1. Spotting some honeysuckle in full bloom. Last time I passed, the trumpets were shut tight. I stopped to smell them, because honeysuckle is one of the best things about summer. Later, when it's out full, I won't have to put my nose up to them -- the smell will be all around.
2. Pip the bear dog at work has been clipped for the summer. I didn't recognise her until she rolled over on to her back to have her tummy rubbed.
3. Having my groceries delivered by Sainsbury's, because it means that someone else has trailed round the supermarket and that I haven't walked all the way home with my arms being pulled out of their sockets.
Consolation, Effra and icing.
1. I flee Tunbridge Wells and its water woes for a day of wandering London with my aunt. A bit of Turner, a bit of Constable and some miscel...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...