Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Read on, file and an evening.

I've added a couple more links to Mela pictures -- see yesterday's post.

1. I leave a couple of books on a bench for the purposes of Bookcrossing. As I saunter innocently away, an elderly man walking sticks his way to the bench and bends over to have a good look at them.

2. A rough edge on my nail keeps catching. I file it off.

3. On my way through the park to the post box, I meet Matt carrying Oli. 'Dinner's ready, but it's so nice out here that we don't want to go in.'
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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 ...

  • Bee, green beans and movie night.
    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...
  • Midsummer, feeding and cakes.
    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...
  • As needed, forgotten cake and syrup.
    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...