Grandmother's birthday
21 January 2006, 15:10
Grandmother is 72 on Monday. She doesn't want a party, she says a party is a waste of tea. So we made a small one, only the family, and she let us give her a new scarf (green, with roses).
She told us a story from when she was a girl: they had one pair of felt boots for four sisters, so one went out at a time. In winter. The oldest was the most clever, she always said she wanted to stay at home with the baby.
Grandmother and the new scarf, with the good samovar.