Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Up and down, not lost and accomplished.

1. To discover that our £1 bus ticket takes us up the hill and back down again.

2. I suddenly realise that Alec is not walking beside me any more. I look round frantically, back track and find him gazing entranced into the window of Games Workshop.

3. Nick comes home to find both our children are asleep.
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Shower, sparrow and night before bin day.

1. The rain comes down in rushing spate, drowning downpipes and running in fans over the asphalt. Next time I look up, the sun is out, water...

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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. 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...