meandering on air on the last glimpse of a flying fish vanishing back into the sea as in a frozen London just a little bit back the children rush around while their nurses get their bonnets ready . . . fun today and lessons tomorrow . . . frost fair it is out on the ice with bonfires and every treat in the world even the ones mother say you can’t eat . . . maybe, just maybe, Grandmama will buy them when Mother is off dancing with her lover . . . so boring it is . . . children only getting oatmeal and stewed apples for supper when the grown-ups get roast beef and Yorkshire pudding . . . all the gingerbread cakes in the world if only there is a chance to scarf them down
There were a number of frost fairs held on the frozen Thames. Dancing, bonfires on the ice, food vendors and it looks like a lot of fun in the engravings, too. Eventually the river didn’t freeze solid enough and that was the end of the frost fairs.
My winter series post for today at the link. It includes this fun holiday ornament that looks good enough to eat-
