collecting autumn leaves

it was such a beautiful autumn day

lilah rode her bike 2 miles (!!!) to the botanic gardens

and after a well deserved ice cream

(scottish people eat ice cream no matter what the weather is like)

(seriously)

anyway, after a while

lilah ran towards a particularly beautiful tree

which was in its own garden bed

just on the other side of a huge section of grass

and its garden bed was a bit muddy

as it had been raining 

(crazy, right?)

 the day before and the day before and the day before

and before she knew it,

lilah was horizontal in the air

and flat on her back in the mud

this is after removing her whole "outer" layer of clothing

for the record: 

lilah = not yet too keen on mud

it's scary

and cold

but we took a taxi home 

and had a hot bath

and our magical washing machine took care of all the dirt on all the clothes

and the shoes, too!