1. Sankey's fishcakes - they are chunky, fat, crispy on the outside and nearly all fish with just a bit of potato.
2. Fenella's flowers that Andy gave her - they are enormous and red, including velvety roses, and he sent them to her at work. Top marks, boyo. Also he brings her tulips.
3. When you find your mojo so that when you toss your pancake, it doesn't stick or end up on the floor or the ceiling or someone's head. And the pancake turns out perfectly - brown and crisp on one side and pale with dark brown spots on the other.
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 ...
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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...