Thursday, June 06, 2024

Carrying, baking and learning French.

1. Now that Bettany has a rack on the back of her bike, I don't have to carry her jumper and water bottle.

2. The me who is now mixing fairy cakes is grateful to the me who earlier this afternoon took the butter out of the fridge.

3. I learnt French mostly by a total immersion method, with lots of roleplay and vocab lists and describe what's going on in this picture. Alec brings his revision flashcards down so I can test him. As I review the declined verbs (regular and irregular) and the rules he is learning, a few half-remembered phrases suddenly make a lot more sense.

Volunteers, eleven and bright crayons.

1. Volunteers growing out of the yellow clay on the edge of the building site: a castor oil plant with spiked green seed pods; and a couple ...