Boys and sticks

That reminds me of when my own daughter was little. Whenever she was in the garden, she used to bring stones inside and fill people's shoes with them.

If you are walking with a small boy he must always have a poking stick. I think it is in the rules.

When I moved in 2000, I found, in the garage, a bamboo stick which my son, then 10, had insisted in bringing home from Madeira in 1983.

My eldest granddaughter became besotted with stones as a toddler, she never came home without at least a few.

On my first visit to her new house, when she was three, she waved her hands around the front garden, which was laid to gravel, and declared solemnly, "Granny, all these stones are mine".

My daughter used to ‘rescue’ worms! Washing her clothes could be traumatic (for me and the worms).

Brings back memories.

That too!?‍♀️

I don’t know about sticks, but one of our boys used to always pick up stones or pebbles. This gave him a distinct list to starboard, and if we visited friends with gravel drives, he always ended up with a pocketful.

Don’t expect him to grow out of that anytime soon Greta; the sticks just get bigger, take on meaning and will get carted home to add to his “collection” of sticks which will litter the house until he is distracted enough for you to get rid of them!?. Both my son and grandson did this. In fact, my son sent me a photo of a stick he found when he was out for a walk with his wife recently. He had lovingly sanded it, waxed it and polished it and it has become his new walking best friend!