Thursday, January 31, 2013

Garden, cleaner and running water.

1. Today I was really grateful for our garden: just because I needed to get outside but could not leave the house.

2. The satisfying tidiness that our cleaner leaves in her wake.

3. The sound of running water, even if it is only in the basin.
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Right paper, bin night and correspondence.

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