Monday, September 01, 2025

Slow worm, peacock butterfly and striations.

1. A slow worm backs into his burrow, his mild resentful gaze holding ours.

2. Peacock butterfly -- Persian rug colours -- rests open in the afternoon sun.

3. Our vegetable curry has an autumn look to it -- the striations and speckles of marrow and graffiti aubergine, and constellations of sweetcorn.

Cheese holes, eerie and back at the table.

1. My nephew likes cheese, but only the holes, which I carefully snip out with kitchen scissors. 2. I feel a little bit sorry for the comput...