Lee Thomson

Mar 20
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

The dripping melt water cascades off the roof at the Cotton Mill, where the circus school is waay up on the third floor. I tried to catch the way the sun sparks off the drips as they fly away sideways. Bright sunny day, and warm.  Alice stayed home again, so we went together to Jr High to help the 7th graders make paper mache masks. We were so successful demonstrating that the teacher let us take home our demonstrator. He is a scale model of the BFG (Roald Dahl’s Big Friendly Giant) and we will finish him with thrift store clothes and dowels, and donate him to third grade.

Both Al and Red Kate came to circus this afternoon. Red Kate kicked up into a handstand, 2 weeks ahead of schedule,

and Al cleared a lot of stupid stuff out of his head just by hanging upside down. Ariana came up with us too. A friend of Aerin’s from gymnastics many years ago, she is in the touring company of Circus Smirkus in the summers, and one of Aerin and Alice’s heros these days. She is bendy and strong – she was showing Alice what kinds of things she might do with some additional strength. Like pat herself on the head with her feet in a handstand.

Next to that display, my posings on the trapeze are just silly. Fun, but silly.

All three grownups were giggling all the way down the stairs. My hands still hurt.