Magic moments #1

Those first hints of autumn in a red vine winding around a tree trunk, the joy of a grandchild’s first steps, the way a pet can look at you and you know you’re their whole world, the alchemy of heat changing flour, eggs, sugar, milk, vanilla, baking powder and cocoa into a chocolate cake, fireworks, finding a friend who laughs at the same jokes and has read the same books, the quiet and surrounding darkness of early morning, the crackle and snap of a fire in the hearth, a welcoming hug at the door of a friend’s house, the smell of baking and a shoulder on which to rest your cheek.