1. Discovering that our sandwich van does really good roast beef sandwiches.
2. We've been talking about Oli all day because he's in hospital having his nose improved so he doesn't snore. At the end of the day, a text arrives saying he's 'feeling rather poo', but is consoling himself with 'a large party bag of generic drugs'.
3. The fish and chip shop man has won £300 on the horses, so most people in the queue get extra fish. I also learn that he can get oysters sometimes -- you just have to ask.
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...