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.
Magnolia, pagoda and station.
1. Late magnolias -- always a pleasure. 2. We like everything about the pagoda -- including the long climb to the top -- but particularly th...
