1. Lingering at a market stall while picking over a tray of jewellery described as 'the latest from Paris.'
2. Lying on the floor playing with toy cars. You can line them up and pretend it's a carpark for a festival -- use a CD as the main stage, and have the police cars patrolling up and down nicking troublemakers; or you can race them by giving them a good push and sending them off across the floor; or you can put them on a collision course with Thomas the Tank Engine.
3. Sitting in a conservatory when it's raining outside.
Squashes, garden and finale.
1. We've enjoyed our box of squashes -- large and small, globes, oblates, onions and ribbed, and all the colours between lantern orange ...
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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. 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. Technical difficulties. I let go of having working earbuds for this walk. Then I have one last try, and they switch on. 2. Acorns crunchi...