Cohousing-L Mailing List: footprints in concrete

[PattyMara (PattyMara]

Just a note about that wet concrete at Tierra Nueva.  I walked over to the 
sidewalk where the concrete was awaiting decoration, with my basket of 
marbles and small rocks and pointed sticks, popped into my friend Carrie's 
house to say hello first, sat down at her kitchen table and chatted.  
Meanwhile her three year old son Riley and Naomi one of our 3 year old twins 
had discovered the bliss of squishy concrete.  We noticed them from Carrie's 
kitchen window, walking in bare feet on the new sidewalk concrete.  Utterly 
delighted.  When they were finished, and had run off to some other adventure, 
I walked over the survey the result.  It was perfect, no other "decoration" 
was needed.  

Shortly after, the concrete man returned and noticed the footprints. He was 
dismayed, because he didn't think he could erase them completely.  It was 
such fresh concrete that the tiny footprints made deep impressions.  I 
replied that we *liked* it that way and not to worry about making it smooth 
again.