1. After lunch, while the rain lashes down outside and the wind thrashes at the walls Alec and I doze in bed.
2. To my astonishment the draught is so strong that it sucks one of Alec's balloons up the chimney.
3. At bathtime, the smell of lavender oil lingering in the hall.
Shelter, arisen and pub.
1. We are sheltered under the garden centre's great barn roof. There is a rush of sound and air as the rain comes down. 2. A mushroom, c...
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1. Stirring the brewing coffee to break the floating crust and bring up the crema. 2. We have donuts to give the children at teatime. 3. Th...
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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...