One day my daughter was in my office room. She noticed a office calendar with some dates highlighted. The foot notes there said those dates are "pay days" - fortnightly pay days in office. She was amused by that idea and exclaimed - "You have paydays? We have paydays at school too." I didn't know the first grader had pay days in her school too. Before even I could ask her, she contined - "..We have paydays on Thursdays. We get stickers. What do you get ?". I could only envy her innocence and her joy in getting stickers. I merely said - "nothing as exciting as stickers for sure".
This year we were fortunate to visit four National parks. The last one we visited with our friends was Joshua Tree NP - known amongst others, for its clear starry night skies. Though we didn't camp out, we parked the van in a dark area and spread out in the parking lot gazing at the starry sky in awe. All of us were trying to figure out the constellations. One of the older kids said - "how come we are not able to spot the Big Dipper yet? That is one of the easiest". Before even others could comment, my little one blurted out, without even looking up - "I know where Big Dipper is." The other kids, shocked for sure, asked where. She replied in perfect calm - "Near my house". She had remembered seeing the Big Dipper from our occasional walks near our house during clear night skies. So, in her cozy little world - sorry universe - that's where Big Dipper is - near our house and not at the National park.
This post's pic was actually taken by my son using his iPhone. A pano shot of Barker's dam at Joshua Tree NP.
This post's pic was actually taken by my son using his iPhone. A pano shot of Barker's dam at Joshua Tree NP.
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