1. It's grey, dark and rainy and the dustmen still have a 'good morning' for a passing commuter. I can't see them without thinking how glad I am that we don't have to deal with our own rubbish.
2. Being driven on a bus through streets running with water.
3. The art teacher tells us: 'I have said "excellent" more times tonight than I've said in a whole week.'
Fairly Christmassy, queue jumpers and advent calendar.
1. For the last few weeks, polling company YouGov has been wondering how Christmassy I feel. Today, I can answer honestly that I'm now f...
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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...