1. There are peaches in our fruit and vegetable box.
2. I notice that Alec is laughing at the gags on Mr Tumble. It's not his usual uncontrolled giggling (which I love to hear), it's more of an acknowledgement of something he finds funny.
3. To come down from settling Alec to find that Nick has checked the weather and brought the washing in from outside. He has also emptied the washing machine and hung everything on the airers. My hero.
Winter is passing, toad in the hole and mulled wine.
1. It is cold (although less chill than it has been) and cloudy (although less grey than it has been) and a robin sings loudly from the top ...
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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...
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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. I promised myself I wouldn't moan and grumble about it -- but I do. And as if by magic, a very kind friend produces the required blaz...