1. 'The woods are lovely, dark and deep', but they are also, frankly, damp and chilly, so it's a pleasure to come out into the sun.
2. Crunching last year's beechmasts under my feet.
3. When it is earlier than you think. We were working over lunch, so we went to Wagamama for early supper, which made for a good long evening.
Goldfinches, meeting and mackerel.
1. Goldfinches, painted like they're going to war, crowd the bird feeders. 2. We meet my cousin's partner for the first time, and it...
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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...
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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...
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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...