Advent Calendar of Beauty, Dec 21
Bubble of paradise
Hi beautiful friends,
Today we took the Aussie grandkids to the Bubble. This is what Dyllan, Ellie & Benji call our club indoor/outdoor pool, which went under cover this winter. It’s the first place they want to go when they arrive. An hour inside of arriving here earlier this month, there was a chorus of: “Can we go to the bubble?”
This Bubble enthusiasm kills Steve and me. After almost three yeas of swimming outdoors (thank you covid) and getting winter tans, watching sun rises, eagles circle and tree tops—we’re now swimming sets an echo-y claustrophobic chamber. No eagles, no tree tops, no fresh air. I’ve been grieving our wonderful outdoor swimming days.
And in come Dyllan, Ellie & Benji who live in Noosa, Australia. Here’s their pool:
Here’s ours:
“What do you like about the bubble?” I asked Ellie, 10.
“It’s cozy and warm,” she said. I started seeing the bubble through their eyes. Not soul-sucking but a little hygge swim cocoon.
They could have gone to their uncle’s fancy indoor club with high ceilings and good ventilation, a beautiful pool, restaurants, coffee shops, nice locker room—but no. They wanted to go to the bubble!
After our Bubble swim I asked: “Was the bubble as fun as you’d expected?”
Three gleeful heads nodded their approval
“What do you like about the bubble?”
“It’s inside!” They said.
🤷🏻♀️
Happy winter solstice (to N. Hemisphere inhabitants). Is today a Bubble or Beach Day?
Let’s make both a worthy playground. XO
