Monday, August 11, 2014

Greeted, ripples and play.

1. The Ocado man doesn't know it but he has just been greeted with Bettany's first recognisable "'Allo!"

2. The flicker-flacker ripples in a sunny puddle and in a drain drowned in clear water are bright green liverworts and ferns.

3. I have new boots so I copy Alec by stamping through puddles and chasing the bouncy ball.
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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...