1. I came into work half an hour early, which means that when I come to leave it's still daylight (just).
2. I am going away tomorrow so I have a real bought sandwich for lunch instead of a home-made one and a takeaway for supper.
3. One of my bags has gone on ahead and the other is standing packed in my flat. I check my journey times again and get into bed, but I am too excited to sleep.
Goldfinches, meeting and mackerel.
1. Goldfinches, painted like they're going to war, crowd the bird feeders. 2. We meet my cousin's partner for the first time, and it...
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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...