Monday, May 16, 2022

Bun, idle in the rain and return.

1. He moves to take a bun from the display on the counter, then changes his mind and fetches one from the tray in the window. I wonder why until I get home and pull it open to find its middle still warm.

2. To sit idly in the kitchen with the back door open while the rain falls on the green, green world.

3. I have just got the children into their rooms for the night when... DADDY'S HOME!

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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...