1. I notice that Matthieu says "Bo-bo-bo" to Alistair, just as Nick says to Alec. And when he lifts him up, he says: "Waaugh!", just like Nick. When I tell Matthieu this, he says that it's probably neolithic. I think it's an international dad school.
2. To pick heartsease in various combinations of yellow and purple and white and use them to decorate the fruit salad.
3. Katie and Chloe leave shortly after lunch, but for the rest of the afternoon Alec keeps saying: "Bye Bye Loey".
Spider work, salts and bickering.
1. Cobwebs gleam where they catch the low-angled sun -- polygonal nets strung from brambles; gauzy dancefloors in the gorse. 2. Tipping th...
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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...
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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...