A Million Things

A million things you and I could do between now and Christmas

We could go on a picnic, but instead of just choosing a place and going there we would pack our picnic and jump on our bikes and ride until we see a spot we like. It could be by a lake, or under a tree, or a place equally as lovely but only half as loved… like those gardens in the middle of round-a-bouts, though I don’t know if it's legal to picnic there, we could try it anyway.

We could sit on the beach at night and tell each other stories. I’d tell you stories about land-walking sharks, because that’s one of the things that has been in my head forever. I used to dream about them, but I can’t remember if I thought they were scary or not.

We could make experimental frozen desserts with yoghurt. It’s almost summer time so we could get loads strawberries… which we’d eat before we could make anything with them, and we’d probably smoosh them up and throw them at each other too.

We could plant herbs. We’d line them up and give them names like Barry the basil plant, and Coralin coriander, and Terence thyme and Geoffrey the rosemary plant. We’d paint little prayers on their terracotta pots to help them grow.

We could find a good lawn and lay down on it at night. We would give names to all the stars we could see. It would take all night, but that’s alright, we’re night time people anyway

We could experiment with making our own pear cider… because we can’t afford as much Rekorderlig as we’d like to drink on the coming lazy day summer afternoons.

We could buy kazoos and go busking. You would play and I would sing. Chances are we wouldn’t make a dollar between us, but that’s not really the point, is it?

We could go op-shopping and buy outfits like Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson and sit in cafés drinking coffee and talking about solving crimes and catching that dastardly Moriarty!

We could learn how to do felting and we could make felt hats and then we could make felt flowers to pin onto them.

We could create an epic scavenger hunt for all of our friends to do, and at the end we’d have a big tea party at my house in the middle of the night… it could be Alice in Wonderland themed.

We could dress up for Halloween, even though we’re not in America, and we’re not American. I just like dressing up, and I know you do too.

We could learn how to cook Moroccan food, or French food… or Sri Lankan food. Then we could eat it all.

We could make Christmas cakes for all our friends. Or we could make them just for us, and make cards for all our friends.

We could do a million things and I won’t mind what they are, as long as we’re doing them together.