1. Alec wriggles and squirms until he gets to the far end of the table where his granny is sitting. This means that Nick and I get some time to talk with Aunty Biddy.
2. We come home and find a bag of presents on the doorstep. "People are very honest in Tunbridge Wells," says my uncle.
3. The paperwhites Anna, Alec and I planted back in November are just about to flower.
4. "Should I hug you?" asks Nick. We've been so busy today that this important family task has been neglected. We stop the housework for a moment.
Change in weather, dessert and requiem.
1. In the time it took us to walk through the house from the back garden to the front, the air has filled with misty drizzle. 2. She had the...
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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...