Saturday, February 27, 2010

Birthday, coming home and badgers.

1. It's Nick's birthday. I make him wake up early so he can have his cards and presents, half-sitting, half-lying in a warm cloud of bedding.

2. Nick stops crunching up the drive to knock on the window. I've only got 20 more minutes of work.

3. One of his birthday presents was a DVD: Badgers - Secrets Of The Set. We sit together and watch amazing footage of our favourite animals. I particularly liked seeing them suck worms out of the ground, and the scratching montage.
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