Monday, May 20, 2013

No coat, clocks and unguarded.

1. When I ask, Nick says: "No, I wasn't going to wear a coat." So I go out into the sunshine without mine.

2. A succession of dandelion clocks keeps Alec amused on the trek through Sevenoaks. He manages to smuggle one into the hospital, which Grandad likes. We do try to conceal it from the nurses, but the seeds keep escaping.

3. Nick steals a kiss while we wait for the lift because the guardian of our morals is asleep in his pushchair.

Watering cans, eating alone and settling down.

1. The grounding weight of my watering cans. 2. Our schedules mean that I eat supper alone in the peaceable, silent kitchen. 3. Now the chil...