Sunday, May 30, 2004

Whisked not stirred, mysterious excitements and I'll pencil you in.

1. Hot chocolate made with real squares of chocolate in a thick mug.

2. Johanna aged 8 months wriggling with excitement in her mother's arms at something that none of us could appreciate.

3. Paul V taking a moment out of his busy schedule to sit in my flat reading the papers and catching up.
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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...