Thursday, October 29, 2020

Sloes, puns and British wildlife.

1. To pick a few sloes from lichened branches in a wet hedgerow.
2. My parents' neighbour brings a few pages of Halloween puns to make us laugh.
3. To catch an episode of Autumnwatch, particularly one that features scuffling badgers.
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Workshop, documentary and end.

1. Word have not been easy recently. When they do come, they seem unsettled and easily startled, like wild birds that have lost trust. Never...

  • 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...