1. To come round the corner and discover my father and Alec working on an elaborate system of old gutters, hoses and bricks.
2. My parents come back from their walk wondering what the bigger boys who Alec challenged to a race made of him with his blazer and rather pink bike.
3. I only went outside to put my new cucumbers in the cool spot by the compost sacks but somehow I find myself pulling tiny weeds out from among seedlings, and then I get captivated by the fennel safari.
Waxcaps, beech leaves and my coffee.
1. Bright waxcap mushrooms -- crimson, orange and yellow -- in the veg box today. 2. Beech leaves the colour of rust flakes cover the mud. 3...
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Good morning all -- welcome to all those who surfed in off Blogs of Note, and all the regulars too. I am thrilled at being a Blog of Note --...
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1. The way Alec rides up and down on the escalators as if he has never been afraid of them. We end up traipsing around the shopping centre l...
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Today a special guest post by Nick... 1. My wife's courage and stamina as she painfully brings our baby into this world. I'm so prou...