1. Fenella usually shoots off to London at first light, but today she had a morning appointment at the top of town, so she walked with me to work. She told me that she was going to Paris in the afternoon. I just hope the glamour rubs off on me.
2. The Kinks - particularly Lola and Sunny afternoon and David Watts.
3. Morrison's jaffa cakes. The smashing orangey bit goes right to the edge of the sponge - which is more than you can say for McVitie's ones.
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...