Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Flat, underwater and references.

1. On a crisp still morning the smoke lies flat -- having hit an invisible layer in the air, it can go up no further.

2. Lying in the bath with my ears underwater.

3. Spotting The Jungle Book references in Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book.
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Dress, drink and catch-up.

1. Walking out of the theatre, I hold his hand so he's not tempted to bolt across the swirly carpet into the forest of legs. We agree 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...
  • Midsummer, feeding and cakes.
    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...
  • As needed, forgotten cake and syrup.
    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...