Curious Incidents of a Flailing Mermaid

Day three: What can I see?

Prompt for day 3: Look out your window and describe what you see. Alternatively, look at the desk in front of you and describe it. For the ambitious, try both.

I’ve written throughout the day for the last two blogs, writing when I can catch a spare 5 minutes. Not today though. Mostly because I’ve been driving most of the day and writing whilst driving would be fateful. But also because this prompt requires a scene or a image I can paint with words. I could have used my car window, but the blog would be rather short: The motorway!

Instead, I have waited until I got home to write. I’m feeling really under the weather this week. If I had a normal job I think I may have called in sick a few times already. As it is, I am self-employed and if I don’t go to work I let down a whole host of school kids – so, unfortunately, I am running myself ragged a bit. Therefore, I may well keep today’s blog short.

Because of this, I am already in bed (at 4:15pm) resting in preparation for another busy day tomorrow. In fairness, I was up at 5:15am this morning.

My bedroom window overlooks the lovely square that I live on. The square consists of about 10 houses sat in a horseshoe shape around a relatively sizeable piece of grass, with a car park to close the square off. Bar my immediate next-door neighbours, who can be too noisy, everyone on the square is delightful.

The children that live on the square all play with one another on the grass in the middle. Right now, there are kids from two years old to thirteen, and anywhere in the middle, out there. Bike everywhere, school jumpers by the doors, push chairs and dolls for the girls – and a few of the boys! In a few hours, some will pop out again in their pyjamas, just for one last play before heading to bed.

This square comes alive in the summer. It becomes a place where everyone has a friends – no one need hide!