1. Rain suits and boots all round mean that Alec and I are free to stamp in mud and wade through puddles.
2. The smell of woodsmoke and the sound of a distant chainsaw.
3. When Nick comes home, he finds Bettany and I sitting demurely on the sofa. Alec is fast asleep.
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...
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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...
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1. Oli has written a poem describing how Tunbridge Wells makes him veer between wanting to fall in love and wanting to shoot people. Which i...