1. Banana bread for breakfast. I bought it from a lady in a shocking pink beret at the farmer's market. It's low fat and made with local eggs and flour.
2. Walking on the Common with James and finding a secret pond. Tunbridge Wells is on sandstone, so ponds aren't all that common. This was more of a soggy hollow, but there was some clear water with bullrushes and a plant with white beany flowers.
3. The strawberries that Fenella brought round for our pudding. We ate them sliced up and sprinkled with vanilla sugar.
White grapes, gothic novel and predictions.
1. This week's grapes are particularly good -- a little hard so they burst well, and then both sweet and sharp. 2. Before Nick comes up...
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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...