1. When He Who Shall Not Be Named goes quiet, and we know he's up to something.
2. Hot cross buns -- the posh sort that taste of spices and freshly baked bread.
3. Princess Mononoke -- another animation from Studio Ghibli. In particular, the mist and the scene where spots of rain fall on dry rocks.
Shelter, arisen and pub.
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. 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. 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...