1. Daffodils and all their cousins are so cheap just now that it seems rude not to treat myself to a cheery yellow posy in a blue glass.
2. Pushing nasturtium seeds into the earth -- I was taught how to do this when I was very little.
3. Melting chocolate over a pan of hot water.
Northernmost point, out of the rain and blue fire.
1. An alarm goes off in Nick's pocket to let us know that it's the moment of the winter solstice. 2. The rain is falling in steady c...
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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...