Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Eastertide, free sample and sleet.

1. The deli has many strange and wonderful Easter items on display -- licorice fish; dove-shaped cakes; boxes of coloured eggs large and small and crates of chocolate sardines in silver paper.

2. Nibbling cake samples in a shop.

3. Feeling vindicated when it sleets as predicted on a previously sunny day.

Rind, mustering and moon.

1. The crack of pumpkin rind as I bring the knife round the lantern lid. 2. Now they've been pointed out to me, everywhere I go, I see t...