Isabella, again attempting to deny her hippie roots, found herself hiding under the ground cover only to discover the wild purple orchids were in bloom and were in fact the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. This miniature world before her made her contemplate not only her own existence but that of the human race. After a moment of her existential realisation, Isabella ran to the house remembering that there was a bottle of sparkling chilling in the freezer. Another disaster averted.
As an only child & being home-schooled , Isabella never really grasped the concept of hide & seek. Even now in her 20s she believed that if she couldn’t see you then you couldn’t see her. It made for a very fast game. She later told the story about when her mother had forgotten that they were playing & she was ‘hiding’ for hours and hours. It was fun until the sun went down & she couldn’t find her way back to the house. From that day on she vowed only to play the game during daylight hours.
On the Granite Belt 