1. The new paint roller is the wrong size for the handle; but Fraser who is fixing our doors comes to the rescue with a spare one he happens to have.
2. The sound of a paint roller squidging fawn paint over oppressive red walls.
3. Tiny sugar-dusted pastries filled with lemon curd.
Lifting the dust, tape and stitch.
1. The vacuum cleaner lifts the dust and shines the surface of the floor. 2. The tacky circular sound that happens when I peel off a generou...
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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...