1. Standing on a bridge listening to a stream -- I decide that the cliche about laughing or chuckling water is actually quite appropriate.
2. PaulV does his usual appearing act at dinner. He has gone blond, and looks like a Scandinavian. We squeal at each other for a bit, and then he vanishes into the night as he has a leaving do to attend.
3. Talking over a friend's old life and seeing how she has blossomed since.
Winter is passing, toad in the hole and mulled wine.
1. It is cold (although less chill than it has been) and cloudy (although less grey than it has been) and a robin sings loudly from the top ...
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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...