Happiness is a number of different things to Mason, as you can see from the photo’s. As for me, today I was simply happy to be with Mason and Hazel.

“Do you know where your name comes from?” I asked two-year old Hazel.

“No,” she smiled and looked at me with the expectation of finding out.

“Well, your name comes from a beautiful tree which produces delicious nuts,” I told her.

She seemed very pleased indeed. Hazel is a very smart two-year old.

“And do you know where Mason’s name comes from?” I asked.

Hazel shook her head and waited for the answer.

“A mason is a man, no a person – it could be a lady nowadays – who works with stone, cutting it or sculpting it. And there are other masons who are old men who wear funny aprons…”

Hazel and Mason both laughed, and so did I.