Reasons to be cheerful

1 Ian Dury,of course.


and here, in no particular order...

2. the sound ducks make paddling their bills around in muddy puddles looking for food.

3. Eddie Izzard, Darth Veda and the Death Star canteen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw

4. The sun is back and the lake is glittering in Caribbean turquoise and purple slate tones.

5. My fungal feet are looking less like they´re heading for amputation and more like they´re on the way up: this jungle life.

6. Groups of size-correlated baby chickens meandering and scuttling around the village.

7. 2 fantastic days with the kids where we´ve all enjoyed ourselves.

8. The domino effect of 24 kids standing shoulder-to-shoulder all trying to raise their arms at the same time while standing on one leg.

9. Successfully cooking some vegetables (it may not sound much, but the technicalities have proved taxing at times)

10. Just, because.