1. Ellie and Mark repositioning my cross-stitch map so I could see it while I worked.
2. Conversation with Oli: 'This always makes me think of Diagon Alley. I don't know what it's really called.' 'It's C...' 'Don't tell me! I don't want to know.'
3. Caroline has come over all housewifely. She cooked a dinner of tomatoes baked with a dollop of pesto and a sprinkling of parmasan cheese, a roasted vegetable flan and salad nicoise full of crisp beans and quarters of eggs with bright yellow soft yolks. She said that her colleague (who used to be a chef) told her that she wouldn't get the yolks right as most people overcook them -- but I reckon she got them perfect.
Full make-up, looking out and rested
1. The startling sight on this hot hot day of women in bikinis and full make-up including false eyelashes and thick black brows. 2. Kokeshi ...
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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. Oli has written a poem describing how Tunbridge Wells makes him veer between wanting to fall in love and wanting to shoot people. Which i...
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1. The cottage across the carpark is covered in scaffolding. Now that the roofers have gone home, the family has climbed up to see the view ...