Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Saved, getting out and strange sky.

1. 'I saved some raisins for you, Daddy.'
'Did you? Thank you very much, Alec.'
'But then I ate them.'

2. Very late in the day I remember that it's games night, which means that I don't have to deal with bedtime and I'm going to have an entertaining evening escaping from reality.

3. It's half past ten at night and the sky is duck-egg blue.
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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 ...

  • 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...
  • As needed, forgotten cake and syrup.
    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...