masahi

 My sister's family visited for three weeks. It was lovely, busy and full of nerves about them crossing the border, but it turned out OK. I last saw baby niece in 2023, that's almost half of her life back. She's five and a half now - not a baby at all any more, but a very interesting person. We had philosophical conversations about stars in the sky and plants growing from seeds and about who she wanted to be when she was little and so on. They left yesterday morning and I miss her already (which is compounded by the fact that our government is now trying to stop us from having audio and video calls to other countries, all for our safety. My sister and I spent half an hour today looking for a video call messenger that would work).