Because I like looking at their faces

You are the trip I did not take;

You are the pearls I cannot buy;

You are my blue Italian lake;

You are my piece of foreign sky. 

Ann Campbell~

(“To My Child,” quoted in Charles L. Wallis, ed., The Treasure Chest [1965], 54)

 The following were taken during a session of This Little Piggy.

(Yes, I know his shirt is filthy :)