1. Alec is laughing at... well I don't know what he likes so much about a pushchair run. Maybe it's the rush of air in his face, or the jiggling. A mother coming towards us asks: "Is this for your benefit or his?" I tell her it's for me.
2. It is raining, but the rain is more like a very wet mist than proper soaking rain. It's refreshing.
3. To remember -- before I start on household tasks -- that I like to listen to the radio while I work. (I found this strange surreal radio play about Anglesey floating off into the Atlantic).
Consolation, Effra and icing.
1. I flee Tunbridge Wells and its water woes for a day of wandering London with my aunt. A bit of Turner, a bit of Constable and some miscel...
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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...