1. Alec and I have today to ourselves. We have no plans beyond the two-hourly feed-change cycle, a walk round the park and a supermarket delivery.
2. When the supermarket delivers at the start of the two-hour timeslot because it means I can get on with my nap.
3. To finally find the dried cherries I've been looking out for. Sour cherries have recently been in the news for their newly-discovered have anti-gout properties, so they seem to sell out quickly. I just wanted them for a batch of brownies.
Shower, sparrow and night before bin day.
1. The rain comes down in rushing spate, drowning downpipes and running in fans over the asphalt. Next time I look up, the sun is out, water...
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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...