1. We get out early because Bettany and I are on nursery run duty this morning. We drop Alec off, and then it seems as if everyone but us has somewhere to go and something to do.
2. When the cleaner has finished we walk down to Mr Speiaght's the butcher and I buy for my lunch a warm half baguette filled with avocado, bacon, Swiss cheese and tomato. It is unbelievably delicious.
3. To think that it's definitely lighter at nursery pick-up time than it was last week.
Pears, jay bird and guacamole.
1. I took a kilo of disappointing pears out of the fruit bowl and baked them with ginger and dots of butter. Now they are definitely not dis...
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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...