1. To warm a chocolate chip cookie in the oven.
2. The house has different warm places depending on the direction of the wind. As I move around the house while working on my to-do list, I love to find them and enjoy them for a while.
3. Alec has just gone up to the next room at nursery, and it is a joy to see him throwing himself around the room, shouting and copying the older toddlers. His jumper is filthy and his sleeves soaking: they have a toddler-level sink with taps he can turn on (just beyond exciting as far as he's concerned).
Dress, drink and catch-up.
1. Walking out of the theatre, I hold his hand so he's not tempted to bolt across the swirly carpet into the forest of legs. We agree 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...
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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...