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.
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...