1. I order some dim sum as part of our lunch, thinking that they will appeal to Alec. They don't, and they are delicious.
2. The heavy quiet after lunch has sent both the boys off to sleep. I slip out of the house to do a bit of shopping. It feels good to walk around without considering a pushchair.
3. While putting a new sheet on, to chase a wriggly bed lump around the mattress. And to comment to Nick that when we first started pretending Alec was a pillow that needs plumping our laughing boy was about the size of a pillow.
Citrus, frosted leaves and prawn crackers.
1. Blood oranges and satsumas -- bright citrus colours leading us through the year's darkest days. 2. In the corner on the field, even o...
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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. Oli has written a poem describing how Tunbridge Wells makes him veer between wanting to fall in love and wanting to shoot people. Which i...
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1. The cottage across the carpark is covered in scaffolding. Now that the roofers have gone home, the family has climbed up to see the view ...