Friday, July 25, 2014

Sharing, raspberry and more sharing.

1. The way Alec always asks for a lick of my freezy pop (even though it's exactly the same as his).

2. At the top of the road I am still turning the pips of the wild raspberry on my tongue.

3. Bettany very sweetly offers Alec a bite of her rather damp biscuit. He accepts, taking rather more than is polite. She quickly snaffles the complete biscuit in his other hand.
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Winter is passing, toad in the hole and mulled wine.

1. It is cold (although less chill than it has been) and cloudy (although less grey than it has been) and a robin sings loudly from the top ...

  • 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...