1. Elizabeth serves pudding and says: 'These are blackcurrants from the garden.'
2. A festival gazed upon with longing and then put away with a sigh because money is short. Then Kim and James remember that they promised me theatre for my birthday last year; they wonder if this is an acceptable alternative.
3. PaulV and his lurid speculation about his friends' alternative lifestyle. We decide they are probably a thruple in a threlationship.
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...