1. A little girl with curly hair and stout legs passes me most days on my way to work. This time last year, she was in a pushchair. She usually has something to amuse herself -- yesterday it was a red and white spotted handkerchief.
2. Coming out of a tricky phonecall and finding Charlotte has made a round of tea.
3. Mugs of hot chocolate to hand, Katie and I sit in her room chatting until it's time to go to bed.
Fairly Christmassy, queue jumpers and advent calendar.
1. For the last few weeks, polling company YouGov has been wondering how Christmassy I feel. Today, I can answer honestly that I'm now f...
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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...