1. My mother brought round a few roses from the garden yesterday. They are 'Gertrude Jekyll' - soft but solid pink and very full of petals. Their smell was the first thing I noticed when I woke up.
2. Work gave me an enormous bunch of yellow flowers - a proper bouquet wrapped in tissue and cellophane and ribbons. I don't think I've ever had one before! And Ed made me a special card for everyone to sign.
3. There was half a bottle of champagne left after Sunday, so I had a glass when I got in from work.
Fairly Christmassy, queue jumpers and advent calendar.
1. For the last few weeks, polling company YouGov has been wondering how Christmassy I feel. Today, I can answer honestly that I'm now f...
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1. An enormous fat bumble bee at work. She is so bulky that she can knock dead blossoms out of the way as she gets right in to the new jasmi...
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1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the m...
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1. I promised myself I wouldn't moan and grumble about it -- but I do. And as if by magic, a very kind friend produces the required blaz...