Monday, January 31, 2022

Bright birds, ditch and vermouth.

1. Alec, breathless, describes the bright colours of the three blue tits playing in a holly tree.

2. In the sunshine, the children chasing each other up a ditch filled with dead leaves.

3. The smell of the vermouth in the cocktail Nick has made.
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Steaming, cold and drawn away.

1. After a night of long rain, the common gently steams. 2. The air seems very cold on my skin after the run of heatwave days; but walking a...

  • 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...
  • Words, shivers and fungus.
    1. Oli has written a poem describing how Tunbridge Wells makes him veer between wanting to fall in love and wanting to shoot people. Which i...
  • Chimney sweep, recovery and nurses.
    1. The cottage across the carpark is covered in scaffolding. Now that the roofers have gone home, the family has climbed up to see the view ...