Thursday, July 04, 2013

Low tech, concealment and clean bed.

1. Now we have no internet at all. Conversation, DVD-watching and novel-reading break out.

2. Clearing away the evidence of clandestine cake-eating before Alec gets home.

3. Discovering that our cleaning lady has put new linen on the bed.
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Hot water bottle, Word Up and night sky.

1. The sighing glug of a hot water bottle filling, and the soft belch of air making room. 2. Spoken word night. The energy shifts from poet ...

  • 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...