1. When things are tough at work, Charlotte is calm, kind and level-headed. She notices what must be done, and does it without making a fuss.
2. I am coming up for my last session of life coaching, and my coach announces that she is moving out of town, which makes the ending seem natural and right.
3. Sharing the wonderful box of chocolates that Katie brought me back from Paris. It is pleasingly heavy, and made of bright red, ridged cardboard. Inside, it doesn't waste space with plastic trays -- two strips of gold card keep things neat, but apart from that, it's chocolates all the way.
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...