Thursday, March 14, 2013

Coming home, faces and coming up the stairs.

1. Rosey comes to visit, which I think means she is properly home. Alec hides under my skirt until he feels he knows her again.

2. Towards the end of lunch Alec makes one of his strange eyes squeezed shut, head rolling faces. The mother and Rosey, who are sitting opposite him, both laugh. He opens his eyes and asks "Alec funny?"

3. Alec is hiding under a blanket next to me on the bed. "I'm sure it is Daddy, not a big brown bear," I tell him.
"No, it Vikings."
at

Haircut, revision and changing sky.

1. At this salon, with the sinks set up so I'm looking at a view of the woods while the hairdresser shampoos and rinses, I suddenly unde...

  • Crust, donuts and wait.
     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...
  • Midsummer, feeding and cakes.
    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...
  • Shelter, arisen and pub.
    1. We are sheltered under the garden centre's great barn roof. There is a rush of sound and air as the rain comes down. 2. A mushroom, c...