1. The coolness of pearls when you first put them on.
2. My book of Siegfried Sassoon's poetry. It has gorgeous thick pages and a cover the colour of a blackberry juice stain after it has been washed.
3. In Sons and Lovers the passage where Mrs Morell and Paul walk in the woods in May. It made me forget it was February outside.
Shelter, arisen and pub.
1. We are sheltered under the garden centre's great barn roof. There is a rush of sound and air as the rain comes down. 2. A mushroom, c...
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1. Stirring the brewing coffee to break the floating crust and bring up the crema. 2. We have donuts to give the children at teatime. 3. Th...
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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...