1. Waking up before the alarm goes off so that I can ease into the day without the help of news about Israel and Palastine.
2. Finding cheap Kentish strawberries (all shapes and sizes, apparently) that had been reduced, and then finding expensive Hertfordshire strawberries that had been reduced to the same price.
3. A film that leaves you with a whole mouthful of questions -- Lou and I watched the Lakehouse, a story of lovers separated by two years.
Change in weather, dessert and requiem.
1. In the time it took us to walk through the house from the back garden to the front, the air has filled with misty drizzle. 2. She had the...
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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...