(8th July, Day 27 of 112)
Ok, so the first two are fantasy and according to me, blue candy floss is also right up there with unicorns and pixies and elves and magic wishing trees.
Candy floss. Fluffy, light, delicately spun sugar. No childhood is ever complete without at least one (or two) memories of enjoying this sticky treat and giggling with childish pleasure when it melted in the mouth.
For me candy floss belongs to childhood trips to Juhu beach where my sister and I insisted on getting our own stick of pink sugar before we went home. We knew it was unhealthy (pure sugar really) and we knew eating it all in a few minutes was guaranteed to make us feel sick. But we did it anyway. No trip to the beach was ever complete without it.
Today I experienced the simple joy that candy floss can be all over again. And this time it wasn’t at the beach but at a friend’s home. She has a small candy floss maker which is the source of much pleasure and happiness (and not only amongst her kid sister and her friends). So a bunch of us friends spent the evening making blue candy floss and grinning with contentment and surprise at the familiar taste and the sight of our bright blue tongues!
It was an evening filled with unbridled laughter, big grins, lots of blue coloured sugar, and of course childhood memories. An evening which reminds you of the simple joys of childhood and of spending time with friends. Much like the simple joy that unicorns and pixies bring.
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