1. Fat collared doves sitting in a hawthorn tree covered in bright green leaf buds.
2. My new computer table. I have been working off a child's desk which is most unsatisfactory. So a honey-coloured pine table that I can actually get my knees under and that doesn't wobble perilously when I move the mouse is much appreciated. It has that lovely new wooden furniture smell - which is probably mostly turpentine and woodstain.
3. Tinned apricots - they look like egg yolks.
Wet walk, morning tea and detectives.
1. My trousers are soaked after my walk in the rain. I put on a dry pair and feel the chill leaving my legs. 2. She has time for a cuppa and...
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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. We are sheltered under the garden centre's great barn roof. There is a rush of sound and air as the rain comes down. 2. A mushroom, c...
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1. Technical difficulties. I let go of having working earbuds for this walk. Then I have one last try, and they switch on. 2. Acorns crunchi...