ttblog

Kite

Posted on | August 8, 2006 | No Comments

It was a warm, windy day today, so I promised Tilda that we would go fly a kite. She got a kite for Christmas 2004 which her lazy parents had never actually taken her to use; of course, when I went to look for it, I couldn’t find it anywhere. Either it was purged during the move, or I’ll find it later.

We went to the toy store and had the choice between kites that cost $7.20 and $31 – I picked the $7.20 one. I had forgotten how hard it is to fly a kite that only has one string.

(I know that you can hardly see the kite in the movie, but you can at least see that the string goes up … for a while.)

My other extravagance today was buying a banana for Tilda as a special treat. (Bananas have been expensive here since Cyclone Larry wiped out the banana crops, and Australia refuses to import them.) I think this is the first banana I’ve bought since prices went to about $12/kg, but Tilda enjoyed her $1.83 delight.

Comments

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

  • @ Twitter

    • Simultaneous problems on home and work computers. Starting to suspect myself of witchcraft. 2011-11-15
    • Adorable, but they're in my spot. http://t.co/1MWvUlrd 2011-11-12
    • After 2 days of fruitless searching I was finally able to locate the George hair in my foot. Short, white, looks like a chin hair - sneaky. 2011-11-03
    • More updates...