Aunty C (left) and me, circa 1990
That she has a few Sylvanian family figurines in her collection
That rather than furnishing those Sylvanians’ lives with the branded furniture and accessories, she makes a crapload of stuff for their tiny household out of butter containers, and old hankies, and old cotton reels and such
That she plays make-believe long past the stage other people consider it to be age-appropriate
That she grows up under fruit trees
That polo necks keep coming into fashion – at least once every eight years or so
That she has at least one sibling
That those siblings are as cute and cuddly in their childhood and clever and beautiful in their adulthood as Aunty C is
That there are always people around her who will capture moments like these on film and look after the images in a box somewhere, forever
Daisy
