Sunday, March 13, 2011

Salad, wardrobe and showing off.

1. To chop up tomatoes for a salad and scatter the dish with parsley and chives from the garden.

2. A dinosaur t-shirt and a preppy tobacco-coloured tank top and marine blue polo shirt -- a few sizes too big and perfect for summer -- brought as a gift for Alec.

3. To show a visitor the best parts of your home town.
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Right paper, bin night and correspondence.

1. I have just the right paper -- tiny Japanese pages, not much larger than business cards, printed with wisteria in full bloom. 2. Bin nigh...

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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...
  • 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...
  • Let go, underfoot and pie.
    1. Technical difficulties. I let go of having working earbuds for this walk. Then I have one last try, and they switch on. 2. Acorns crunchi...