I was granted my mini-Mommy holiday because my husband has taken our daughter to see the pony swim made famous by Ms. Henry's books!!!!!! The 3 of us will go on Friday to see the return swim. I have to work this afternoon and since there is no guarantee of what time they will cross the channel, I didn't want to be a spoil sport by being a clock watcher.
I grew up on those books. She enhanced my love of horses. It also gave me some knowledge that I draw on even today, some geography and meterology, information about thoroughbreds and other stuff like that.