1. Greyhounds leap and jink in the snow in the park.
2. At the end of the daylight Dads pull fading lolling children home on sledges -- except for one little boy who is determined to prove his strength (on the downhill bits at least).
3. We watch, with some amusement and (of course) some sympathy, as our son has a tantrum because we have said no to a third French Fancy (it was the pink one).
Open space, weather and turkey oak.
1. Even a small bag of books given to Oxfam has opened up space on our shelves for new books that we might want to read. 2. 'This weathe...
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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...