Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Mystery box, sleeping in the afternoon and silence.

1. The mysterious box is a bouquet of pink baby clothes bundled up like roses, an enchanting gift from Tim and Rachel.

2. Everyone takes a two-hour nap.

3. The moment when the builders finally stop using power tools on the house opposite.
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Kite, journey and not quite the end of the day.

1. Red kite with pie-slice tail and wing fingers splayed wheels over aluminium roofs on an industrial estate. 2. Chatting idly across the tr...

  • 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...