Saturday, March 23, 2013

Nappy change, spring is coming and being served.

1. The way Alec always asks me to sing Oh My Darling Clementine when I open up his dirty nappy. It always distracts me from the horror of it all.

2. Swollen red buds on blossom trees.

3. I come down from settling Alec and Nick tells me to sit down while he makes me some supper.
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Pop-ups, fences and communication.

1. Today, after a few damp days, the common is alive with mushrooms and what I learnt on the fungal foray last week has opened that kingdom ...

  • 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...
  • Bee, green beans and movie night.
    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...
  • 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...