totally delectable). And then we drove down the main street to to see the rather minimal Christmas lights, and the tiny park that is usually considered 'unsafe' was buzzing, full of families having a picnic supper and enjoying the outside air and the lights. Ashlee ran around in a stupified wonder, high on all the coloured flashing, and we named all the different, strange decorations like a dolphin? For Christmas? In a desert town three hundred kilometers from the sea?? We drove home with the windows down, breathing in the cool air. A nice change from those neverending hot nights in the house.
So for one night even this hot hick town for shady poineer business man seemed aglow with a festive spirit, and I said a prayer of gratitude for that!
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