By still waters where dark horses and black sheep rock to the rhythm of another beat

[sovay]

My niece is dedicatedly staying up until midnight to watch the ball drop in Times Square and hear me blow the conch from my parents' front steps. She curled up with me and spatch on the sheepskin in front of the fire my father built; she showed me how her newest dragon falls with his wings tightly closed against his body and then snaps them out at the last minute to catch the updraft and soar away. From the way she was curling back over my arms, my mother asked if she could do a backbend, and when she didn't know how, I showed her and she did eight in a row. I braided her hair to keep it out of her face and then she wanted to see my hair in different styles. The following results were actually created by my mother, but I record them for posterity.



It is not the worst way to see the year out. A safe one, all.

Comments

[gwynnega]

Happy New Year to you and your family.

[cmcmck]

That I love although I don't have the hair length at present.

To grow back out or not to grow back out,that is the question..........

[davidgillon]

Happy New Year!

[troisoiseaux]

Happy new year!

[selkie]

I checked the reality Jell-O. I still wouldn't walk on it, but.

(You have a marvelous family and really good shoulders and it may be a patschke, but your hair does look nice.)

[asakiyume]

Eight backbends in a row! So jealous!

Does she do them from standing, or start on the floor and arch her way up?

And *you* showed her, so how do you do them?

(The hairdo is super)

[ashlyme]

Happy New Year! Your niece sounds like an awesome kid.

Also, your hair is awesome! So many colours in there.

[brigdh]

Happy New Year, and I adore your braid! And your tales of your niece.