1. I come home from work and find a parcel -- Fiona Robyn's The Blue Handbag. I've joined her 100 Readers project. Once I've finished reading and done the interview, I need to pass the book on to someone else. I love the idea of books being re-read by a whole succession of people. If anyone likes the sound of it, let me know and I'll pass it on to you.
2. Tipping the last quarter bag of compost into a new planter. I like the dead weight pouring and tumbling away.
3. One of the other students in my art class says her daughter has been camping in Spain since March -- just relaxing on the beach, eating and sleeping. She felt she'd never had a gap year, so she and her fella went out there to stay until their money ran out.
Goldfinches, meeting and mackerel.
1. Goldfinches, painted like they're going to war, crowd the bird feeders. 2. We meet my cousin's partner for the first time, and it...
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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...