Sunday, March 02, 2014

Lamps, familiar faces and moas.

1. Twice on our trip to London teenage boys are caught in Bettany's gaze, and just before we are swept apart they reach out to stroke her head.

2. In among the crowds of unknowable faces to spot some friends from home.

2b. Bettany snuggled up with Godmother Jo -- a bit of refuge in a full museum.

3. Alec finds three moas in the Natural History Museum and is very pleased about that.
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Good time, after rain and far future.

1. I glance up at Toggl, which I use to track my work, and find that I've made good time writing my bridge news. 2. The steady rain give...

  • 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...