"Bubbles" by Helen Allingham [1848-1926).
soapy water and a pipe
the oldest child says,
"bubbles are spherical rainbows"
suddenly all
Gran's pot of gold stories
subject to debate
© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.
soapy water and a pipe
the oldest child says,
"bubbles are spherical rainbows"
suddenly all
Gran's pot of gold stories
subject to debate
© Diane Mayr, all rights reserved.
Ah! That moment when belief in magic pops like a bubble!
ReplyDeleteOr finding a different kind of magic--what if there was a gold dust in a bubble?
DeleteI like that you just touched that idea of "bursting a bubble", ever a problem when raising children. The painting is so evocative of that time.
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