Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Quick, run and green stripes.

1. To do a truly quick supermarket shop -- I was in and out in under twenty minutes.

2. Alec's swaying bow-legged toddler run always makes me want to laugh out loud, even when I know I have to give chase. He looks as if he's about to fall over, first to one side and then to the other; and he is usually laughing about whatever he is chasing (today it's his scooter).

3. The underwater green stripes on a watermelon.
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Heavy weather, play and grace.

1. The cosy sound of bad weather thrashing and beating the walls. 2. I've got time and space and bandwidth to play with the layout of my...

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