Hello ☺

— isa b. in another life

At Toba aquarium in Japan, after closing time, some clever little otter pups help their grandpa tidy up their toys. As a reward, he gives them ice cubes

Like let me sit your lap with your hands on my waist while I talk your ear off about something stupid that I just feel like telling you about. Let me play with your hands. Let me run my nails along your muscles to relax you. Lay your head in my lap while I scratch your head so you can fall asleep. Let’s cuddle while we watch tv at night in a dim lounge room with only the soft light of a lamp. Let me brush your hair and play with it. Let me literally just exist in your space.

Virginia Woolf in a letter to Vita Sackville-West, dated 7 October 1928, from Love Letters: Vita and Virginia

from “The Little Mermaid” story illustrated by Percy Lancaster (British painter, 1878-1951)

😙 .

read a book here yesterday