Monday, March 21, 2005

Palms before my feet, sticky and feathers

1. Travelling by bus through all the villages and seeing a donkey surrounded by children outside every church because it's Palm Sunday.

2. Treacle tart. Also, the word 'treacle'.

3. My father's extreme close-up photos of pheasants.
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Gift, web and route planning.

1. As I leave the field, there's a rush of wings and a cackling, crackling cry. THUD! A magpie has dropped a dead vole at my feet. 2. We...

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     1. Stirring the brewing coffee to break the floating crust and bring up the crema. 2. We have donuts to give the children at teatime. 3. Th...
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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...