Thursday, June 17, 2004

Fish out of water, little birdies and ouch.

1. A gi-normous, and I do mean gi-normous - it's about the size of my head - dried spikey pufferfish that I see through a basement window I pass on my way to work. It's sitting on a plate on someone's dining room table.

2. A thrush - they're the ones with the speckly breasts - hopping around on the grass with a beakful of something wriggly.

3. Putting my trousers back on after having my legs waxed.

Pop-ups, fences and communication.

1. Today, after a few damp days, the common is alive with mushrooms and what I learnt on the fungal foray last week has opened that kingdom ...