1. She says to me: "His crying bothers you more than it bothers me. Don't worry about it." To Alec she says: "Let's put you on mummy's chest while I adjust her legs." I love my chiropractor.
2. When I come back from moving the pram out of the way, Jo has put Alec next to her little boy under a cloudy white blanket in the baby gym.
3. As the Hawaii-50 theme ends, Alec's nappy rumbles ominously. "Change him, Daddo," I say to Nick, and he laughs.
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...