Rogue and I take to the seas

Kayaked with my sister today. Clumsy beginners, paddling full out with glee. 2 shiny heads popped out of the water and watched us for a heartbeat. We said Come Back Seals! but they didn't hear us. Maybe they followed us underwater. Came home with limp arms, wet everything, burnt noses. Ate carrot-cake (!) and were a pair of hams.
My sister is one of my favourite people, ever. I used to carry her about, and she was the slyest little blonde monster, fiendish and sensitive and pretty as a starfish. It's her birthday in 2 hours. Happy Birthday, la mia bella fioraia.