Tuesday, August 16, 2011

To the office, raspberries and beanstalk.

1. This is an odd thing, but I'm very glad to be going to an office to do a morning's work, in peace and without interruptions for nappy changing or toy retrieval or cuddling.

2. A box of squashily ripe raspberries -- homegrown, because you'd never buy them this ripe and meltingly sweet.

3. Great heavens, look at my beanstalk -- there are beans on it! I never quite believe things will grow for me, and when they do, it seems like a miracle.

Northernmost point, out of the rain and blue fire.

1. An alarm goes off in Nick's pocket to let us know that it's the moment of the winter solstice. 2. The rain is falling in steady c...