Monday, April 29, 2024

Quiet hour, brownies (warm) and not waiting any more.

1. Everyone is still asleep. It's too quiet to do any housework and it's too rainy to leave the house. So I finish a languishing knitting project while listening to an audiobook about osteoarchaeology.

2. A taste of Bettany and Nick's latest batch of brownies, still warm from the oven. 

3. Alec and I dig in with Stranger Things -- I've been looking forward to it, but wanted to wait until he was keen to watch alongside me. 


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