1. She says she can't stand the sight of this scribbled on proof. I take it off her and do the corrections. I'm glad that someone else has hours like that; and knowing that I can get the favour back later on.
2. There is a piece of wasteland on the industrial estate, waiting for... waiting for I don't know what. At the edge, a white lilac thrives, and in its shade on a bank, a tumble of late primroses.
3. There wasn't much corn, but it had a lot of pop; and once I've filled a few snack boxes for work, there is a lot left for us to have with our supper.
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 ...
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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...