Monday, June 27, 2011

Half year, cool contrast and hummingbird

1. We go along to a six month party for one of the NCT babies. It's amazing to see how much has changed in six months. The babies are interacting with each other now, and if you sit two of them facing each other, they'll smile and reach with sea anemone hands to touch each other's hands and faces.

2. On a bright hot day to come into a cool, dim house.

3. A bobbing blur at the jasmine. A hummingbird hawk moth. It's easy to believe it's a tiny bird.

Jackdaws, hot cross buns and listening to music.

1. Jackdaws are nesting in a capped chimney that I can see from my desk. They hang on the brickwork and fold their blue-grey bodies into an ...