1. An early-morning scraping noise turns out to be a man with a barrow shovelling grit on our road.
2. Nick goes to the front gate. "I can hear the thaw." He says it's a tick-ticking sound.
3. A dozen mince pies (made by a husband) cooling on the side.
Shelter, arisen and pub.
1. We are sheltered under the garden centre's great barn roof. There is a rush of sound and air as the rain comes down. 2. A mushroom, c...
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1. Stirring the brewing coffee to break the floating crust and bring up the crema. 2. We have donuts to give the children at teatime. 3. Th...
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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...